Email Collection: Remote Email Collection (T1114.002)
Tactic: Collection · Platforms: Office Suite, Windows
The interactive view maps 1 detection strategy, 3 mitigations, 13 threat groups, 4 software entries, 3 campaigns to this technique, alongside D3FEND countermeasures and data-component coverage.
Sub-technique of Email Collection (T1114).
Overview
Adversaries may target an Exchange server, Office 365, or Google Workspace to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may leverage a user's credentials and interact directly with the Exchange server to acquire information from within a network. Adversaries may also access externally facing Exchange services, Office 365, or Google Workspace to access email using credentials or access tokens. Tools such as MailSniper can be used to automate searches for specific keywords.