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ATT&CK techniqueReconnaissance

T1594 Search Victim-Owned Websites

ReconnaissanceEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1594 (Search Victim-Owned Websites) appears in 38 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-02 and most recently 2026-09-26, with linked actors including ShinyHunters, Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, Scattered Spider; it most often appears alongside T1213 (Data from Information Repositories).

Tracked threats
3812 critical, 16 high, 8 medium
First seen
2026-02-02
Last seen
2026-09-26
Threat actors
20In the threats using it
Detection rules
23Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1594 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 16 reports, and 38 of the 38 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1594 Search Victim-Owned Websites is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Reconnaissance tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 38 of 2623 tracked threats (1.4%) to it; by severity that is 12 critical, 16 high, 8 medium.

Threats that use T1594 most often also use T1213 Data from Information Repositories (22 threats), T1078 Valid Accounts (21 threats), T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (21 threats), T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service (19 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (16 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 T1594; the most frequent are ShinyHunters (4), Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (3), Scattered Spider (3), The Com (3), UNC5537 (3).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1594.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1594, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Application Log — Application Log Content

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 38 tracked threats that use T1594.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 23 detection rules mapped to T1594 (SPL 8, KQL 5, Sigma 10). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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