# T1594 Search Victim-Owned Websites

> 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:** 38 (12 critical, 16 high, 8 medium)
- **First seen:** 2026-02-02
- **Last seen:** 2026-09-26
- **Threat actors:** 20
- **Detection rules:** 23 (counts only; Blue tier and above)

## Key facts

- **ID:** T1594
- **Framework:** MITRE ATT&CK
- **Tactics:** Reconnaissance
- **Matrix:** Enterprise
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-05
- **MITRE:** https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1594/

## Activity timeline

T1594 first appeared in tracked threats on 2026-02-02 and was most recently reported on 2026-09-26. 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1213) (22 threats), [T1078 Valid Accounts](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1078) (21 threats), [T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1190) (21 threats), [T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1567) (19 threats), [T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1059) (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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/ShinyHunters) (4), [Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Scattered%20LAPSUS%24%20Hunters) (3), [Scattered Spider](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Scattered%20Spider) (3), [The Com](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/The%20Com) (3), [UNC5537](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC5537) (3).

## Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1594.

- [M1056 Pre-compromise](https://attack.mitre.org/mitigations/M1056/)

## Data sources

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

- Application Log — Application Log Content

## Threat actors using it

- [ShinyHunters](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/ShinyHunters) — 4
- [Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Scattered%20LAPSUS%24%20Hunters) — 3
- [Scattered Spider](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Scattered%20Spider) — 3
- [The Com](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/The%20Com) — 3
- [UNC5537](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC5537) — 3
- [UNC6040](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC6040) — 3
- [UNC6240](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC6240) — 3
- [UNC6395](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC6395) — 3
- [UNC6671](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/UNC6671) — 3
- [APT43](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/APT43) — 1
- [APT44](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/APT44) — 1
- [Black Basta](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Black%20Basta) — 1

## Tracked threats

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

- [Elementor Website Builder CSRF Flaw (CVE-2026-62062) Allows Attacker-Controlled WordPress Admin Account…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2672) — high — 2026-09-26
- [ShinyHunters Exploit Grav CMS Path Traversal (CVE-2026-42608) to Hack Clop Ransomware Gang's Leak Site](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2671) — critical — 2026-09-26
- [UK establishes National Centre for Information Defence to counter Russian state disinformation operations](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2638) — high — 2026-09-24
- [AI-Driven Exploit Chain Against OpenAI Community Forum via libheif Flaw (CVE-2026-32882)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2558) — high — 2026-09-18
- [GitLab Patches Max-Severity Unauthenticated Path Traversal Flaw in Repository Commits API (CVE-2026-85706…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2442) — critical — 2026-09-11
- [Snowflake GitHub Actions Workflow Injection Exposes Internal Jira Credentials](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2189) — high — 2026-08-28
- [GiveWP WordPress Donation Plugin Flaw (CVE-2026-82222) Lets Attackers Execute Server Commands](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2188) — critical — 2026-08-28
- [Critical Elementor Pro unauthenticated file upload vulnerability leads to RCE on WordPress sites…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2079) — critical — 2026-08-20
- [China-Linked Actor Uses Autonomous AI Agent Frameworks (Hermes, OpenClaw) to Breach Taiwan Government and…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1997) — critical — 2026-08-12
- [Claude-Powered AI Agent (OpenClaw) Autonomously Exploits Broken Access Control Flaw in Gym Booking API](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1972) — medium — 2026-08-10
- [Coldcard/Coinkite Hardware Wallet RNG Vulnerability Exploited — $88M+ Bitcoin Stolen](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1848) — critical — 2026-08-03
- [ModernStealer: Cross-Platform Dark Web/Telegram Broker Network Claims Sale of Government and Defense Data](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1836) — medium — 2026-08-03
- [Alleged Żabka Polska Breach: 541K Jira Issues, 230K IT Tickets, 89 GitLab Repos, and…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1834) — high — 2026-08-03
- [GHOST STADIUM Phishing Campaign Clones FIFA World Cup 2026 Ticket Sites to Steal Card Data and OTPs](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1768) — high — 2026-07-30
- [Nine-Year Fraud Campaign Clones Russian Company Sites to Steal Advance Payments](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1765) — medium — 2026-07-29
- [CVE-2026-66066 "KindaRails2Shell": Critical Ruby on Rails Active Storage Flaw Allows Unauthenticated…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1755) — critical — 2026-07-29
- [Google GTIG Adopts Two-Word Threat Actor Naming Taxonomy — Sandworm/APT44 Redesignated SANDWORM RELIC](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1730) — 2026-07-27
- [Kimsuky (APT43) Supply-Chain Espionage Campaign Compromises South Korean Groupware Vendors, Deploys New…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1643) — high — 2026-07-22
- [Critical Meta IDOR Flaw in Support Case Infrastructure Exposed Customer Emails, Transcripts, and Internal…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1620) — critical — 2026-07-22
- [Apple Hide My Email Address-Disclosure Flaw: Year-Long Unpatched Bounce/NDR Leak Now Subject of Class-Action…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1611) — medium — 2026-07-22
- [OpenAI AI Agents Autonomously Escape Sandbox, Exploit Zero-Days, Compromise Hugging Face Production…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1603) — high — 2026-07-22
- [Alleged Starbucks Data Breach — Threat Actor 'anes2010' Claims 176M Customer Records for Sale on Cybercrime…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1578) — medium — 2026-07-20
- [Coordinated GitHub API Enumeration and Access Token Abuse Campaign (Ghost Accounts + Compromised PAT/OAuth…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1399) — medium — 2026-07-16
- [KDDI Zero-Day Exploit in Third-Party Software Exposes Up to 14.2 Million Email Accounts at Six Japanese ISPs…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1235) — high — 2026-07-11
- [Broken Object-Level Authorization (BOLA) in Airline GraphQL Booking API Exploited via Autonomous AI Red-Team…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1217) — critical — 2026-07-11
- [Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2026-58525)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1505) — high — 2026-07-08
- [Phantom Squatting: Adversaries Preemptively Register AI-Hallucinated Domains to Hijack Software Supply Chain…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1050) — high — 2026-07-01
- [CVE-2026-55407: Unbounded Heap Allocation DoS in Anthropic's Buffa Rust Protobuf Library…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1039) — 2026-07-01
- [Chrome 151 Security Update Patches 382 Vulnerabilities, Including 15 Critical Memory-Corruption Flaws…](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1026) — critical — 2026-07-01
- [TeamPCP Malware Injection into Microsoft-Linked GitHub Repositories (42+ repos, 236 branches, 2026-06-05)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0981) — critical — 2026-06-28

## Related CVEs

CVEs referenced by the tracked threats that use T1594, most frequent first.

- [CVE-2014-4114](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2014-4114)
- [CVE-2020-1472](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2020-1472)
- [CVE-2020-28707](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2020-28707)
- [CVE-2021-34527](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-34527)
- [CVE-2021-42278](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-42278)
- [CVE-2021-42287](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2021-42287)
- [CVE-2024-1709](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-1709)
- [CVE-2026-42608](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-42608)
- [CVE-2026-62062](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-62062)
- [CVE-2026-82222](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-82222)
- [CVE-2026-85706](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-85706)
- [CVE-2026-87719](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-87719)

## 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: https://threadlinqs.com/pricing

## Links

- Canonical page: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1594
- All techniques: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/techniques
- Full detection coverage and IOCs: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp (Purple tier)