Develop Capabilities
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1587",
"title": "Develop Capabilities",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1587",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--edadea33-549c-4ed1-9783-8f5a5853cbdf",
"external_id": "T1587",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-01T01:30:00.877Z",
"modified": "2026-09-18T18:22:04.969Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"resource-development"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Kaspersky Sofacy",
"url": "https://securelist.com/sofacy-apt-hits-high-profile-targets-with-updated-toolset/72924/"
},
{
"source_name": "Mandiant APT1",
"url": "https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/services/pdfs/mandiant-apt1-report.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Talos Promethium June 2020",
"url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/06/promethium-extends-with-strongpity3.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Bitdefender StrongPity June 2020",
"url": "https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/353/Bitdefender-Whitepaper-StrongPity-APT.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (10)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1056 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--17fde86e-66f2-4432-881c-b162c0501204
ATTACK:enterprise:G0094 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2098e2bc-2b20-463a-9862-20fe68268cfc
VirusBulletin Kimsuky October 2019ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4f2ee424-4550-48ac-b995-2cdae87f45f9
ATTACK:enterprise:G1052 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--697ba5b6-f90a-45f2-a205-d0db15d39961
Sentinel One Contagious Interview ClickFix September 2025 · Validin Contagious Interview North Korea ClickFix January 2025 · Esentire ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2024 · Socket Contagious Interview NPM April 2025 · Socket BeaverTail XORIndex HexEval Contagious Interview July 2025 · Socket HexEval BeaverTail Contagious Interview June 2025 · PaloAlto ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2023ATTACK:enterprise:C0064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--804dd131-9468-4f90-81d1-a6cb8e6ff5b3
AI-Mexico-Govt-BreachATTACK:enterprise:G1045 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b23aa7d1-3752-423f-bf19-8595230406dc
CarySentinelLabs_CiscoSaltTyphoon_Dec2025ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b316741b-8bd3-4af6-9d5c-76afca7b9012
ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c185a6ee-4897-49e0-801a-6c050054661f
ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ee74a23f-5981-4601-8321-a5db7af73f77
ATTACK:enterprise:G1036 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f6072bdd-734e-4fa0-b11a-d02fed4f19ec
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