Activity timeline
T1124 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-06 with 6 reports, and 13 of the 13 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-07.
How adversaries use it
T1124 System Time Discovery is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Discovery tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 13 of 2623 tracked threats (0.5%) to it; by severity that is 2 critical, 11 high.
Threats that use T1124 most often also use T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (12 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (10 threats), T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer (10 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (8 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (8 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.
11 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1124; the most frequent are BlackBasta (1), BlackSuit affiliate (1), Cavern Manticore (1), Conti (1), Earth Lusca (1).
Data sources
Telemetry that can reveal T1124, per MITRE ATT&CK.
- Command — Command Execution
- Process — OS API Execution, Process Creation
Threat actors using it
Tracked threats
13 tracked threats use T1124.
- Astaroth (Guildma) Banking Trojan Adds WhatsApp Web Spambot Module — STAC3150 / "Boto Cor-de-Rosa" Campaign…high
- Astaroth (Guildma) Banking Trojan Uses Steganography and Ngrok Tunnels for C2 Resiliencehigh
- SystemBC (Coroxy / DroxiDat) Malware: Multi-Purpose SOCKS5/Tor Proxy Backdoor Enabling Ransomware Operationshigh
- Cavern Manticore: Iran-Linked Modular .NET C2 Framework Targeting Israeli Government and IT Sectors via…high
- SystemBC (Coroxy) Malware: Tor-Based SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor Enabling Ransomware Persistence and C2 Obfuscationcritical
- Multi-Stage Steganographic Loader Delivers Remcos RAT and Rotating Infostealers via .NET Bitmap Resource…high
- Remcos RAT Delivered via Steganographic Multi-Stage Loader in 'GST Debit Note' India-Targeted Phishing…high
- FishMonger (I-SOON / Winnti) Ports SprySOCKS Backdoor to Windows — WIN_DRV (RawWNPF Kernel Rootkit) &…high
- DBatLoader (ModiLoader/NatsoLoader): Delphi-Compiled Windows Loader Using Layered Anti-Analysis…high
- Argamal RAT — Trojanized Hentai Games Deliver COM-Hijacking Implant and Downloader for Full Windows System…high
- Nimbus RAT: Java-based Remote Access Trojan Delivered via Microsoft Teams Vishing, Quick Assist, and Google…high
- Ghostwriter (UAC-0057 / UNC1151) Prometheus-Themed Phishing Chain Drops OYSTERFRESH → OYSTERBLUES →…high
- CVE-2025-32975: Quest KACE SMA SSO Authentication Bypass Enables Admin Takeover — Actively Exploitedcritical
Detection coverage
Threadlinqs maintains 6 detection rules mapped to T1124 (SPL 2, KQL 3, Sigma 1). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.