MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1591.001 Determine Physical Locations

Published 2020-10-02 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Reconnaissance
Platforms
PRE
Version
1.1
Created
2020-10-02

Description

Adversaries may gather the victim's physical location(s) that can be used during targeting. Information about physical locations of a target organization may include a variety of details, including where key resources and infrastructure are housed. Physical locations may also indicate what legal jurisdiction and/or authorities the victim operates within. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via Phishing for Information. Physical locations of a target organization may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: Search Victim-Owned Websites or Social Media). Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: Phishing for Information or Search Open Websites/Domains), establishing operational resources (ex: Develop Capabilities or Obtain Capabilities), and/or initial access (ex: Phishing or Hardware Additions).

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1591 Gather Victim Org Information technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0043 Reconnaissance tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (1)

  • M1056 Pre-compromise mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (1)

  • G0059 Magic Hound group

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