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ATT&CK techniqueInitial Access

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1189 (Drive-by Compromise) appears in 276 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-10-03, with linked actors including APT38, Andariel, Lazarus Group; it most often appears alongside T1005 (Data from Local System).

Tracked threats
27662 critical, 188 high, 24 medium
First seen
2026-02-02
Last seen
2026-10-03
Threat actors
74In the threats using it
Detection rules
401Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1189 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 111 reports, and 276 of the 276 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1189 Drive-by Compromise is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Initial Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 276 of 2623 tracked threats (10.5%) to it; by severity that is 62 critical, 188 high, 24 medium.

Threats that use T1189 most often also use T1005 Data from Local System (180 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (177 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (173 threats), T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (173 threats), T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer (138 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.

74 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1189; the most frequent are APT38 (10), Andariel (8), Lazarus Group (8), Sapphire Sleet (7), Stardust Chollima (7).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 5 mitigations for T1189.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1189, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Application Log — Application Log Content
  • File — File Creation
  • Network Traffic — Network Connection Creation, Network Traffic Content
  • Process — Process Creation

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 276 tracked threats that use T1189.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 401 detection rules mapped to T1189 (SPL 142, KQL 130, Sigma 129). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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