Keylogging - T1056.001

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may log user keystrokes to intercept credentials as the user types them. Keylogging is likely to be used to acquire credentials for new access opportunities when OS Credential Dumping efforts are not effective, and may require an adversary to intercept keystrokes on a system for a substantial period of time before credentials can be successfully captured. In order to increase the likelihood of capturing credentials quickly, an adversary may also perform actions such as clearing browser cookies to force users to reauthenticate to systems.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1056001["Keylogging"] --> |accesses| KeyboardInputDevice["Keyboard Input Device"]; class T1056001 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class KeyboardInputDevice ArtifactNode; click KeyboardInputDevice href "/dao/artifact/d3f:KeyboardInputDevice";
        click T1056001 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1056.001/"; click KeyboardInputDevice href "/dao/artifact/d3f:KeyboardInputDevice";             InputDeviceAnalysis["Input Device Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | KeyboardInputDevice["Keyboard Input Device"];

          InputDeviceAnalysis["Input Device Analysis"] -.->
            | may-detect | T1056001["Keylogging"] ;
          class InputDeviceAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class KeyboardInputDevice ArtifactNode;
          click InputDeviceAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:InputDeviceAnalysis";             IOPortRestriction["IO Port Restriction"] -->
          | filters | KeyboardInputDevice["Keyboard Input Device"];

          IOPortRestriction["IO Port Restriction"] -.->
            | may-isolate | T1056001["Keylogging"] ;
          class IOPortRestriction DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class KeyboardInputDevice ArtifactNode;
          click IOPortRestriction href "/technique/d3f:IOPortRestriction";

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