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T1057 Process Discovery

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As of 2026-10-05, T1057 (Process Discovery) appears in 367 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 T1082 (System Information Discovery).

Tracked threats
367102 critical, 248 high, 17 medium
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
108In the threats using it
Detection rules
226Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1057 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 117 reports, and 366 of the 367 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1057 Process Discovery is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Discovery tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 367 of 2623 tracked threats (14%) to it; by severity that is 102 critical, 248 high, 17 medium.

Threats that use T1057 most often also use T1082 System Information Discovery (300 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (261 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (216 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (207 threats), T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (205 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.

108 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1057; the most frequent are APT38 (17), Sapphire Sleet (16), Stardust Chollima (15), TeamPCP (9), Lazarus Group (8).

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1057, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • Process — OS API Execution, Process Creation

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 367 tracked threats that use T1057.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 226 detection rules mapped to T1057 (SPL 54, KQL 93, Sigma 79). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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