T1583.005sub-technique of T1583 Acquire Infrastructure

Botnet

PREnothing on this site yetT1583.005 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may buy, lease, or rent a network of compromised systems that can be used during targeting. A botnet is a network of compromised systems that can be instructed to perform coordinated tasks. Adversaries may purchase a subscription to use an existing botnet from a booter/stresser service.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Botnet

Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this behavior difficult. Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Phishing, Endpoint Denial of Service, or Network Denial of Service.

what reduces it

M1056 Pre-compromise. This technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on behaviors performed outside of the scope of enterprise defenses and controls.

the rest of T1583

T1583.001 Domains · not covered yet
T1583.002 DNS Server · not covered yet
T1583.003 Virtual Private Server · not covered yet
T1583.004 Server · not covered yet
T1583.006 Web Services · not covered yet
T1583.007 Serverless · not covered yet
T1583.008 Malvertising · not covered yet

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