MITRE ATT&CK · TA0007 Discovery

T1087.004: Account Discovery: Cloud Account

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Detection coverage in DCV across AWS, Azure and GCP for Account Discovery: Cloud Account, plus the corresponding Sigma rules in the CloudSigma library. Source data refreshed 2026-06-05.

01 What is T1087.004?

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts. Cloud accounts are those created and configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration of resources within a cloud service provider or SaaS application.

With authenticated access there are several tools that can be used to find accounts. The <code>Get-MsolRoleMember</code> PowerShell cmdlet can be used to obtain account names given a role or permissions group in Office 365. The Azure CLI (AZ CLI) also provides an interface to obtain user accounts with authenticated access to a domain. The command <code>az ad user list</code> will list all users within a domain.

The AWS command <code>aws iam list-users</code> may be used to obtain a list of users in the current account while <code>aws iam list-roles</code> can obtain IAM roles that have a specified path prefix. In GCP, <code>gcloud iam service-accounts list</code> and <code>gcloud projects get-iam-policy</code> may be used to obtain a listing of service accounts and users in a project.

Platforms: IaaS, Identity Provider, Office Suite, SaaS.

02 Coverage in DCV

DCV maps 1 detection across 1 cloud provider to T1087.004. Coverage by source:

Source Cloud Findings mapped Avg confidence
GCP Chronicle GCP 1 0.85

03 Detect with CloudSigma

CloudSigma has coverage metadata for 1 T1087.004 rule across 3 platforms. The linked platform page remains the canonical rule surface; this page will embed an example after a rule clears the public embed bar.

CloudSigma has coverage metadata for T1087.004, but no public example rule clears the embed bar for this page yet. Generate a fresh starting-point rule in CloudSigma from the relevant advisory or threat-research input, then validate it against your local telemetry before enabling it in production.

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06 FAQ

What is T1087.004 (Account Discovery: Cloud Account)?

Detection coverage in DCV across AWS, Azure and GCP for Account Discovery: Cloud Account, plus the corresponding Sigma rules in the CloudSigma library. Source data refreshed 2026-06-05.

Where does T1087.004 appear in cloud detection sources?

DCV maps 1 cloud-native detections to T1087.004 across 1 cloud providers, drawn from GCP Chronicle.

What MITRE ATT&CK tactic does T1087.004 belong to?

T1087.004 is part of MITRE ATT&CK TA0007 Discovery: How adversaries learn what they have access to.

How does CloudSigma fit for T1087.004?

CloudSigma ships 3 validated Sigma rules for T1087.004 across AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity and GCP Audit Logs. Each rule is validated against its source SIEM dialect before publication.

Sources
  • MITRE ATT&CK, https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/004/
  • MITRE Tactic TA0007 Discovery, https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
  • MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense, Security Stack Mappings (https://center-for-threat-informed-defense.github.io/security-stack-mappings/)
Last verified: 2026-06-05