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ATT&CK techniqueCredential Access

T1110 Brute Force

Credential AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1110 (Brute Force) appears in 175 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-25 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including MuddyWater, Static Tundra, APT28; it most often appears alongside T1078 (Valid Accounts).

Tracked threats
17563 critical, 86 high, 22 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-01-25
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
82In the threats using it
Detection rules
99Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1110 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 68 reports, and 175 of the 175 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1110 Brute Force is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Credential Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 175 of 2623 tracked threats (6.7%) to it; by severity that is 63 critical, 86 high, 22 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1110 most often also use T1078 Valid Accounts (123 threats), T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (110 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (96 threats), T1071 Application Layer Protocol (90 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (81 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.

82 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1110; the most frequent are MuddyWater (6), Static Tundra (6), APT28 (5), Sandworm (5), ShinyHunters (5).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 4 mitigations for T1110.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1110, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Application Log — Application Log Content
  • Command — Command Execution
  • User Account — User Account Authentication

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 175 tracked threats that use T1110.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 99 detection rules mapped to T1110 (SPL 30, KQL 41, Sigma 28). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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