Obtain Capabilities
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1588",
"title": "Obtain Capabilities",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588",
"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--ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1",
"external_id": "T1588",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-01T01:56:24.776Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:24.545Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"resource-development"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "PegasusCitizenLab",
"url": "https://citizenlab.ca/2016/08/million-dollar-dissident-iphone-zero-day-nso-group-uae/"
},
{
"source_name": "FireEyeSupplyChain",
"url": "https://www.mandiant.com/resources/supply-chain-analysis-from-quartermaster-to-sunshop"
},
{
"source_name": "DiginotarCompromise",
"url": "https://threatpost.com/final-report-diginotar-hack-shows-total-compromise-ca-servers-103112/77170/"
},
{
"source_name": "Recorded Future Beacon Certificates",
"url": "https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/cobalt-strike-servers"
},
{
"source_name": "Splunk Kovar Certificates 2017",
"url": "https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/tall-tales-of-hunting-with-tls-ssl-certificates.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Analyzing CS Dec 2020",
"url": "https://www.randhome.io/blog/2020/12/20/analyzing-cobalt-strike-for-fun-and-profit/"
},
{
"source_name": "NationsBuying",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.006 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1b7c7b5c-22df-4713-be96-818a8916e6d1
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--21103c84-cbf8-48ee-b02f-edd13157bd89
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.007 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3578dfa3-12cf-4788-aeba-e3478981177b
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4b23ce54-a782-4af5-99bd-8bc59c2893b2
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--757be841-a218-4d0e-bbe3-a138eea7692e
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b54dd734-7d12-4f69-89f7-d89e9090777a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1056 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d40b183e-3714-4e2c-a738-caff2db7054a
ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--feccce31-b855-430b-a0f6-6e3a3eb41bf9