Domain Controller Authentication
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001",
"title": "Domain Controller Authentication",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/001",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--d4b96d2c-1032-4b22-9235-2b5b649d0605",
"external_id": "T1556.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-02-11T19:05:02.399Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.717Z",
"version": "3.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment",
"persistence",
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Dell Skeleton",
"url": "https://www.secureworks.com/research/skeleton-key-malware-analysis"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (7)
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--193fda36-9c40-47dd-b6e5-4fed75d7e844
ATTACK:enterprise:G0114 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--42edbbf4-8779-47d8-bc9b-452073939a1a
Cycraft Chimera April 2020ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7fc1c3bb-05f7-4593-b8c3-f9833c114672
TechNet Credential Theft · TechNet Least Privilege · Microsoft Securing Privileged AccessATTACK:enterprise:M1025 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--83f862a4-cfac-4665-8ff8-60df70a636f4
Microsoft LSAATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--acd4512e-3ef7-4c33-9fc1-c3829efebe60
ATTACK:enterprise:M1017 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bb30a4b2-90e2-4b29-87f8-f01654b487be
ATTACK:enterprise:S0007 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f76355cb-9aa5-403c-aae4-8faed799ac31
Dell Skeleton