Threat intelligence / Mitigation

Graphical User Interface Mitigation

Prevent adversaries from gaining access to credentials through Credential Access that can be used to log into remote desktop sessions on systems. Identify unnecessary system utilities, third-party tools, or potentially malicious software that may be used to log into remote interactive sessions, and audit and/or block them by using whitelisting (Citation: Beechey 2010) tools, like AppLocker (Citation: Windows Commands JPCERT) (Citation: NSA MS AppLocker) and Software Restriction Policies (Citation: Corio 2008) where appropriate. (Citation: TechNet Applocker vs SRP)

Mitigation

TypeMitigation

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First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

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Prevent adversaries from gaining access to credentials through Credential Access that can be used to log into remote desktop sessions on systems. Identify unnecessary system utilities, third-party tools, or potentially malicious software that may be used to log into remote interactive sessions, and audit and/or block them by using whitelisting (Citation: Beechey 2010) tools, like AppLocker (Citation: Windows Commands JPCERT) (Citation: NSA MS AppLocker) and Software Restriction Policies (Citation: Corio 2008) where appropriate. (Citation: TechNet Applocker vs SRP)

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References

mitre-attack

T1061

Beechey 2010

http://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/application/application-whitelisting-panacea-propaganda-33599

Windows Commands JPCERT

https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2016/01/windows-commands-abused-by-attackers.html

NSA MS AppLocker

https://apps.nsa.gov/iaarchive/library/ia-guidance/tech-briefs/application-whitelisting-using-microsoft-applocker.cfm

Corio 2008

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.06.srp.aspx

TechNet Applocker vs SRP

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791851.aspx