# T1069 Permission Groups Discovery

> As of 2026-10-05, T1069 (Permission Groups Discovery) appears in 101 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-09-19, with linked actors including APT28, BlueDelta, Forest Blizzard; it most often appears alongside T1059 (Command and Scripting Interpreter).

- **Tracked threats:** 101 (37 critical, 56 high, 8 medium)
- **First seen:** 2026-02-02
- **Last seen:** 2026-09-19
- **Threat actors:** 50
- **Detection rules:** 41 (counts only; Blue tier and above)

## Key facts

- **ID:** T1069
- **Framework:** MITRE ATT&CK
- **Tactics:** Discovery
- **Matrix:** Enterprise
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-05
- **MITRE:** https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/

## Activity timeline

T1069 first appeared in tracked threats on 2026-02-02 and was most recently reported on 2026-09-19. The busiest month was 2026-07 with 44 reports, and 101 of the 101 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

## How adversaries use it

T1069 Permission Groups Discovery is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Discovery tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 101 of 2623 tracked threats (3.9%) to it; by severity that is 37 critical, 56 high, 8 medium.

Threats that use T1069 most often also use [T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1059) (69 threats), [T1078 Valid Accounts](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1078) (67 threats), [T1087 Account Discovery](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1087) (66 threats), [T1005 Data from Local System](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1005) (59 threats), [T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1190) (58 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.

50 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1069; the most frequent are [APT28](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/APT28) (4), [BlueDelta](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/BlueDelta) (4), [Forest Blizzard](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Forest%20Blizzard) (4), [Chaotic Eclipse](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Chaotic%20Eclipse) (2), [FSB Center 16](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/FSB%20Center%2016) (2).

## Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1069, per MITRE ATT&CK.

- Application Log — Application Log Content
- Command — Command Execution
- Group — Group Enumeration, Group Metadata
- Process — Process Creation

## Threat actors using it

- [APT28](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/APT28) — 4
- [BlueDelta](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/BlueDelta) — 4
- [Forest Blizzard](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Forest%20Blizzard) — 4
- [Chaotic Eclipse](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Chaotic%20Eclipse) — 2
- [FSB Center 16](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/FSB%20Center%2016) — 2
- [INC Ransom](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/INC%20Ransom) — 2
- [LockBit](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/LockBit) — 2
- [NightmareEclipse](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/NightmareEclipse) — 2
- [Sandworm](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Sandworm) — 2
- [Scattered Spider](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Scattered%20Spider) — 2
- [Static Tundra](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Static%20Tundra) — 2
- [Storm-1175](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Storm-1175) — 2

## Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 101 tracked threats that use T1069.

- [SolarWinds Access Rights Manager Hard-Coded Cryptographic Key (CVE-2026-28326) Enables Unauthenticated RCE](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2585) — critical — 2026-09-19
- [CVE-2026-82329: Critical JFrog Artifactory Authentication Bypass Exploited Days After Disclosure](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2287) — critical — 2026-09-01
- [Insider Threat Landscape: Dark Web Recruitment & Access Broker Trends — July 2026](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2078) — medium — 2026-08-20
- [Threat Actor 'TheHatman' Claims Theft of 3.6M+ Azure/Entra Tenant Employee Records from McDonald's, Gap…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2047) — medium — 2026-08-17
- [Ransomware Extortion Campaigns Shift Targeting to Mid-Level IT and Business Managers, Zscaler ThreatLabz Finds](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1957) — medium — 2026-08-09
- [GOLD ENCOUNTER / Payouts King Ransomware Campaign Targeting Business Managers: 351 Victims Across 334…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1917) — high — 2026-08-06
- [Cardiology Associates of Port Huron (Port Huron Heart Center) Breached by Orova Ransomware Group — 144.00 GB…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1916) — high — 2026-08-06
- [August 2026 Patch Roundup: 11 Critical/High CVEs in Veeam VSPC (CVE-2026-58073, CVSS 9.5), HashiCorp…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1891) — critical — 2026-08-05
- [ChainDrop npm Supply-Chain Compromise: Self-Propagating Mini Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm Affecting…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1875) — critical — 2026-08-04
- [NightmareEclipse Coordinated Disclosure Breach Campaign: 9+ Windows Zero-Days (CVE-2026-33825…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1865) — critical — 2026-08-04
- [N-able N-central Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-18577) Actively Exploited for Admin Takeover](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1830) — critical — 2026-08-03
- [CVE-2026-17059: Keycloak Admin REST API Broken Object-Level Authorization Exposes User PII](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1796) — medium — 2026-07-31
- [CVE-2026-28323: SolarWinds Web Help Desk SAML Authentication Bypass](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1789) — critical — 2026-07-31
- [SplitVPN (formerly NotVPN) Breach Exposes 58M Connection Logs, 23.4M User Records Despite 'No Logs' Claims](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1815) — high — 2026-07-29
- [CVE-2026-63077: Unauthenticated RCE in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises via Agent Polling Protocol](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1747) — critical — 2026-07-28
- [Operation BlueDash: Fake Microsoft Teams Update Deploys Dual RMM Backdoors (Level RMM + ScreenConnect)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1732) — high — 2026-07-27
- [Larva-26009 MS-SQL Server Intrusion Campaign Deploys XMRig, VShell, SoftEther VPN via Multi-Tool Toolkit](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1754) — high — 2026-07-25
- [AWS CLI Login Phishing: Abusing `aws login --remote` Cross-Device Authentication to Steal Console/CLI Sessions](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1646) — high — 2026-07-23
- [RefluXFS: Linux Kernel XFS Copy-on-Write Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-64600)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1629) — high — 2026-07-22
- [CVE-2026-11374: Predictable SSO Ticket Generation Enables Unauthenticated Account Takeover in ManageEngine…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1627) — critical — 2026-07-22
- [SolarWinds Serv-U 2026.3 Patches 16 Vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-28302 to CVE-2026-28321) Including Root RCE…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1625) — critical — 2026-07-22
- [Critical Meta IDOR Flaw in Support Case Infrastructure Exposed Customer Emails, Transcripts, and Internal…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1620) — critical — 2026-07-22
- [Anubis Ransomware Encrypts Nutanix Systems and Exfiltrates 1TB from Coca-Cola's Fairlife Dairy Subsidiary…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1615) — high — 2026-07-22
- [Snowpick: Open-Source Scanner Exposes Widespread Unauthenticated Data Leakage in ServiceNow Instances…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1604) — medium — 2026-07-22
- [Gitea CVE-2026-58443: Authorization Bypass in Pull Request Update API Enables Private Repo Access](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1587) — critical — 2026-07-21
- [Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent Exploiting Dataset Code-Execution Paths (No CVE Disclosed)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1576) — high — 2026-07-20
- [NSFOCUS 2025 APT Group Research Annual Report: 662 Active APT Groups, 42 Newly Disclosed, AI-Weaponized…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1559) — medium — 2026-07-20
- [SleeperGem: Compromised RubyGems Packages (git_credential_manager, Dendreo…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1532) — high — 2026-07-19
- [CVE-2026-46215: Linux Kernel DRM GEM_CHANGE_HANDLE Use-After-Free Local Root Privilege Escalation](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1504) — high — 2026-07-18
- [Latrodectus Phishing Campaign Delivering LummaStealer via 302-Redirect Domain Infrastructure (lufyfeo\[.\]org…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1483) — high — 2026-07-18

## Related CVEs

CVEs referenced by the tracked threats that use T1069, most frequent first.

- [CVE-2026-56155](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-56155)
- [CVE-2021-26855](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-26855)
- [CVE-2022-40684](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2022-40684)
- [CVE-2024-21762](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-21762)
- [CVE-2026-56164](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-56164)
- [CVE-2016-4437](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2016-4437)
- [CVE-2021-27076](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-27076)
- [CVE-2021-36260](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-36260)
- [CVE-2022-27925](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2022-27925)
- [CVE-2022-41082](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2022-41082)
- [CVE-2023-20198](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2023-20198)
- [CVE-2023-32315](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2023-32315)
- [CVE-2023-46747](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2023-46747)
- [CVE-2024-36401](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-36401)
- [CVE-2024-57727](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-57727)
- [CVE-2025-55182](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-55182)
- [CVE-2026-33825](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-33825)
- [CVE-2026-50661](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-50661)
- [CVE-2024-1709](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-1709)
- [CVE-2024-55591](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-55591)
- [CVE-2024-57726](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-57726)
- [CVE-2024-57728](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-57728)
- [CVE-2026-45659](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-45659)
- [CVE-2026-55040](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-55040)
- [CVE-2026-58644](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-58644)
- [CVE-2020-12641](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2020-12641)
- [CVE-2020-1472](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2020-1472)
- [CVE-2020-35730](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2020-35730)
- [CVE-2021-26857](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-26857)
- [CVE-2021-26858](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-26858)

## Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 41 detection rules mapped to T1069 (SPL 11, KQL 17, Sigma 13). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

41 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma), Blue and above: https://threadlinqs.com/pricing

## Sub-techniques

- [T1069.001 Local Groups](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1069.001) — 10 tracked threats
- [T1069.002 Domain Groups](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1069.002) — 32 tracked threats
- [T1069.003 Cloud Groups](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1069.003) — 16 tracked threats

## Links

- Canonical page: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1069
- All techniques: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/techniques
- Full detection coverage and IOCs: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp (Purple tier)