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T1059.007 JavaScript

ExecutionEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1059.007 (JavaScript) appears in 241 tracked threats, first reported 2025-10-13 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including TeamPCP, Contagious Interview, APT38; it most often appears alongside T1071.001 (Web Protocols).

Tracked threats
24173 critical, 148 high, 17 medium, 2 low
First seen
2025-10-13
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
65In the threats using it
Detection rules
773Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1059.007 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 58 reports, and 240 of the 241 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1059.007 JavaScript is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Execution tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter. Threadlinqs maps 241 of 2623 tracked threats (9.2%) to it; by severity that is 73 critical, 148 high, 17 medium, 2 low.

Threats that use T1059.007 most often also use T1071.001 Web Protocols (165 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (151 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (123 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (120 threats), T1204.002 Malicious File (109 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.

65 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1059.007; the most frequent are TeamPCP (19), Contagious Interview (9), APT38 (7), WageMole (7), Sapphire Sleet (6).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 4 mitigations for T1059.007.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1059.007, per MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 241 tracked threats that use T1059.007.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 773 detection rules mapped to T1059.007 (SPL 283, KQL 239, Sigma 249, other 2). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter — 1050 tracked threats at the technique level.