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ATT&CK techniqueCredential Access

T1555.005 Password Managers

Credential AccessEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1555.005 (Password Managers) appears in 25 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-17 and most recently 2026-09-29, with linked actors including ClickLock Dev, TeamPCP, ALPHV; it most often appears alongside T1071.001 (Web Protocols).

Tracked threats
255 critical, 17 high, 3 medium
First seen
2026-02-17
Last seen
2026-09-29
Threat actors
17In the threats using it
Detection rules
50Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1555.005 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 12 reports, and 25 of the 25 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1555.005 Password Managers is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1555 Credentials from Password Stores. Threadlinqs maps 25 of 2623 tracked threats (1%) to it; by severity that is 5 critical, 17 high, 3 medium.

Threats that use T1555.005 most often also use T1071.001 Web Protocols (23 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (18 threats), T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers (17 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (16 threats), T1552.001 Credentials In Files (14 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.

17 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1555.005; the most frequent are ClickLock Dev (2), TeamPCP (2), ALPHV (1), AMOS Operators (1), APT28 (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 5 mitigations for T1555.005.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1555.005, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Access
  • Process — OS API Execution, Process Access

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

25 tracked threats use T1555.005.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 50 detection rules mapped to T1555.005 (SPL 13, KQL 19, Sigma 18). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1555 Credentials from Password Stores — 445 tracked threats at the technique level.