T1585.002sub-technique of T1585 Establish Accounts

Email Accounts

PREnothing on this site yetT1585.002 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may create email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use accounts created with email providers to further their operations, such as leveraging them to conduct Phishing for Information or Phishing. Establishing email accounts may also allow adversaries to abuse free services – such as trial periods – to Acquire Infrastructure for follow-on purposes.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Email Accounts

Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this behavior difficult. Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initial Access (ex: Phishing).

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 T1585

T1585.001 Social Media Accounts · not covered yet
T1585.003 Cloud Accounts · not covered yet

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