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T1498 Network Denial of Service

ImpactEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1498 (Network Denial of Service) appears in 69 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-03 and most recently 2026-08-02, with linked actors including UAT-8616, FSB Center 16, Kontraktnik; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
6924 critical, 35 high, 10 medium
First seen
2026-02-03
Last seen
2026-08-02
Threat actors
19In the threats using it
Detection rules
45Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1498 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 33 reports, and 69 of the 69 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-08.

How adversaries use it

T1498 Network Denial of Service is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Impact tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 69 of 2623 tracked threats (2.6%) to it; by severity that is 24 critical, 35 high, 10 medium.

Threats that use T1498 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (52 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (41 threats), T1046 Network Service Discovery (39 threats), T1071 Application Layer Protocol (36 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (32 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.

19 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1498; the most frequent are UAT-8616 (4), FSB Center 16 (3), Kontraktnik (3), Static Tundra (3), APT28 (2).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1498.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1498, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Flow
  • Sensor Health — Host Status

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 69 tracked threats that use T1498.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 45 detection rules mapped to T1498 (SPL 12, KQL 12, Sigma 21). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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