T1585.003sub-technique of T1585 Establish Accounts

Cloud Accounts

PREnothing on this site yetT1585.003 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may create accounts with cloud providers that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use cloud accounts to further their operations, including leveraging cloud storage services such as Dropbox, MEGA, Microsoft OneDrive, or AWS S3 buckets for Exfiltration to Cloud Storage or to Upload Tools. Cloud accounts can also be used in the acquisition of infrastructure, such as Virtual Private Servers or Serverless infrastructure.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Cloud 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 exfiltration (ex: Transfer Data to Cloud Account).

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
T1585.002 Email Accounts · not covered yet

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