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ATT&CK techniquePersistence

T1136 Create Account

PersistenceEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1136 (Create Account) appears in 152 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-27 and most recently 2026-10-01, with linked actors including Static Tundra, FSB Center 16, ShinyHunters; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
15295 critical, 51 high, 5 medium
First seen
2026-01-27
Last seen
2026-10-01
Threat actors
53In the threats using it
Detection rules
102Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1136 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 62 reports, and 152 of the 152 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1136 Create Account is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Persistence tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 152 of 2623 tracked threats (5.8%) to it; by severity that is 95 critical, 51 high, 5 medium.

Threats that use T1136 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (125 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (115 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (113 threats), T1098 Account Manipulation (83 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (82 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.

53 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1136; the most frequent are Static Tundra (7), FSB Center 16 (4), ShinyHunters (4), INC Ransom (3), INC Ransom - G1032 (3).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 4 mitigations for T1136.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1136, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • Process — Process Creation
  • User Account — User Account Creation

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 152 tracked threats that use T1136.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 102 detection rules mapped to T1136 (SPL 34, KQL 35, Sigma 33). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

102 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans

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