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ATT&CK techniqueReconnaissance

T1590 Gather Victim Network Information

ReconnaissanceEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1590 (Gather Victim Network Information) appears in 99 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-25 and most recently 2026-08-29, with linked actors including Static Tundra, FSB Center 16, MuddyWater; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
9943 critical, 46 high, 8 medium
First seen
2026-01-25
Last seen
2026-08-29
Threat actors
27In the threats using it
Detection rules
49Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1590 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 38 reports, and 99 of the 99 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-08.

How adversaries use it

T1590 Gather Victim Network Information is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Reconnaissance tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 99 of 2623 tracked threats (3.8%) to it; by severity that is 43 critical, 46 high, 8 medium.

Threats that use T1590 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (79 threats), T1595 Active Scanning (61 threats), T1046 Network Service Discovery (55 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (51 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (50 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.

27 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1590; the most frequent are Static Tundra (5), FSB Center 16 (3), MuddyWater (3), APT28 (1), APT35 (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1590.

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 99 tracked threats that use T1590.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 49 detection rules mapped to T1590 (SPL 16, KQL 15, Sigma 18). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Sub-techniques

  • T1590.001 Domain Properties — 3 tracked threats
  • T1590.002 DNS — 4 tracked threats
  • T1590.003 Network Trust Dependencies — 0 tracked threats
  • T1590.004 Network Topology — 1 tracked threat
  • T1590.005 IP Addresses — 8 tracked threats
  • T1590.006 Network Security Appliances — 3 tracked threats