Activity timeline
T1628 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 10 reports, and 20 of the 20 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.
How adversaries use it
T1628 Hide Artifacts is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Defense Evasion (Mobile) tactic in the Mobile matrix. Threadlinqs maps 20 of 2623 tracked threats (0.8%) to it; by severity that is 2 critical, 15 high, 3 medium.
Threats that use T1628 most often also use T1417 Input Capture (17 threats), T1437 Application Layer Protocol (17 threats), T1660 Phishing (16 threats), T1646 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (15 threats), T1426 System Information Discovery (14 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.
2 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1628; the most frequent are NSO Group (2), Cyber Av3ngers (1).
Threat actors using it
Tracked threats
20 tracked threats use T1628.
- Serbian Authorities Deploy Pegasus and NoviSpy Spyware Against Journalists, Opposition Politicians, and…high
- Octagon Android RAT — Fake Bahrain Civil Defense App Targets Mobile Endpoints via Multi-Stage Payloadcritical
- Inside the Underground Business of the BTMOB Android RAT Malware-as-a-Servicehigh
- ESET H1 2026 Threat Report: Malicious AI Agent Skills Surge Fivefold to 3,000+ Entries; PromptSpy Debuts as…medium
- Flying Eagle Android RAT: Leaked Source Code Powers 170 Active C2 Servers, Successor "Night Dragon" Emergeshigh
- Aftercall: Android Adware Campaign Abuses Overlay/Full-Screen Permissions to Bombard Users with Post-Call Adsmedium
- SparkKitty: Cross-Platform iOS/Android Stealer Using OCR to Harvest Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases from App…high
- Albiriox Android Banking RAT-as-a-Service and the Barcode Scanner Play Store Supply-Chain Compromise…medium
- ThreatsDay Bulletin: Iran-Linked CyberAv3ngers PLC Intrusion Campaign (AA26-097A) and OctagonPanel/Ward RAT…high
- RedWing: Android Malware-as-a-Service Spyware Operation Targeting Russian Financial Institutionshigh
- Glitch SPY Android RAT Distributed via Fake Polish Rental App ("Tutaj Dom") Using Brokewell Loaderhigh
- European Parliament Member Investigating Pegasus Spyware Hacked With Pegasus (PWNYOURHOME Zero-Click Exploit…critical
- Pegasus Spyware (PWNYOURHOME Zero-Click Chain) Used Against European Parliament PEGA Committee Member…high
- Rokarolla Android Banking Trojan Targets 217 Banking and Cryptocurrency Apps with 137 Remote Commandshigh
- Pegasus Mercenary Spyware Used for State Surveillance of Azerbaijani Journalists, Activists, and Human…high
- NSO Group Pegasus Spyware — WhatsApp Spearphishing Campaign Alleged in Meta Contempt Complaint (June 2026)high
- FlagLeft — Microsoft 365 Android Apps Silent Account Takeover via Leftover setIsDebugMode(true) FOCI Token…high
- BTMOB Android RAT — SpySolr Evolution Sold as MaaS via Telegram with APK Builder and Accessibility Services…high
- TrickMo.C Android Banking Trojan Adopts TON Blockchain ADNL for Covert C2 Targeting Banking and Crypto Users…high
- NGate Android NFC Relay Malware Variant - Trojanized HandyPay Banking App Campaign Targeting Brazil…high
Detection coverage
Threadlinqs maintains 20 detection rules mapped to T1628 (SPL 7, KQL 5, Sigma 8). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.
Sub-techniques
- T1628.001 Suppress Application Icon — 9 tracked threats
- T1628.002 User Evasion — 3 tracked threats
- T1628.003 Conceal Multimedia Files — 0 tracked threats