Activity timeline
T1482 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 35 reports, and 90 of the 90 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.
How adversaries use it
T1482 Domain Trust Discovery is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Discovery tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 90 of 2623 tracked threats (3.4%) to it; by severity that is 28 critical, 55 high, 5 medium.
Threats that use T1482 most often also use T1082 System Information Discovery (49 threats), T1685 Disable or Modify Tools (48 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (47 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (45 threats), T1018 Remote System Discovery (41 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.
51 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1482; the most frequent are Akira (4), LockBit (4), Storm-1567 (4), The Gentlemen (4), Black Basta (3).
Mitigations
MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1482.
Data sources
Telemetry that can reveal T1482, per MITRE ATT&CK.
- Command — Command Execution
- Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content
- Process — OS API Execution, Process Creation
- Script — Script Execution
Threat actors using it
Tracked threats
The 30 most recent of 90 tracked threats that use T1482.
- The First 24 Hours of a Ransomware Intrusion: Exfiltration, Credential Theft and Backup Targeting (Akira…high
- Warlock Ransomware Attackers Hit Water and Telecom Operators via SharePoint ToolShell Exploitation (Longlegs…critical
- Two Unpatched Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day RCE Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitationcritical
- Kiteworks Urges Customers to Take Systems Offline Amid Suspected Zero-Day Threatcritical
- Rhysida Ransomware Campaign Targeting German Public Administration (Stuttgart and Berlin, 2026)critical
- Node.js Living-off-the-Land: Multiple Threat Actors Abuse Signed node.exe as a Script Interpreter, Feeding…high
- TerminalFix Campaign Deploys Custom Reverse-Tunnel Implant via Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA and Multistage…critical
- TerminalFix Campaign Deploys Custom Python Reverse-Tunnel Implant via Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA, DLL…high
- TerminalFix: ClickFix-Style Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA Delivers DLL Sideloading and Python Reverse-Tunnel…high
- Qilin Ransomware Gang Claims Breach of US ATF; Agency Confirms 'Major Incident' on Isolated Investigations…high
- ClickFix Cluster Uses DLL Sideloading and Compromised WordPress Sites to Deliver Lorem Ipsum Loader, Linked…high
- TerminalFix Campaign: ClickFix-Style Lure Deploys Steganographic DLL Sideload and Custom Reverse Tunnel in…high
- PaperCut NG/MF Chained Zero-Day RCE (CVE-2026-82078 & CVE-2026-81578) Under Active Exploitationcritical
- Picus Blue Report 2026: Security Controls Block Only 37% of Post-Compromise Attacker Actions Despite 69%…medium
- GOLD ENCOUNTER / Payouts King Ransomware Campaign Targeting Business Managers: 351 Victims Across 334…high
- N-able N-central Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-18577) Actively Exploited for Admin Takeovercritical
- STAC4749 Campaign: Microsoft Teams Vishing Leads to Chaos Ransomware Deploymenthigh
- DevMan RaaS ("Funky Mantis") Centralizes Payload Builds, Victim Management, and Affiliate Payouts, Develops…critical
- BlueNoroff "ClickFake Interview" Zoom/Teams Phishing Kit: AI Deepfake Video Lures, ClickFix PowerShell…high
- Chaos Ransomware Uses msaRAT to Route C2 Traffic Through Headless Chrome and Edgehigh
- Chaos Ransomware Deploys Browser-Based msaRAT to Evade Network Detectionhigh
- Chaos Ransomware Group Deploys msaRAT — Rust-based Malware Abusing Chrome/Edge as C2 Covert Channelhigh
- DragonForce Ransomware: Vishing-Driven Help Desk Social Engineering Against UK Retailers (M&S, Co-op, Harrods)high
- Proofpoint AI Era Ransomware Report: 37% of Paying Victims Face Repeat Extortion Demandsmedium
- Royal Ransomware Uses Qbot and Cobalt Strike to Rapidly Compromise Windows Domainshigh
- Project CAV3RN / Cavern Manticore: Iran-Linked Modular Cyberespionage Framework Abuses Outlook Calendar…high
- HOLLOWGRAPH: .NET NativeAOT Malware Abusing Microsoft Graph API and M365 Calendar Events for C2, Linked to…high
- ClickFix, CrashFix, InstallFix, FileFix & GhostClaw: Growing Family of Copy-and-Paste Social Engineering…high
- GTIG: Threat Actor Usage of AI Tools — 'Just-in-Time' AI-Enabled Malware (PROMPTFLUX, PROMPTSTEAL/LAMEHUG…high
- Forbidden Hyena Adopts AI-Generated BlackReaperRAT and Milkyway (Blackout Locker) Ransomware in Telegram-C2…high
Detection coverage
Threadlinqs maintains 64 detection rules mapped to T1482 (SPL 22, KQL 26, Sigma 16). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.