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T1541 Foreground Persistence

Defense Evasion (Mobile)Persistence (Mobile)Mobile

As of 2026-10-05, T1541 (Foreground Persistence) appears in 27 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-16 and most recently 2026-09-28, with linked actors including APT37, Cyber Av3ngers; it most often appears alongside T1513 (Screen Capture).

Tracked threats
272 critical, 21 high, 3 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-02-16
Last seen
2026-09-28
Threat actors
2In the threats using it
Detection rules
35Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1541 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 11 reports, and 27 of the 27 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1541 Foreground Persistence is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Defense Evasion (Mobile) and Persistence (Mobile) tactics in the Mobile matrix. Threadlinqs maps 27 of 2623 tracked threats (1%) to it; by severity that is 2 critical, 21 high, 3 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1541 most often also use T1513 Screen Capture (22 threats), T1660 Phishing (22 threats), T1426 System Information Discovery (20 threats), T1646 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (19 threats), T1418 Software Discovery (18 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.

2 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1541; the most frequent are APT37 (1), Cyber Av3ngers (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1541.

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

27 tracked threats use T1541.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 35 detection rules mapped to T1541 (SPL 11, KQL 13, Sigma 11). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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