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ATT&CK techniqueReconnaissance

T1598 Phishing for Information

ReconnaissanceEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1598 (Phishing for Information) appears in 98 tracked threats, first reported 2026-01-19 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including ShinyHunters, Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, The Com; it most often appears alongside T1566 (Phishing).

Tracked threats
9812 critical, 64 high, 20 medium, 2 low
First seen
2026-01-19
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
54In the threats using it
Detection rules
66Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1598 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 37 reports, and 98 of the 98 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1598 Phishing for Information is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Reconnaissance tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 98 of 2623 tracked threats (3.7%) to it; by severity that is 12 critical, 64 high, 20 medium, 2 low.

Threats that use T1598 most often also use T1566 Phishing (83 threats), T1583 Acquire Infrastructure (60 threats), T1589 Gather Victim Identity Information (50 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (46 threats), T1204 User Execution (46 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.

54 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1598; the most frequent are ShinyHunters (6), Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (4), The Com (4), UNC6040 (4), Chaos (3).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1598.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1598, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Application Log — Application Log Content
  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content, Network Traffic Flow

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

The 30 most recent of 98 tracked threats that use T1598.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 66 detection rules mapped to T1598 (SPL 20, KQL 26, Sigma 20). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

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