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ATT&CK techniqueCredential Access

T1606 Forge Web Credentials

Credential AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1606 (Forge Web Credentials) appears in 93 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-27 and most recently 2026-10-02, with linked actors including Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
9354 critical, 36 high, 3 medium
First seen
2026-01-27
Last seen
2026-10-02
Threat actors
28In the threats using it
Detection rules
74Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1606 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 44 reports, and 93 of the 93 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1606 Forge Web Credentials is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 93 of 2623 tracked threats (3.5%) to it; by severity that is 54 critical, 36 high, 3 medium.

Threats that use T1606 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (69 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (64 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (43 threats), T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (43 threats), T1213 Data from Information Repositories (41 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.

28 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1606; the most frequent are Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (4), Scattered Spider (4), ShinyHunters (4), The Com (4), UNC5537 (4).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 4 mitigations for T1606.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1606, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Logon Session — Logon Session Creation
  • Web Credential — Web Credential Creation, Web Credential Usage

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 93 tracked threats that use T1606.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 74 detection rules mapped to T1606 (SPL 31, KQL 23, Sigma 20). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Sub-techniques

  • T1606.001 Web Cookies — 9 tracked threats
  • T1606.002 SAML Tokens — 9 tracked threats