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T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation

ImpactEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1565.002 (Transmitted Data Manipulation) appears in 15 tracked threats, first reported 2026-05-19 and most recently 2026-10-01, with linked actors including APT38, Andariel, Handala Hack; it most often appears alongside T1071.001 (Web Protocols).

Tracked threats
155 critical, 7 high, 3 medium
First seen
2026-05-19
Last seen
2026-10-01
Threat actors
11In the threats using it
Detection rules
36Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1565.002 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-08 with 5 reports, and 15 of the 15 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Impact tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1565 Data Manipulation. Threadlinqs maps 15 of 2623 tracked threats (0.6%) to it; by severity that is 5 critical, 7 high, 3 medium.

Threats that use T1565.002 most often also use T1071.001 Web Protocols (7 threats), T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (6 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (5 threats), T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (5 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (4 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.

11 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1565.002; the most frequent are APT38 (1), Andariel (1), Handala Hack (1), Jade Sleet (1), Lazarus Group (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1565.002.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1565.002, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow
  • Process — OS API Execution

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

15 tracked threats use T1565.002.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 36 detection rules mapped to T1565.002 (SPL 10, KQL 15, Sigma 11). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1565 Data Manipulation — 192 tracked threats at the technique level.