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Drive-By Compromise

Technique · ATTACK:mobile:T1456

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:mobile:T1456",
  "title": "Drive-By Compromise",
  "type": "Technique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1456",
  "snapshot": "mobile-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--fd339382-bfec-4bf0-8d47-1caedc9e7e57",
  "external_id": "T1456",
  "domain": "mobile",
  "created": "2017-10-25T14:48:06.822Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:39.614Z",
  "version": "2.2",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "initial-access"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Lookout-StealthMango",
      "url": "https://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-stealth-mango-srr-us.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue",
      "url": "https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/cellular-threats/CEL-22.html",
      "external_id": "CEL-22"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (7)

First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.

ATTACK:mobile:C0033 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--114f4334-16f4-402e-981a-902b2c9be6fb

trendmicro_strongpity

ATTACK:mobile:M1001 → mitigates → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2f1e5d77-0054-4f8a-8e01-7c0318278a76

ATTACK:mobile:S0289 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--638f3d4b-f1d4-4c61-91a0-7c125ef8437a

Lookout-Pegasus

ATTACK:mobile:S1185 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6e642c09-751c-43d8-9b99-aabb1703cad7

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ATTACK:mobile:S0311 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d621eba9-676f-47a4-8358-d68eeff2fb9a

paloalto_yispecter_1015

ATTACK:mobile:S0328 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f989562f-41a8-46d3-94ba-fca7269ae592

Lookout-StealthMango

ATTACK:mobile:S0463 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1456

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fc816ddc-199d-47b0-93af-c81305d0919f

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