T1552.001

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

discovered 2025-08-12

Wave 4 shifts from full-process.env capture (Waves 1-3) to targeted on-disk credential/secret harvesting. The postinstall reads ~20 files including ~/.ssh, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.kube/config, ~/.docker/config.json, ~/.npmrc, ~/.netrc, ~/.pgpass, ~/.git-credentials, ~/.env, and ~/.bash_history.

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