tfMITRE ATT&CK sub-technique

Evil Twin T1557.004

sub-technique of T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle

Tactics: Credential Access, Collection
Platform: Network Devices
Version: 1.1
Created: 17 September 2024
Last modified: 15 April 2025
Contributors: Menachem Goldstein; DeFord L. Smith

Adversaries may host seemingly genuine Wi-Fi access points to deceive users into connecting to malicious networks as a way of supporting follow-on behaviors such as Network Sniffing, Transmitted Data Manipulation, or Input Capture.[1]

ReconResource DevInitial AccessExecutionPersistencePriv EscStealthDef ImpairmentCred AccessDiscoveryLateral MoveCollectionC2ExfiltrationImpact

Threat groups45th pct

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

CampaignsNone recorded

CampaignsNone recorded · 54% of ATT&CK techniques have none either.

Tools & malwareNone recorded

Tools & malwareNone recorded · 29% of ATT&CK techniques have none either.

Detection rulesNone recorded

Detection rulesNone recorded · 33% of ATT&CK techniques have none either.

Evil Twin MITRE reference T1557.004

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.

APT28G0007 ↗

Has used a Wi-Fi Pineapple to set up Evil Twin Wi-Fi Poisoning for the purposes of capturing victim credentials or planting espionage-oriented malware.1

created 2017-05-311 referenceaka IRON TWILIGHT

All 1 groups for this technique

Offense vs defense T1557.004

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.

Evil Twin detection strategy DET0379

MITRE names one behaviour worth catching for this technique and breaks it into 1 analytic, one per platform. Each carries the log sources it needs and the fields you tune per environment.

Detect Evil Twin Wi-Fi Access Points on Network Devices

Enterprise

1 platform

AN1069 · Network Devices

Detects rogue Wi-Fi access points broadcasting the same SSID as legitimate APs with stronger signal strength, unexpected MAC/BSSID values, or inconsistent encryption settings. Correlates authentication attempts, captive portal redirections, and anomalous traffic flows through unauthorized APs.

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
Application Log ContentDC0038	networkdevice:syslog	Failed authentication requests redirected to non-standard portals
Network Traffic FlowDC0078	WLANLogs:Association	Multiple APs advertising the same SSID but with different BSSID/MAC or encryption type
Network Traffic ContentDC0085	NSM:Flow	Probe responses from unauthorized APs responding to client probe requests

Tunable fields

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

Field	What you tune
KnownSSIDs	Baseline of authorized SSIDs; deviations may indicate rogue AP.
AllowedBSSIDs	Whitelist of BSSID/MAC addresses mapped to corporate SSIDs.
SignalStrengthThreshold	Used to flag unusually strong signals from unexpected APs.
CaptivePortalDomains	Trusted login domains; unrecognized portals may be malicious.

Evil Twin detections T1557.004

No detection rules are mapped to this technique yet.

None recorded— 33% of ATT&CK techniques have none either

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