IDE Tunneling
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001",
"title": "IDE Tunneling",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1219/001",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--77e29a47-e263-4f11-8692-e5012f44dbac",
"external_id": "T1219.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-03-20T18:46:24.598Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.643Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"command-and-control"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "sentinelone operationDigitalEye Dec 2024",
"url": "https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/operation-digital-eye-chinese-apt-compromises-critical-digital-infrastructure-via-visual-studio-code-tunnels/"
},
{
"source_name": "Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/stately-taurus-abuses-vscode-southeast-asian-espionage/"
},
{
"source_name": "Thornton tutorial VSCode shell September 2023",
"url": "https://medium.com/@truvis.thornton/visual-studio-code-embedded-reverse-shell-and-how-to-block-create-sentinel-detection-and-add-e864ebafaf6d"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (5)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--030cd687-e359-44ea-9d0c-0d718a1b2cb5
Microsoft Dev Tunnels Group Policies · Microsoft Dev Tunnels Group Policy MitigationATTACK:enterprise:G0129 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2f405cde-1625-423a-a4d4-cde1387e6481
Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1219
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5325ffbb-60fb-47ab-a3ea-4fd11e941d29
ATTACK:enterprise:C0060 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6b12862a-3b6f-4071-a049-b0fa4955bc45
ESET MirrorFace 2025ATTACK:enterprise:C0061 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1219.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bf3e0df1-ac5a-4915-b6ea-45b050bd0d79
sentinelone operationDigitalEye Dec 2024