Activity timeline
T1003.004 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-10 with 4 reports, and 11 of the 11 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.
How adversaries use it
T1003.004 LSA Secrets is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1003 OS Credential Dumping. Threadlinqs maps 11 of 3132 tracked threats (0.4%) to it; by severity that is 4 critical, 5 high, 2 medium.
Threats that use T1003.004 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (7 threats), T1087.002 Domain Account (6 threats), T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers (6 threats), T1685 Disable or Modify Tools (6 threats), T1003.001 LSASS Memory (5 threats). These are the techniques an intrusion set tends to chain with it, so they are the natural next places to look when it is observed.
9 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1003.004; the most frequent are MuddyWater (3), The Gentlemen (3), KryBit (2), 0APT (1), Coinbase Cartel (1).
Mitigations
MITRE ATT&CK lists 3 mitigations for T1003.004.
Data sources
Telemetry that can reveal T1003.004, per MITRE ATT&CK.
- Command — Command Execution
- Windows Registry — Windows Registry Key Access
Threat actors using it
Tracked threats
11 tracked threats use T1003.004.
- Bitdefender Threat Debrief June 2026: Ransomware Landscape (Qilin, The Gentlemen, DragonForce, KryBit) and…high
- AI-Agent-Driven Exploitation of PaperCut NG/MF (CVE-2026-81578, CVE-2026-82078) Leads to Windows Credential…critical
- Bitdefender Threat Debrief May 2026: KryBit vs 0APT ransomware conflict, The Gentlemen/SystemBC, and…critical
- AI Agent-Driven Intrusion Chains Exposed Tomcat Spring Batch Endpoint to GodPotato/PrintSpoofer SYSTEM…high
- Aurora Ransomware Affiliate Uses Cursor AI Coding Assistant for Attack Planning, ADCS Abuse Across 20+ Victimshigh
- "Download More RAM" Attack Bypasses Windows VBS and Disables Defender Through Memory Aliasing (CVE-2026-23670)medium
- CVE-2026-50661: Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass 0-Daymedium
- The Gentlemen RaaS overtakes Qilin as #1 ransomware operation, wields GentleKiller EDR-killer framework…high
- The Gentlemen Ransomware: Worm-Like Self-Propagation and Network-Wide Encryption via Storm-2697's RaaS…critical
- Seedworm (MuddyWater) Q1 2026 Global Espionage Campaign — DLL Sideloading via Signed Fortemedia and…high
- CHAR Rust Backdoor + GhostFetch/GhostBackDoor/HTTP_VIP — Iran MOIS-Linked MuddyWater AI-Assisted Malware…critical
Detection coverage
Threadlinqs maintains 20 detection rules mapped to T1003.004 (SPL 7, KQL 9, Sigma 4). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.
Parent technique
T1003 OS Credential Dumping — 301 tracked threats at the technique level.