Use Alternate Authentication Material: Application Access Token

Threat Actors may use stolen application access tokens to bypass the typical authentication process and access restricted accounts, information, or services on remote systems. These tokens are typically stolen from users or services and used in lieu of login credentials.

ID: ATAGS-T1109.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1109
Tactic: Defense Evasion
Targeted Components: Cloud Control Plane
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.