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ATT&CK techniqueCredential Access

T1555 Credentials from Password Stores

Credential AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1555 (Credentials from Password Stores) appears in 445 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-27 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including TeamPCP, APT38, Lazarus Group; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
445146 critical, 272 high, 23 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-01-27
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
126In the threats using it
Detection rules
224Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1555 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 140 reports, and 445 of the 445 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1555 Credentials from Password Stores is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 445 of 2623 tracked threats (17%) to it; by severity that is 146 critical, 272 high, 23 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1555 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (325 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (321 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (294 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (294 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (278 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.

126 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1555; the most frequent are TeamPCP (19), APT38 (17), Lazarus Group (13), Stardust Chollima (12), Contagious Interview (11).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 3 mitigations for T1555.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1555, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Cloud Service — Cloud Service Enumeration
  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Access
  • Process — OS API Execution, Process Access, Process Creation

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 445 tracked threats that use T1555.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 224 detection rules mapped to T1555 (SPL 63, KQL 91, Sigma 70). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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