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ATT&CK techniqueStealth (formerly Defense Evasion)

T1070.006 Timestomp

Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)EnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1070.006 (Timestomp) appears in 37 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-15 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including ClickLock Dev, Velvet Ant, APT37; it most often appears alongside T1036.005 (Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location).

Tracked threats
3710 critical, 25 high, 2 medium
First seen
2026-02-15
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
17In the threats using it
Detection rules
47Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1070.006 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 10 reports, and 37 of the 37 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1070.006 Timestomp is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1070 Indicator Removal. Threadlinqs maps 37 of 2623 tracked threats (1.4%) to it; by severity that is 10 critical, 25 high, 2 medium.

Threats that use T1070.006 most often also use T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (25 threats), T1071.001 Web Protocols (25 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (20 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (20 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (20 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.

17 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1070.006; the most frequent are ClickLock Dev (2), Velvet Ant (2), APT37 (1), APT38 (1), Andariel (1).

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1070.006, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Metadata, File Modification
  • Process — OS API Execution

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 37 tracked threats that use T1070.006.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 47 detection rules mapped to T1070.006 (SPL 14, KQL 12, Sigma 21). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1070 Indicator Removal — 432 tracked threats at the technique level.