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Cloud Groups T1069.003

sub-technique of T1069 Permission Groups Discovery

Tactic: Discovery
Platforms: SaaS, IaaS, Office Suite, Identity Provider
Version: 1.5
Created: 21 February 2020
Last modified: 04 August 2026
Contributors: Regina Elwell; Isif Ibrahima, Mandiant

Adversaries may attempt to find cloud groups and permission settings. The knowledge of cloud permission groups can help adversaries determine the particular roles of users and groups within an environment, as well as which users are associated with a particular group.

ReconResource DevInitial AccessExecutionPersistencePriv EscStealthDef ImpairmentCred AccessDiscoveryLateral MoveCollectionC2ExfiltrationImpact

Threat groups45th pct

Threat groups45th percentile · 55% of ATT&CK techniques have more threat groups attributed.

Campaigns72nd pct

Campaigns72nd percentile · 72% of ATT&CK techniques have this many campaigns recorded or fewer.

Tools & malware57th pct

Tools & malware57th percentile · 57% of ATT&CK techniques have this many tools implementing them or fewer.

Detection rules60th pct

Detection rules60th percentile · 60% of ATT&CK techniques have this many detection rules written or fewer.

Cloud Groups MITRE reference T1069.003

45th pctamong all ATT&CK techniques for number of groups

1 group has been recorded using this technique. Newest first; each entry carries MITRE’s procedure text and a link to the group’s full record. Click a name to filter the rules below.

ShinyHuntersG1057 ↗

Has executed API calls to enumerate permissions for compromised AWS accounts.1

created 2026-07-291 referenceaka UNC6240

All 1 groups for this technique

Offense vs defense T1069.003

Is defensive coverage keeping up with adversary use? Eight counts, each ranked against all 697 ATT&CK techniques. Attack sits left, defense right, so a shape leaning left means adversaries are better documented here than defenders are equipped. Hover any spoke for its percentile and the share of techniques that have more. The timeline below shows when each side arrived.

How it got here

Range

Adversary activity (campaign spans) over cumulative rule output. Each source is plotted independently from zero, so neither line includes the other. Campaign dates are year-granularity.

Campaigns · 1Sigma rules (cumulative) · 1Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 3

first rule: 2021 Q2 · 1 of 1 campaigns plotted

Cloud Groups detection strategy DET0251

MITRE names one behaviour worth catching for this technique and breaks it into 3 analytics, one per platform. Each carries the log sources it needs and the fields you tune per environment.

Behavioral Detection of Cloud Group Enumeration via API and CLI Access

Enterprise

3 platforms

AN0695 · IaaS

Detects adversarial use of cloud-native APIs (e.g., AWS IAM, Azure RBAC, GCP Identity) to enumerate cloud group memberships or policy mappings via unauthorized sessions or scripts.

Log sources

The data this analytic draws on. You do not need every component — each one you already collect covers part of it. Each links to its ATT&CK record.

Data component	Name	Channel
Group EnumerationDC0099	AWS:CloudTrail	ListGroups, ListAttachedRolePolicies

Tunable fields

MITRE calls these the analytic’s mutable elements: the thresholds and filters you set for your own environment.

Field	What you tune
UserContext	Scope to anomalous IAM principals or assume-role usage.
TimeWindow	Correlate enumeration activity within lateral movement prep windows.

AN0696 · Office Suite

Identifies unauthorized access or enumeration of administrative roles, security groups, or distribution groups via Exchange/SharePoint/Teams APIs or role discovery scripts.

Log sources

The data this analytic draws on. You do not need every component — each one you already collect covers part of it. Each links to its ATT&CK record.

Data component	Name	Channel
Command ExecutionDC0064	m365:exchange	Get-RoleGroup, Get-DistributionGroup
Group MetadataDC0105	m365:sharepoint	Enumerate ACLs/role bindings

Tunable fields

MITRE calls these the analytic’s mutable elements: the thresholds and filters you set for your own environment.

Field	What you tune
AccessScope	Adjust based on tenant-level vs. site-level group visibility.
ScriptExecutionContext	Detect script-based role listing (e.g., Graph API call chains).

AN0697 · SaaS

Monitors API calls and service-specific logs for enumeration of organizational roles, permissions, and group structure, particularly outside of normal admin behavior baselines.

Log sources

The data this analytic draws on. You do not need every component — each one you already collect covers part of it. Each links to its ATT&CK record.

Data component	Name	Channel
Group EnumerationDC0099	saas:salesforce	GET /services/data/vXX.X/groups

Tunable fields

MITRE calls these the analytic’s mutable elements: the thresholds and filters you set for your own environment.

Field	What you tune
OrgScope	Scope to cross-team access or unfamiliar org enumeration.
RequestRate	Tuning for excessive group-list API calls.

Cloud Groups detections T1069.003

4 rules are mapped to this technique. Parent techniques also include their sub-techniques’ rules. Click a slice or key entry to filter the table.

60th pctamong all ATT&CK techniques for number of rules

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