Multi-Factor Authentication
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006",
"title": "Multi-Factor Authentication",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/006",
"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--b4409cd8-0da9-46e1-a401-a241afd4d1cc",
"external_id": "T1556.006",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2022-05-31T19:31:38.431Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.708Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment",
"persistence",
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Russians Exploit Default MFA Protocol - CISA March 2022",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-074a"
},
{
"source_name": "Mandiant APT42",
"url": "https://www.mandiant.com/media/17826"
},
{
"source_name": "Azure AD Conditional Access Exclusions",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/governance/conditional-access-exclusion"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--21aa8534-0280-4109-8dfb-6adbc2310dd8
ATTACK:enterprise:G1015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--55e1a1e9-689f-4242-8316-d59c309849d6
CISA Scattered Spider Advisory November 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1104 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7fd19007-dd72-448f-b174-35d258b9c373
Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021ATTACK:enterprise:C0063 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8dc47672-1e31-4bca-b482-8e93e685bf68
CERT PolskaATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--90d0d818-4a80-459c-9d57-ca9221eae57b
Mandiant Cloudy Logs 2023ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006 → 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--a86e40b2-0ee0-4f70-b32f-80b1bcde9948
ATTACK:enterprise:S0677 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d5e008e5-28ff-4f0a-8e09-ab637c733646
ATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eb985609-6a5f-4e44-9bae-bfbc1e93d978