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ATT&CK techniqueStealth (formerly Defense Evasion)

T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)EnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1036.005 (Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location) appears in 475 tracked threats, first reported 2021-11-25 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including APT38, Sapphire Sleet, Stardust Chollima; it most often appears alongside T1071.001 (Web Protocols).

Tracked threats
475102 critical, 324 high, 47 medium, 1 low
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
128In the threats using it
Detection rules
1494Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1036.005 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 135 reports, and 474 of the 475 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1036 Masquerading. Threadlinqs maps 475 of 2623 tracked threats (18.1%) to it; by severity that is 102 critical, 324 high, 47 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1036.005 most often also use T1071.001 Web Protocols (326 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (271 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (270 threats), T1204.002 Malicious File (248 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (238 threats). These are the techniques an intrusion set tends to chain with it, so they are the natural next places to look when it is observed.

128 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1036.005; the most frequent are APT38 (17), Sapphire Sleet (14), Stardust Chollima (14), TeamPCP (11), Lazarus Group (8).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 3 mitigations for T1036.005.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1036.005, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • File — File Metadata
  • Image — Image Metadata
  • Process — Process Creation, Process Metadata

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 475 tracked threats that use T1036.005.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 1494 detection rules mapped to T1036.005 (SPL 563, KQL 431, Sigma 500). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

1494 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans

Parent technique

T1036 Masquerading — 845 tracked threats at the technique level.