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T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot

ImpactEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1529 (System Shutdown/Reboot) appears in 80 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-09-27, with linked actors including Static Tundra, APT44, Black Basta; it most often appears alongside T1082 (System Information Discovery).

Tracked threats
8038 critical, 37 high, 4 medium
First seen
2026-02-02
Last seen
2026-09-27
Threat actors
26In the threats using it
Detection rules
70Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1529 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 33 reports, and 80 of the 80 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Impact tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 80 of 2623 tracked threats (3%) to it; by severity that is 38 critical, 37 high, 4 medium.

Threats that use T1529 most often also use T1082 System Information Discovery (53 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (52 threats), T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (47 threats), T1685 Disable or Modify Tools (46 threats), T1070 Indicator Removal (37 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.

26 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1529; the most frequent are Static Tundra (4), APT44 (2), Black Basta (2), FSB Center 16 (2), Handala Hack (2).

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1529, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • Process — Process Creation
  • Sensor Health — Host Status

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 80 tracked threats that use T1529.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 70 detection rules mapped to T1529 (SPL 20, KQL 17, Sigma 33). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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