// MITRE ATT&CK
T1596 · Search Open Technical Databases
🎯 Reconnaissance PRE
Adversaries may search freely available technical databases for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available in online databases and repositories, such as registrations of domains/certificates as well as public collections of network data/ar...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Search Open Technical Databases starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Sub-techniques (5)
T1596.001
DNS/Passive DNS T1596.002
WHOIS T1596.003
Digital Certificates T1596.004
CDNs T1596.005
Scan Databases
DNS/Passive DNS T1596.002
WHOIS T1596.003
Digital Certificates T1596.004
CDNs T1596.005
Scan Databases
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T1592
Gather Victim Host Information T1596.003
Digital Certificates T1597.002
Purchase Technical Data T1590.005
IP Addresses T1590.002
DNS T1682
Query Public AI Services T1596.002
WHOIS T1594
Search Victim-Owned Websites
Gather Victim Host Information T1596.003
Digital Certificates T1597.002
Purchase Technical Data T1590.005
IP Addresses T1590.002
DNS T1682
Query Public AI Services T1596.002
WHOIS T1594
Search Victim-Owned Websites
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