AltaySec · ATLAS 2026.07
AML.T0055

Unsecured Credentials

C · Explainer (cannot be honestly simulated in-browser) AML.TA0013 · Credential Access

Description

Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials. These credentials can be stored and/or misplaced in many locations on a system, including plaintext files (e.g. bash history), environment variables, operating system, or application-specific repositories (e.g. Credentials in Registry), or other specialized files/artifacts (e.g. private keys).

Honesty-tier rationale

Credential access is bound to real stores/environments (repos, memory, env vars); it cannot be honestly enacted without infrastructure.

Source

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