Threadlinqs IntelligenceStart free

ATT&CK techniqueResource Development

T1585.002 Email Accounts

Resource DevelopmentEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1585.002 (Email Accounts) appears in 53 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-22 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including APT32, APT38, Kali365; it most often appears alongside T1566.002 (Spearphishing Link).

Tracked threats
533 critical, 28 high, 21 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-02-22
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
11In the threats using it
Detection rules
82Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1585.002 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-09 with 15 reports, and 53 of the 53 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1585.002 Email Accounts is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Resource Development tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1585 Establish Accounts. Threadlinqs maps 53 of 2623 tracked threats (2%) to it; by severity that is 3 critical, 28 high, 21 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1585.002 most often also use T1566.002 Spearphishing Link (35 threats), T1583.001 Domains (32 threats), T1684.001 Impersonation (32 threats), T1583.006 Web Services (24 threats), T1204.001 Malicious Link (22 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 T1585.002; the most frequent are APT32 (1), APT38 (1), Kali365 (1), Kali365 PhaaS operators (1), Luna Moth (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1585.002.

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 53 tracked threats that use T1585.002.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 82 detection rules mapped to T1585.002 (SPL 33, KQL 30, Sigma 19). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1585 Establish Accounts — 250 tracked threats at the technique level.