{'created': '2024-08-05T21:39:16.274Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may match or approximate the names of legitimate '
                'accounts to make newly created ones appear benign. This will '
                'typically occur during [Create '
                'Account](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136), although '
                'accounts may also be renamed at a later date. This may also '
                'coincide with [Account Access '
                'Removal](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1531) if the '
                'actor first deletes an account before re-creating one with '
                'the same name.(Citation: Huntress MOVEit 2023)\n'
                '\n'
                'Often, adversaries will attempt to masquerade as service '
                'accounts, such as those associated with legitimate software, '
                'data backups, or container cluster management.(Citation: '
                'Elastic CUBA Ransomware 2022)(Citation: Aquasec Kubernetes '
                'Attack 2023) They may also give accounts generic, trustworthy '
                'names, such as “admin”, “help”, or “root.”(Citation: Invictus '
                'IR Cloud Ransomware 2024) Sometimes adversaries may model '
                'account names off of those already existing in the system, as '
                'a follow-on behavior to [Account '
                'Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087).  \n'
                '\n'
                'Note that this is distinct from '
                '[Impersonation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1656), '
                'which describes impersonating specific trusted individuals or '
                'organizations, rather than user or service account names.  ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1036.010',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/010'},
                         {'description': 'Daniel Stepanic, Derek Ditch, Seth '
                                         'Goodwin, Salim Bitam, Andrew Pease. '
                                         '(2022, September 7). CUBA Ransomware '
                                         'Campaign Analysis. Retrieved August '
                                         '5, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Elastic CUBA Ransomware 2022',
                          'url': 'https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/cuba-ransomware-campaign-analysis'},
                         {'description': 'Invictus IR. (2024, January 11). '
                                         'Ransomware in the cloud. Retrieved '
                                         'August 5, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Invictus IR Cloud Ransomware 2024',
                          'url': 'https://www.invictus-ir.com/news/ransomware-in-the-cloud'},
                         {'description': 'John Hammond. (2023, June 1). MOVEit '
                                         'Transfer Critical Vulnerability '
                                         'CVE-2023-34362 Rapid Response. '
                                         'Retrieved August 5, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Huntress MOVEit 2023',
                          'url': 'https://www.huntress.com/blog/moveit-transfer-critical-vulnerability-rapid-response'},
                         {'description': 'Michael Katchinskiy, Assaf Morag. '
                                         '(2023, April 21). First-Ever Attack '
                                         'Leveraging Kubernetes RBAC to '
                                         'Backdoor Clusters. Retrieved July '
                                         '14, 2023.',
                          'source_name': 'Aquasec Kubernetes Attack 2023',
                          'url': 'https://blog.aquasec.com/leveraging-kubernetes-rbac-to-backdoor-clusters'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--d349c66e-18e1-4d8b-a2d7-65af7cbd2ba0',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-04-15T22:48:14.966Z',
 'name': 'Masquerade Account Name',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Menachem Goldstein'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux',
                       'macOS',
                       'Windows',
                       'SaaS',
                       'IaaS',
                       'Containers',
                       'Office Suite',
                       'Identity Provider'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}