Direct Cloud VM Connections
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.008
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"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.008",
"title": "Direct Cloud VM Connections",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/008",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--45241b9e-9bbc-4826-a2cc-78855e51ca09",
"external_id": "T1021.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2023-06-02T15:27:55.412Z",
"modified": "2025-04-15T22:18:53.305Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"lateral-movement"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "EC2 Instance Connect",
"url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-connect-methods.html"
},
{
"source_name": "AWS System Manager",
"url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/what-is-systems-manager.html"
},
{
"source_name": "lucr-3: Getting SaaS-y in the cloud",
"url": "https://permiso.io/blog/lucr-3-scattered-spider-getting-saas-y-in-the-cloud"
},
{
"source_name": "SIM Swapping and Abuse of the Microsoft Azure Serial Console",
"url": "https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/sim-swapping-abuse-azure-serial"
},
{
"source_name": "Azure Serial Console",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/serial-console-overview"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (3)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--10e6a721-82f0-42a3-b454-da5e338c59f7
ATTACK:enterprise:M1042 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b4eefafe-e3d6-4b25-8485-7022c00cc462
ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1021
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cc1f7b0c-a443-46ee-b9d6-b7ecb9ead9fa