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ATT&CK techniqueReconnaissance

T1595.002 Vulnerability Scanning

ReconnaissanceEnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1595.002 (Vulnerability Scanning) appears in 207 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-03 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including ShinyHunters, The Gentlemen, BonJoviGoesHard; it most often appears alongside T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application).

Tracked threats
207124 critical, 59 high, 19 medium
First seen
2026-02-03
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
33In the threats using it
Detection rules
472Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1595.002 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 64 reports, and 207 of the 207 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1595.002 Vulnerability Scanning is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Reconnaissance tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1595 Active Scanning. Threadlinqs maps 207 of 2623 tracked threats (7.9%) to it; by severity that is 124 critical, 59 high, 19 medium.

Threats that use T1595.002 most often also use T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (185 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (85 threats), T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter (81 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (80 threats), T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (76 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.

33 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1595.002; the most frequent are ShinyHunters (4), The Gentlemen (3), BonJoviGoesHard (2), Cl0p (2), NoName057(16) (2).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 1 mitigation for T1595.002.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1595.002, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 207 tracked threats that use T1595.002.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 472 detection rules mapped to T1595.002 (SPL 170, KQL 137, Sigma 165). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Parent technique

T1595 Active Scanning — 340 tracked threats at the technique level.