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T1129 Shared Modules

ExecutionEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1129 (Shared Modules) appears in 68 tracked threats, first reported 2021-11-25 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including Void Arachne, APT36, Cavern Manticore; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
6813 critical, 53 high, 2 medium
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
32In the threats using it
Detection rules
60Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1129 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 28 reports, and 67 of the 68 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1129 Shared Modules is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Execution tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 68 of 2623 tracked threats (2.6%) to it; by severity that is 13 critical, 53 high, 2 medium.

Threats that use T1129 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (56 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (56 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (46 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (46 threats), T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (45 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.

32 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1129; the most frequent are Void Arachne (3), APT36 (2), Cavern Manticore (2), Mustang Panda (2), TeamPCP (2).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1129.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1129, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Module — Module Load
  • Process — OS API Execution

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 68 tracked threats that use T1129.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 60 detection rules mapped to T1129 (SPL 22, KQL 17, Sigma 21). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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