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ATT&CK techniqueResource Development

T1588.005 Exploits

Resource DevelopmentEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1588.005 (Exploits) appears in 129 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-16 and most recently 2026-09-28, with linked actors including ShinyHunters, UNC6353, APT28; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
12970 critical, 48 high, 9 medium
First seen
2026-02-16
Last seen
2026-09-28
Threat actors
20In the threats using it
Detection rules
109Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1588.005 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 48 reports, and 129 of the 129 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1588.005 Exploits is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Resource Development tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1588 Obtain Capabilities. Threadlinqs maps 129 of 2623 tracked threats (4.9%) to it; by severity that is 70 critical, 48 high, 9 medium.

Threats that use T1588.005 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (92 threats), T1595.002 Vulnerability Scanning (70 threats), T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (69 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (62 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (59 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.

20 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1588.005; the most frequent are ShinyHunters (2), UNC6353 (2), APT28 (1), APT36 (1), APT43 (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1588.005.

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 129 tracked threats that use T1588.005.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 109 detection rules mapped to T1588.005 (SPL 37, KQL 35, Sigma 37). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1588 Obtain Capabilities — 363 tracked threats at the technique level.