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ATT&CK techniqueCredential Access

T1187 Forced Authentication

Credential AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1187 (Forced Authentication) appears in 68 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-09-22, with linked actors including APT28, Forest Blizzard, APT29; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
6821 critical, 43 high, 4 medium
First seen
2026-02-02
Last seen
2026-09-22
Threat actors
41In the threats using it
Detection rules
84Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1187 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 22 reports, and 68 of the 68 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1187 Forced Authentication is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 68 of 2623 tracked threats (2.6%) to it; by severity that is 21 critical, 43 high, 4 medium.

Threats that use T1187 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (34 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (32 threats), T1036 Masquerading (31 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (29 threats), T1566 Phishing (29 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.

41 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1187; the most frequent are APT28 (5), Forest Blizzard (4), APT29 (3), BlueDelta (3), EvilTokens (3).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1187.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1187, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • File — File Access, File Creation, File Modification
  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 68 tracked threats that use T1187.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 84 detection rules mapped to T1187 (SPL 34, KQL 26, Sigma 24). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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