Steal Application Specific Passwords

Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1697

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1697",
  "title": "Steal Application Specific Passwords",
  "type": "Technique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1697",
  "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--6c427a0d-e0df-41f8-b522-e59eaab44c47",
  "external_id": "T1697",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2026-09-17T21:14:11.720Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-06T16:36:02.606Z",
  "version": "1.0",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "credential-access"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Application Specific Passwords",
      "url": "https://astrix.security/learn/blog/app-specific-passwords-origins-functionality-security-risks/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Application Specific Passwords Push Sec",
      "url": "https://pushsecurity.com/blog/app-specific-password-phishing"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "UNC6293 ASP Creative Phishing Attack",
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/creative-phishing-academics-critics-of-russia"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "TAG APT42",
      "url": "https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/iranian-backed-group-steps-up-phishing-campaigns-against-israel-us/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Application Specific Passwords Phishing",
      "url": "https://citizenlab.ca/research/russian-government-linked-social-engineering-targets-app-specific-passwords/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Mandiant APT42-untangling",
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/untangling-iran-apt42-operations"
    }
  ]
}

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