T1566 - Spearphishing

MITRE ATT&CK

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Entities›MITRE ATT&CK›T1566 - Spearphishing

Frequency

occurrences

First Seen

October 29, 2025

Last Seen

January 30, 2026

API

Overview

Recent Events

Profile

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REC

Recon

No techniques detected

Resource Dev

No techniques detected

Initial Access

T1078 - Valid AccountsT1133 - External Remote ServicesT1566 - Phishing

Execution

T1053 - Scheduled TaskT1059.001 - PowerShell

Persistence

T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow (DLL Side-Loading)

Priv Esc

No techniques detected

Defense Evasion

T1027 - Obfuscated/Compressed Files and InformationT1036 - Masquerading

Cred Access

T1003 - Credential DumpingT1110 - Brute Force

Discovery

No techniques detected

Lateral Mov

T1021.001 - Remote Desktop Protocol

Collection

No techniques detected

T1071 - Command And Control

Exfil

T1567 - Exfiltration To Cloud Storage

Impact

T1486 - Data Encrypted for Impact

16 techniques detected across 9 tactics

Relationships

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T1566 - Spearphishing

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