T1587.003sub-technique of T1587 Develop Capabilities

Digital Certificates

PREnothing on this site yetT1587.003 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may create self-signed SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They include information about the key, information about its owner's identity, and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents are correct.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Digital Certificates

Consider use of services that may aid in the tracking of certificates in use on sites across the Internet. In some cases it may be possible to pivot on known pieces of certificate information to uncover other adversary infrastructure.

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 T1587

T1587.001 Malware · not covered yet
T1587.002 Code Signing Certificates · not covered yet
T1587.004 Exploits · not covered yet

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