Call Control
Technique · ATTACK:mobile:T1616
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{
"id": "ATTACK:mobile:T1616",
"title": "Call Control",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1616",
"snapshot": "mobile-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--351ddf79-2d3a-41b4-9bef-82ea5d3ccd69",
"external_id": "T1616",
"domain": "mobile",
"created": "2021-09-20T13:42:20.824Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.625Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"collection",
"impact",
"command-and-control"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Android Permissions",
"url": "https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission"
},
{
"source_name": "NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue",
"url": "https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/application-threats/APP-41.html",
"external_id": "APP-41"
},
{
"source_name": "NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue",
"url": "https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-42.html",
"external_id": "CEL-42"
},
{
"source_name": "NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue",
"url": "https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-36.html",
"external_id": "CEL-36"
},
{
"source_name": "NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue",
"url": "https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-18.html",
"external_id": "CEL-18"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (18)
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ATTACK:mobile:S1195 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--06869cb8-7384-4d85-aa0a-78256133c88d
SentinelLabs AridViper 2023 · welivesecurity_apt-c-23ATTACK:mobile:S9004 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--10c912f6-6e0c-41a7-9911-f7fa5c9ba6f8
ThreatFabric_Crocodilus_March2025ATTACK:mobile:S1083 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1cf04fb7-17a6-4424-a3f2-93f1b33d19cd
ThreatFabric_Chameleon_Dec2023ATTACK:mobile:S1092 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3a282967-0536-474d-8831-30cd60b818a9
Bleeipng Computer EscobarATTACK:mobile:S1069 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4aae6ab8-2a67-4780-a69e-b15ecff7fc5d
cloudmark_tanglebot_0921ATTACK:mobile:S1054 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4e68feca-083f-40ed-88d8-2b6a3935c949
cyble_drinik_1022ATTACK:mobile:S0655 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5b670281-0054-42b4-8e54-ea01a692f5bf
SecureList BusyGasperATTACK:mobile:S0529 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--684c17bb-2075-4e1f-9fcb-17408511222d
Lookout Uyghur CampaignATTACK:mobile:S0422 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6935752c-e400-4dfa-863f-1d44a8f6dd50
Cofense AnubisATTACK:mobile:S0407 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--716f68ee-1e77-4254-8f67-d8f3c71db678
Lookout-MonokleATTACK:mobile:S9005 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--79872876-cb90-4371-9819-1bc51219d3f4
EnkiWhiteHat_KimsukyDOCSWAP_Dec2025 · S2W_DocSwap_Mar2025ATTACK:mobile:S1094 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--80eb5ebc-ae6f-461e-8e78-a18702249343
mcafee_brata_0421ATTACK:mobile:S1080 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ade5c0c5-8b53-4bc5-9d81-0284be2e5fee
kaspersky_fakecalls_0422ATTACK:mobile:M1011 → mitigates → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--afba6b19-7486-4e5a-8fda-e91852b0b354
ATTACK:mobile:S1214 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c6759fbe-ae7c-438e-9b30-dff3cc0b8e6c
McAfee MoqHao 2019ATTACK:mobile:S1231 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c836cf05-3e52-4b6e-8ade-a3e620dd32ad
MerkleScience_Godfather_April2023ATTACK:mobile:S0292 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e50c605a-0cdf-4316-bb49-2deccc69143f
forcepoint_bitterATTACK:mobile:S9006 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1616
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e92e167d-d8b7-4429-bf60-d923f0a7f714
K7Dhanalakshmi_VajraSpy_April2022