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ATT&CK techniqueInitial Access

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial AccessEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) appears in 958 tracked threats, first reported 2021-11-25 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including APT28, Qilin, ShinyHunters; it most often appears alongside T1059 (Command and Scripting Interpreter).

Tracked threats
958525 critical, 348 high, 69 medium, 3 low
First seen
2021-11-25
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
146In the threats using it
Detection rules
2364Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1190 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 306 reports, and 955 of the 958 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Initial Access tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 958 of 2623 tracked threats (36.5%) to it; by severity that is 525 critical, 348 high, 69 medium, 3 low.

Threats that use T1190 most often also use T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (504 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (428 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (411 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (398 threats), T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (372 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.

146 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1190; the most frequent are APT28 (11), Qilin (11), ShinyHunters (10), Static Tundra (9), The Gentlemen (9).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 8 mitigations for T1190.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1190, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Application Log — Application Log Content
  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 958 tracked threats that use T1190.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 2364 detection rules mapped to T1190 (SPL 901, KQL 729, Sigma 734). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

2364 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans