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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

ExecutionEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1059 (Command and Scripting Interpreter) appears in 1050 tracked threats, first reported 2021-11-25 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including TeamPCP, APT38, Sapphire Sleet; it most often appears alongside T1071 (Application Layer Protocol).

Tracked threats
1050447 critical, 527 high, 63 medium, 5 low
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
189In the threats using it
Detection rules
662Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1059 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 316 reports, and 1048 of the 1050 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Execution tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 1050 of 2623 tracked threats (40%) to it; by severity that is 447 critical, 527 high, 63 medium, 5 low.

Threats that use T1059 most often also use T1071 Application Layer Protocol (656 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (595 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (593 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (593 threats), T1036 Masquerading (539 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.

189 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1059; the most frequent are TeamPCP (30), APT38 (20), Sapphire Sleet (18), Stardust Chollima (17), Lazarus Group (14).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 9 mitigations for T1059.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1059, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • Module — Module Load
  • Process — Process Creation, Process Metadata
  • Script — Script Execution

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 1050 tracked threats that use T1059.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 662 detection rules mapped to T1059 (SPL 232, KQL 219, Sigma 211). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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