Cloud Firewall
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001",
"title": "Cloud Firewall",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1686/001",
"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--ee474564-64be-4b83-a958-53f238f49b01",
"external_id": "T1686.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2026-04-14T22:54:04.618Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.723Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Expel AWS",
"url": "https://expel.com/blog/finding-evil-in-aws/"
},
{
"source_name": "Palo Alto Unit 42 Compromised Cloud Compute Credentials 2022",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/compromised-cloud-compute-credentials/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0ceb42f3-b6c9-4c34-9e6d-d9bb00809ab6
ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1686
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--85a6e223-603b-4055-bea8-49ca3c9b9eea
ATTACK:enterprise:S1091 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--89737c09-1f03-43b7-9326-88ef6df02bff
GitHub PacuATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1686.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8a4dd18f-d427-4f3f-b92d-e75e3af39a2b
Expel IO Evil in AWS