T1608.005sub-technique of T1608 Stage Capabilities

Link Target

PREnothing on this site yetT1608.005 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may put in place resources that are referenced by a link that can be used during targeting. An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to divulge information (including credentials) or to gain execution, as in Malicious Link. Links can be used for spearphishing, such as sending an email accompanied by social engineering text to coax the user to actively click or copy and paste a URL into a browser.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of Link Target

If infrastructure or patterns in malicious web content have been previously identified, internet scanning may uncover when an adversary has staged web content to make it accessible for targeting.

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 T1608

T1608.001 Upload Malware · not covered yet
T1608.002 Upload Tool · not covered yet
T1608.003 Install Digital Certificate · not covered yet
T1608.004 Drive-by Target · not covered yet
T1608.006 SEO Poisoning · not covered yet

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