Network Device Authentication
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004",
"title": "Network Device Authentication",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/004",
"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--fa44a152-ac48-441e-a524-dd7b04b8adcd",
"external_id": "T1556.004",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-19T17:58:04.155Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.726Z",
"version": "3.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment",
"persistence",
"credential-access"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Mandiant - Synful Knock",
"url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/synful-knock-acis/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S1104 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0117960a-178b-41f8-b7c1-5a4852be582a
Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--09bb741d-4f8b-4ae5-95f7-38d85e4d825a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bb1aff02-36e4-402e-9bd0-23bfd588e4ab
ATTACK:enterprise:S0519 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d3eec81c-8d8d-486d-919b-dc63a12555df
Mandiant - Synful KnockATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fa8d6c79-557f-44e1-a27b-55f87b2c8084
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - TACACSATTACK:enterprise:S9013 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1556.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fb6cf7ca-c649-4ca9-95aa-577cf9018c19
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