T1590.001sub-technique of T1590 Gather Victim Network Information

Domain Properties

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Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network domain(s) that can be used during targeting. Information about domains and their properties may include a variety of details, including what domain(s) the victim owns as well as administrative data (ex: name, registrar, etc.) and more directly actionable information such as contacts (email addresses and phone numbers), business addresses, and name servers.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Domain Properties

Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.

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. Efforts should focus on minimizing the amount and sensitivity of data available to external parties.

the rest of T1590

T1590.002 DNS · not covered yet
T1590.003 Network Trust Dependencies · not covered yet
T1590.004 Network Topology · not covered yet
T1590.005 IP Addresses · not covered yet
T1590.006 Network Security Appliances · not covered yet

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