Activity timeline
T1426 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 12 reports, and 38 of the 38 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.
How adversaries use it
T1426 System Information Discovery is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Discovery (Mobile) tactic in the Mobile matrix. Threadlinqs maps 38 of 2623 tracked threats (1.4%) to it; by severity that is 5 critical, 28 high, 3 medium, 1 low.
Threats that use T1426 most often also use T1646 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (26 threats), T1660 Phishing (24 threats), T1437 Application Layer Protocol (21 threats), T1513 Screen Capture (20 threats), T1541 Foreground Persistence (20 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.
4 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1426; the most frequent are NSO Group (3), MoYu Group (2), APT37 (1), Intellexa Consortium (1).
Threat actors using it
Tracked threats
The 30 most recent of 38 tracked threats that use T1426.
- RatHat Android RAT: MaaS Consoles Add Gemini AI-Driven Victim Prioritizationhigh
- FomoPeek iOS App Store Poisoning: Kernel Exploit Framework Steals Crypto Private Keys via Keychain Decryptioncritical
- Mantax Otax: Indonesian Android Malware Combines Ransomware with Spyware Integrationhigh
- Zero-click Pixel 10 exploit chain: VPU driver mmap flaw (CVE-2026-0106) enables arbitrary kernel read/write…critical
- Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Phone of Former MEP Stelios Kouloglou, PEGA Committee Memberhigh
- Serbian Authorities Deploy Pegasus and NoviSpy Spyware Against Journalists, Opposition Politicians, and…high
- First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units (DoFun TWCore Update-Chain Abuse) Fuels BadBox Botnethigh
- JarService/Zhima Multi-Stage Android Malware Targets DoFun Automotive Head Units, Linked to BADBOX Botnethigh
- Inside the Underground Business of the BTMOB Android RAT Malware-as-a-Servicehigh
- Octagon / OctagonPanel "Ward" Android RAT Impersonates Bahrain's "BH Alert" Civil Defense App to Steal…high
- Copybara Android RAT Delivered via Fake N26 Support Vishing Callshigh
- ESET H1 2026 Threat Report: Malicious AI Agent Skills Surge Fivefold to 3,000+ Entries; PromptSpy Debuts as…medium
- Research: Android ML Malware Detectors Collapse Without Context-Stage Analysis (PRAXIS vs. Drebin, MalScan…low
- NSO Group Co-Founder Shalev Hulio Held Israeli Diplomatic Passport in Panama, Raising State-Ties Questions…
- SparkKitty: Cross-Platform iOS/Android Stealer Using OCR to Harvest Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases from App…high
- Albiriox Android Banking RAT-as-a-Service and the Barcode Scanner Play Store Supply-Chain Compromise…medium
- RedWing: Android Malware-as-a-Service Spyware Operation Targeting Russian Financial Institutionshigh
- Rokarolla Android Banking Trojan Intercepts SMS OTPs and Enables Full Device Takeover Across 217+ Banking…high
- Glitch SPY Android RAT Distributed via Fake Polish Rental App ("Tutaj Dom") Using Brokewell Loaderhigh
- Pegasus Spyware Used Against Former MEP Stelios Kouloglou While Serving on PEGA Committeecritical
- European Parliament Member Investigating Pegasus Spyware Hacked With Pegasus (PWNYOURHOME Zero-Click Exploit…critical
- Pegasus Spyware (PWNYOURHOME Zero-Click Chain) Used Against European Parliament PEGA Committee Member…high
- Anatsa (TeaBot) Banking Trojan Distributed via Fake "File Horizon Explorer" Document Reader App on Google Playhigh
- CVE-2026-20971: Eight-Year-Old Samsung Knox PROCA/FIVE Kernel Use-After-Free in /proc/pid/integrity Handlershigh
- Rokarolla Android Banking Trojan Targets 217 Banking and Cryptocurrency Apps with 137 Remote Commandshigh
- Pegasus Mercenary Spyware Used for State Surveillance of Azerbaijani Journalists, Activists, and Human…high
- Android.MagicAd Trojan Floods Devices with Ads via Xiaomi GetApps, Samsung Galaxy Store, and Preinstalled…medium
- NSO Group Pegasus Spyware — WhatsApp Spearphishing Campaign Alleged in Meta Contempt Complaint (June 2026)high
- BTMOB Android RAT — SpySolr Evolution Sold as MaaS via Telegram with APK Builder and Accessibility Services…high
- OverlayPhantom Android Banking Trojan — Novel Overlay-Driven Credential Theft Targeting 180+ Banking and…critical
Detection coverage
Threadlinqs maintains 29 detection rules mapped to T1426 (SPL 6, KQL 9, Sigma 14). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.