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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005",
  "title": "Link Target",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/005",
  "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--84ae8255-b4f4-4237-b5c5-e717405a9701",
  "external_id": "T1608.005",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2021-03-17T20:35:08.429Z",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.683Z",
  "version": "1.4",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "resource-development"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Netskope GCP Redirection",
      "url": "https://www.netskope.com/blog/targeted-attacks-abusing-google-cloud-platform-open-redirection"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Netskope Cloud Phishing",
      "url": "https://www.netskope.com/blog/a-big-catch-cloud-phishing-from-google-app-engine-and-azure-app-service"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "URI Unique",
      "url": "https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/09/2002313081/-1/-1/0/CSI-DETECT-AND-PREVENT-WEB-SHELL-MALWARE-20200422.PDF"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Kaspersky-masking",
      "url": "https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/malicious-redirect-methods/50045/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Talos IPFS 2022",
      "url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ipfs-abuse/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Malwarebytes Silent Librarian October 2020",
      "url": "https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2020/10/silent-librarian-apt-phishing-attack/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "URI",
      "url": "https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/Preparing-for-uniform-resource-identifier-URI-exploits"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "URI Use",
      "url": "https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-08/McFeters-Rios-Carter/Presentation/bh-dc-08-mcfeters-rios-carter.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "iOS URL Scheme",
      "url": "https://docs.ostorlab.co/kb/IPA_URL_SCHEME_HIJACKING/index.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Intezer App Service Phishing",
      "url": "https://www.intezer.com/blog/malware-analysis/kud-i-enter-your-server-new-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-azure/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Proofpoint TA407 September 2019",
      "url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/threat-actor-profile-ta407-silent-librarian"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cofense-redirect",
      "url": "https://cofense.com/blog/major-energy-company-targeted-in-large-qr-code-campaign/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "mandiant-masking",
      "url": "https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/url-obfuscation-schema-abuse"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (8)

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ATTACK:enterprise:C0059 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--110fd4fd-3b1c-47d4-9e23-fb6b5346fc5e

FBI Salesforce Data Theft SEP 2025 · Google Salesforce JUN 2025

ATTACK:enterprise:G0046 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1f3d48af-f6e6-423b-8290-2386f13b766f

BlackBerry_FIN7_April2024

ATTACK:enterprise:G1014 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--33119ed3-3f9c-43b1-a371-53a1cfdce144

Kaspersky LuminousMoth July 2021

ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4fd99e09-2473-4bc1-92fd-6bf17bed8ee5

ATTACK:enterprise:G1059 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--62897272-eba9-469f-ba59-df9b1e30eeb9

CheckPoint_NimbusManticoreEurope_Sept2025 · CheckPoint_NimbusManticore_May2026 · Mandiant_UNC1549TTPsTools_Nov2025

ATTACK:enterprise:G0122 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9038cd4b-182b-469f-ac45-83dedf5110c9

Secureworks COBALT DICKENS September 2019 · Malwarebytes Silent Librarian October 2020 · Proofpoint TA407 September 2019

ATTACK:enterprise:C0060 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--992c1bd2-c4f3-4de4-a6d2-852c942d51a7

ESET MirrorFace 2025 · Trend Micro Earth Kasha Anel NOV 2024

ATTACK:enterprise:M1056 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1608.005

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e28dd993-e11d-4cce-b029-e3e5194a2482

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