MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1591 Gather Victim Org Information

Published 2020-10-02 Modified 2026-05-12 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Reconnaissance
Platforms
PRE
Version
1.1
Created
2020-10-02

Description

Adversaries may gather information about the victim's organization that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization may include a variety of details, including the names of divisions/departments, specifics of business operations, as well as the roles and responsibilities of key employees. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via Phishing for Information. Information about an organization may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: Social Media or Search Victim-Owned Websites). Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: Phishing for Information or Search Open Websites/Domains), establishing operational resources (ex: Establish Accounts or Compromise Accounts), and/or initial access (ex: Phishing or Trusted Relationship).

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0043 Reconnaissance tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (1)

  • M1056 Pre-compromise mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · subtechnique of (4)

  • T1591.001 Determine Physical Locations sub-technique
  • T1591.002 Business Relationships sub-technique
  • T1591.003 Identify Business Tempo sub-technique
  • T1591.004 Identify Roles sub-technique

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (10)

  • G1059 NIMBUS MANTICORE group
  • C0061 Operation Digital Eye campaign
  • G1054 MirrorFace group
  • G1036 Moonstone Sleet group
  • G1017 Volt Typhoon group
  • C0022 Operation Dream Job campaign
  • G0094 Kimsuky group
  • G0007 APT28 group
  • G0032 Lazarus Group group
  • G0046 FIN7 group

References