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T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and ControlEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1105 (Ingress Tool Transfer) appears in 730 tracked threats, first reported 2021-11-25 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including APT38, TeamPCP, Lazarus Group; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
730237 critical, 450 high, 39 medium, 2 low
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
162In the threats using it
Detection rules
1332Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1105 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 253 reports, and 728 of the 730 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Command and Control tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 730 of 2623 tracked threats (27.8%) to it; by severity that is 237 critical, 450 high, 39 medium, 2 low.

Threats that use T1105 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (529 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (520 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (469 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (465 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (418 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.

162 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1105; the most frequent are APT38 (29), TeamPCP (25), Lazarus Group (21), Sapphire Sleet (21), Stardust Chollima (20).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1105.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1105, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Creation
  • Network Traffic — Network Connection Creation, Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 730 tracked threats that use T1105.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 1332 detection rules mapped to T1105 (SPL 469, KQL 448, Sigma 415). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

1332 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans