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ATT&CK techniqueCommand and Control

T1665 Hide Infrastructure

Command and ControlEnterprise

As of 2026-10-05, T1665 (Hide Infrastructure) appears in 12 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-03 and most recently 2026-09-15, with linked actors including Earth Lusca, APT28, Black Basta; it most often appears alongside T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information).

Tracked threats
123 critical, 6 high, 3 medium
First seen
2026-02-03
Last seen
2026-09-15
Threat actors
5In the threats using it
Detection rules
14Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1665 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-06 with 3 reports, and 12 of the 12 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1665 Hide Infrastructure is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Command and Control tactic in the Enterprise matrix. Threadlinqs maps 12 of 2623 tracked threats (0.5%) to it; by severity that is 3 critical, 6 high, 3 medium.

Threats that use T1665 most often also use T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (9 threats), T1082 System Information Discovery (6 threats), T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (6 threats), T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application (6 threats), T1036 Masquerading (5 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 T1665; the most frequent are Earth Lusca (2), APT28 (1), Black Basta (1), Sable Squirrel (1), Sandworm (1).

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1665, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Domain Name — Domain Registration
  • Internet Scan — Response Content, Response Metadata
  • Network Traffic — Network Traffic Content

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

12 tracked threats use T1665.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 14 detection rules mapped to T1665 (SPL 6, KQL 4, 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