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ATT&CK techniquePersistencePrivilege Escalation

T1543.002 Systemd Service

PersistencePrivilege EscalationEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1543.002 (Systemd Service) appears in 49 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-20 and most recently 2026-09-30, with linked actors including TeamPCP, APT38, Sapphire Sleet; it most often appears alongside T1071.001 (Web Protocols).

Tracked threats
4927 critical, 19 high, 3 medium
First seen
2026-02-20
Last seen
2026-09-30
Threat actors
23In the threats using it
Detection rules
148Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1543.002 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-08 with 11 reports, and 49 of the 49 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1543.002 Systemd Service 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 49 of 2623 tracked threats (1.9%) to it; by severity that is 27 critical, 19 high, 3 medium.

Threats that use T1543.002 most often also use T1071.001 Web Protocols (38 threats), T1059.004 Unix Shell (37 threats), T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (34 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (32 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (30 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.

23 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1543.002; the most frequent are TeamPCP (8), APT38 (5), Sapphire Sleet (5), Stardust Chollima (5), UNC1069 (4).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 4 mitigations for T1543.002.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1543.002, per MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 49 tracked threats that use T1543.002.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 148 detection rules mapped to T1543.002 (SPL 50, KQL 43, Sigma 55). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

148 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.