Create Cloud Instance
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002",
"title": "Create Cloud Instance",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/002",
"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--cf1c2504-433f-4c4e-a1f8-91de45a0318c",
"external_id": "T1578.002",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-05-14T14:45:15.978Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.717Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Mandiant M-Trends 2020",
"url": "https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/mtrends-2020.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:C0027 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--593d77c0-bcd3-4331-a75b-66cfa103e31d
Crowdstrike TELCO BPO Campaign December 2022ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a22e57a2-1d94-45eb-bc79-ec7106ae81c6
ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ac440832-cb04-409e-87fa-558097a898b6
ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e6a74691-5e6a-49ef-b8dc-e3d9e28fe048
Mandiant M-Trends 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G1004 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ea60aa14-d556-4031-9d3f-bb673f2d6f68
MSTIC DEV-0537 Mar 2022ATTACK:enterprise:G1015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1578.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f54ce1d1-519a-417a-b2f5-6132d9690631
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