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MITRE ATT&CK T1596.003 (Digital Certificates) is an Enterprise Reconnaissance sub-technique of T1596 (Search Open Technical Databases). Adversaries may search public digital certificate data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Digital certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA) in order to cryptographically verify the origin of signed content. These certificates, such as those used for encrypted web traffic (HTTPS SSL/TLS communications), contain information about the registered organization such as name and location. Adversaries may search digital certificate data to gather actionable information. Affected platforms: PRE. MITRE-documented mitigations include M1056 Pre-compromise.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/003/
SHA-256 integrity: b4bf2f03567d478071214aecf383f9262604cf4deeea8cf40988150919be997f
Primary Citations — 5 traced to source
- MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1596.003: Digital Certificates (https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/003/)
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactic TA0043: Reconnaissance (https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0043/)
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