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ATT&CK techniqueCommand and Control

T1102 Web Service

Command and ControlEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1102 (Web Service) appears in 396 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-19 and most recently 2026-09-14, with linked actors including TeamPCP, APT28, Contagious Interview; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
39689 critical, 268 high, 37 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-01-19
Last seen
2026-09-14
Threat actors
132In the threats using it
Detection rules
435Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1102 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 178 reports, and 396 of the 396 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1102 Web Service is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Command and Control tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 396 of 2623 tracked threats (15.1%) to it; by severity that is 89 critical, 268 high, 37 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1102 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (282 threats), T1036 Masquerading (243 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (237 threats), T1071 Application Layer Protocol (230 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (229 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.

132 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1102; the most frequent are TeamPCP (17), APT28 (11), Contagious Interview (11), MuddyWater (10), Forest Blizzard (9).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1102.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1102, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Network Traffic — Network Connection Creation, Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 396 tracked threats that use T1102.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 435 detection rules mapped to T1102 (SPL 141, KQL 142, Sigma 151, other 1). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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