Agent skill

Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation

by mukul975 in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs…

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Install Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation .claude/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation
GitHub stars
34k
Token cost
~730 tokens
SKILL.md length
246 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
644
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs…

  • Works in 4 steps: Parse Account Modification Events → Detect Privileged Group Changes → Identify Shadow Admin Indicators → …
  • Investigating suspected privilege persistence in Active Directory
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Steps, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs 4738, 4728, 4732, 4756, 4670, and 5136. Use when investigating suspected privilege persistence in Active Directory, after detecting anomalous group/credential changes, or during incident response to trace account tampering.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md` and `scripts/agent.py`).

It sits in Security, covering Red teaming and adversary simulation and Incident response. The repository describes itself as: 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Investigating suspected privilege persistence in Active Directory
  • After detecting anomalous group/credential changes
  • During incident response to trace account tampering

Example prompts

  • “Use the hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation skill to hunt for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history…”
  • “/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Parse Account Modification Events
  2. Detect Privileged Group Changes
  3. Identify Shadow Admin Indicators
  4. Correlate with Attack Timeline

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 54a7988. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation loads about 730 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 246 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~730
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills at commit 54a7988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 246 words, ~730 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation
description
Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs 4738, 4728, 4732, 4756, 4670, and 5136. Use when investigating suspected privilege persistence in Active Directory, after detecting anomalous group/credential changes, or during incident response to trace account tampering.
domain
cybersecurity
subdomain
threat-hunting
tags
threat-hunting, mitre-attack, t1098, account-manipulation, active-directory, persistence
version
1.0
author
mahipal
license
Apache-2.0
d3fend_techniques
Token Binding, Restore Access, Application Protocol Command Analysis, Password Authentication, Biometric Authentication
nist_csf
DE.CM-01, DE.AE-02, DE.AE-07, ID.RA-05
mitre_attack
T1046, T1057, T1082, T1083, T1003

Hunting for T1098 Account Manipulation

Overview

MITRE ATT&CK T1098 (Account Manipulation) covers adversary actions to maintain or expand access to compromised accounts, including adding credentials, modifying group memberships, SID history injection, and creating shadow admin accounts. This skill covers detecting these techniques through Windows Security Event Log analysis (Event IDs 4738, 4728, 4732, 4756, 4670, 5136), correlating group membership changes with privilege escalation indicators, and identifying anomalous account modification patterns.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require hunting for t1098 account manipulation
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Windows Security Event Logs (EVTX format) or SIEM access
  • Python 3.9+ with python-evtx, lxml libraries
  • Understanding of Active Directory group structure and SID architecture
  • Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK T1098 sub-techniques

Steps

Step 1: Parse Account Modification Events

Extract Event IDs 4738 (user account changed), 4728/4732/4756 (member added to security groups), and 5136 (directory service object modified).

Step 2: Detect Privileged Group Changes

Flag additions to Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, Administrators, and Backup Operators groups.

Step 3: Identify Shadow Admin Indicators

Detect accounts receiving AdminSDHolder protection, direct privilege assignment, or SID history injection.

Step 4: Correlate with Attack Timeline

Cross-reference account changes with authentication events to identify initial compromise and persistence establishment.

Expected Output

JSON report with detected account manipulation events, privileged group changes, shadow admin indicators, and timeline correlation.

© mukul975, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE
  • references/api-reference.md
  • scripts/agent.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988

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Questions about Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation

What does Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation do?

Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs…. Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Hunts for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation - shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications - by analyzing Windows Security Event Log IDs 4738, 4728, 4732, 4756, 4670, and 5136.

When should I use Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation?

Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation fits situations like: investigating suspected privilege persistence in Active Directory; after detecting anomalous group/credential changes; during incident response to trace account tampering.

How do I install Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .claude/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .agents/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation, .gemini/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation, .github/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation and .opencode/skills/hunting-for-t1098-account-manipulation in your project.

What does Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation use?

Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation use?

About 730 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 666 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation?

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Who maintains Hunting For T1098 Account Manipulation?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, which has 34,116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 644 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.