Modify Cloud Compute Configurations
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.005
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.005",
"title": "Modify Cloud Compute Configurations",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/005",
"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--ca00366b-83a1-4c7b-a0ce-8ff950a7c87f",
"external_id": "T1578.005",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2023-09-05T14:19:17.486Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.716Z",
"version": "3.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Cryptojacking 2023",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/07/25/cryptojacking-understanding-and-defending-against-cloud-compute-resource-abuse/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Azure Policy",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/samples/built-in-policies#compute"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--16e9defb-683d-437c-9cdf-e1d75e5523dd
ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9a99712e-ea3c-47f7-a2f6-6109b9d0d4c3
ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f6e3972b-afc2-4dd6-972a-4fe73747dfe4