T1608.006sub-technique of T1608 Stage Capabilities

SEO Poisoning

PREnothing on this site yetT1608.006 on attack.mitre.org

Adversaries may poison mechanisms that influence search engine optimization (SEO) to further lure staged capabilities towards potential victims. Search engines typically display results to users based on purchased ads as well as the site’s ranking/score/reputation calculated by their web crawlers and algorithms.
MITRE ATT&CK 19.2, retrieved 2026-09-12

how MITRE says to see it

Detection of SEO Poisoning

If infrastructure or patterns in the malicious web content related to SEO poisoning or Drive-by Target have been previously identified, internet scanning may uncover when an adversary has staged web content supporting a strategic web compromise.

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
T1608.005 Link Target · not covered yet

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