Email Collection: Local Email Collection

Threat Actors may target user email on local systems to collect sensitive information. Files containing email data can be acquired from a user’s local system, such as Outlook storage or cache files.

ID: ATAGS-T1179.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1179
Tactic: Collection
Targeted Components: Software
Responsibility: Shared
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.