T1584.006sub-technique of T1584 Compromise Infrastructure

Web Services

PREnothing on this site yetT1584.006 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may compromise access to third-party web services that can be used during targeting. A variety of popular websites exist for legitimate users to register for web-based services, such as GitHub, Twitter, Dropbox, Google, SendGrid, etc. Adversaries may try to take ownership of a legitimate user's access to a web service and use that web service as infrastructure in support of cyber operations.

MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Web Services

  • Once adversaries leverage the abused web service as infrastructure (ex: for command and control), it may be possible to look for unique characteristics associated with adversary software, if known.

what reduces it

  • M1056 Pre-compromise. This technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on behaviors performed outside of the scope of enterprise defenses and controls.

the rest of T1584

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