- Tactics
- Reconnaissance
- Platforms
- PRE
- Reference
- attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1590.003
Description
Adversaries may gather information about the victim’s network trust dependencies that can be used during targeting. Information about network trusts may include a variety of details, including second or third-party organizations/domains (ex: managed service providers, contractors, etc.) that have connected (and potentially elevated) network access.
Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via Phishing for Information. Information about network trusts may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: Search Open Technical Databases).(Citation: Pentesting AD Forests) Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: Active Scanning or Search Open Websites/Domains), establishing operational resources (ex: Acquire Infrastructure or Compromise Infrastructure), and/or initial access (ex: Trusted Relationship).
How GTK Cyber trains on this
GTK Cyber's hands-on training programs cover detection engineering across the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including the Reconnaissance tactic this technique falls under. Our practitioner-led courses focus on building real detections, not just memorizing technique IDs.
Related techniques
- T1589 — Gather Victim Identity Information
- T1590 — Gather Victim Network Information
- T1591 — Gather Victim Org Information
- T1592 — Gather Victim Host Information
- T1593 — Search Open Websites/Domains
- T1594 — Search Victim-Owned Websites
- T1595 — Active Scanning
- T1596 — Search Open Technical Databases
- T1597 — Search Closed Sources
- T1598 — Phishing for Information
- T1681 — Search Threat Vendor Data
- T1682 — Query Public AI Services