Phishing for Information
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1598",
"title": "Phishing for Information",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598",
"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--cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a",
"external_id": "T1598",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-02T17:07:01.502Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.717Z",
"version": "1.4",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"reconnaissance"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Avertium callback phishing",
"url": "https://www.avertium.com/resources/threat-reports/everything-you-need-to-know-about-callback-phishing"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMictro Phishing",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/20/i/tricky-forms-of-phishing.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Sophos Attachment",
"url": "https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/10/02/serious-security-phishing-without-links-when-phishers-bring-along-their-own-web-pages/"
},
{
"source_name": "cyberproof-double-bounce",
"url": "https://blog.cyberproof.com/blog/double-bounced-attacks-with-email-spoofing-2022-trends"
},
{
"source_name": "PCMag FakeLogin",
"url": "https://www.pcmag.com/news/hackers-try-to-phish-united-nations-staffers-with-fake-login-pages"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft OAuth Spam 2022",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/09/22/malicious-oauth-applications-used-to-compromise-email-servers-and-spread-spam/"
},
{
"source_name": "ThreatPost Social Media Phishing",
"url": "https://threatpost.com/facebook-launching-pad-phishing-attacks/160351/"
},
{
"source_name": "Proofpoint-spoof",
"url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-reference/email-spoofing"
},
{
"source_name": "GitHub Phishery",
"url": "https://github.com/ryhanson/phishery"
},
{
"source_name": "Palo Alto Unit 42 VBA Infostealer 2014",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/examining-vba-initiated-infostealer-campaign/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (12)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G1015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0697ae7e-2008-4674-a4ab-761fd5c15b4e
CrowdStrike Scattered Spider BYOVD January 2023ATTACK:enterprise:G0128 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1023acea-b162-406d-a40d-201fc005d5ad
Google Election Threats October 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0094 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--21f22e98-2825-4cff-a7a7-df6eba18ddb1
Mandiant APT43 March 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1598.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3bdb0dad-0c0c-4ced-bac1-8a9c5c89bb09
ATTACK:enterprise:M1017 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3de6d2ba-842b-4f60-b177-d8082eebbb1e
ATTACK:enterprise:G0007 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--666e9638-d9d9-4480-a98c-dfa247e43bd2
Microsoft Targeting Elections September 2020 · Secureworks IRON TWILIGHT Active Measures March 2017ATTACK:enterprise:M1054 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--727520dd-a7ee-4665-a610-201f0d5e2f0e
ACSC Email Spoofing · Microsoft Anti SpoofingATTACK:enterprise:G1057 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9e666441-93dc-406d-b8bd-d92155746fa3
Intel471_SH_Aug2021ATTACK:enterprise:T1598.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a299b456-78d0-4cf2-accc-4dfd7b5cd74d
ATTACK:enterprise:T1598.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a2dc6f64-0980-4668-957d-a09538074898
ATTACK:enterprise:G1036 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c5a84306-f745-450a-8c32-8c3d0819fec1
Microsoft Moonstone Sleet 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1598.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1598
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d12eb6a1-bb15-4d95-8390-667cda87923e