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T1106 Native API

ExecutionEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1106 (Native API) appears in 308 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-14 and most recently 2026-10-02, with linked actors including Mustang Panda, APT38, APT28; it most often appears alongside T1082 (System Information Discovery).

Tracked threats
30871 critical, 214 high, 21 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-01-14
Last seen
2026-10-02
Threat actors
88In the threats using it
Detection rules
295Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1106 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 102 reports, and 308 of the 308 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1106 Native API is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Execution tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 308 of 2623 tracked threats (11.7%) to it; by severity that is 71 critical, 214 high, 21 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1106 most often also use T1082 System Information Discovery (228 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (195 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (172 threats), T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (169 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (157 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.

88 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1106; the most frequent are Mustang Panda (8), APT38 (5), APT28 (4), Andariel (4), BlueDelta (4).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1106.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1106, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Module — Module Load
  • Process — OS API Execution

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 308 tracked threats that use T1106.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 295 detection rules mapped to T1106 (SPL 99, KQL 95, Sigma 101). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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