Threadlinqs IntelligenceStart free

ATT&CK techniqueCollection (Mobile)

T1636 Protected User Data

Collection (Mobile)Mobile

As of 2026-10-05, T1636 (Protected User Data) appears in 27 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-23 and most recently 2026-10-04, with linked actors including NSO Group, APT37, Cyber Av3ngers; it most often appears alongside T1417 (Input Capture).

Tracked threats
273 critical, 21 high, 2 medium, 1 low
First seen
2026-02-23
Last seen
2026-10-04
Threat actors
5In the threats using it
Detection rules
14Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1636 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 12 reports, and 27 of the 27 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-10.

How adversaries use it

T1636 Protected User Data is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Collection (Mobile) tactic in the Mobile matrix. Threadlinqs maps 27 of 2623 tracked threats (1%) to it; by severity that is 3 critical, 21 high, 2 medium, 1 low.

Threats that use T1636 most often also use T1417 Input Capture (18 threats), T1437 Application Layer Protocol (18 threats), T1646 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (18 threats), T1426 System Information Discovery (17 threats), T1660 Phishing (17 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.

5 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1636; the most frequent are NSO Group (2), APT37 (1), Cyber Av3ngers (1), GreyVibe (1), Intellexa Consortium (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 2 mitigations for T1636.

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

27 tracked threats use T1636.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 14 detection rules mapped to T1636 (SPL 5, KQL 5, Sigma 4). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

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

Sub-techniques