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ATT&CK techniquePersistencePrivilege Escalation

T1543.001 Launch Agent

PersistencePrivilege EscalationEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1543.001 (Launch Agent) appears in 57 tracked threats, first reported 2026-04-11 and most recently 2026-09-30, with linked actors including APT38, Sapphire Sleet, Stardust Chollima; it most often appears alongside T1005 (Data from Local System).

Tracked threats
5713 critical, 42 high, 2 medium
First seen
2026-04-11
Last seen
2026-09-30
Threat actors
14In the threats using it
Detection rules
115Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1543.001 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-08 with 19 reports, and 57 of the 57 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1543.001 Launch Agent is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Persistence and Privilege Escalation tactics in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1543 Create or Modify System Process. Threadlinqs maps 57 of 2623 tracked threats (2.2%) to it; by severity that is 13 critical, 42 high, 2 medium.

Threats that use T1543.001 most often also use T1005 Data from Local System (40 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (40 threats), T1059.004 Unix Shell (40 threats), T1071.001 Web Protocols (39 threats), T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (35 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.

14 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1543.001; the most frequent are APT38 (7), Sapphire Sleet (7), Stardust Chollima (7), TeamPCP (6), UNC1069 (5).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1543.001.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1543.001, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Creation, File Modification
  • Service — Service Creation, Service Modification

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 57 tracked threats that use T1543.001.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 115 detection rules mapped to T1543.001 (SPL 42, KQL 35, Sigma 38). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1543 Create or Modify System Process — 232 tracked threats at the technique level.