Acquire Infrastructure: Serverless
- ID
- T1583.007
- Tactics
- TA0042 Resource Development
- Sub-technique of
- T1583 Acquire Infrastructure
- Platforms
- PRE
- Data sources
- Response Content
- Source
- attack.mitre.org
- MITRE last modified
- 16 Apr 2025
Adversaries may purchase and configure serverless cloud infrastructure, such as Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda functions, or Google Apps Scripts, that can be used during targeting. By utilizing serverless infrastructure, adversaries can make it more difficult to attribute infrastructure used during operations back to them.
Once acquired, the serverless runtime environment can be leveraged to either respond directly to infected machines or to Proxy traffic to an adversary-owned command and control server.[1][2][3] As traffic generated by these functions will appear to come from subdomains of common cloud providers, it may be difficult to distinguish from ordinary traffic to these providers - making it easier to Hide Infrastructure.[4][1]
Detection
- DET0829 Detection of Serverless
Data components: Response Content
Mitigations (1)
- M1056 Pre-compromise
This technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on behaviors performed outside of the scope of enterprise defenses and controls.