Applied Cybernetics Group
T1119 Automated Collection
- Technique
T1119- Tactics
- Collection
- Research, 90 days
- 3
- KEV CVEs mapped
- 1
- SigmaHQ rules
- 5
- Elastic, Splunk
- 9
- thrunt rules
- 0
- Upstream
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1119
MITRE description
Once established within a system or network, an adversary may use automated techniques for collecting internal data. Methods for performing this technique could include use of a [Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059) to search for and copy information fitting set criteria such as file type, location, or name at specific time intervals. In cloud-based environments, adversaries may also use cloud APIs, data pipelines, command line interfaces, or extract, transform, and load (ETL) services to automatically collect data.(Citation: Mandiant UNC3944 SMS Phishing 2023) This functionality could also be built into remote access tools. This technique may incorporate use of other techniques such as [File and Directory Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083) and [Lateral Tool Transfer](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1570) to identify and move files, as well as [Cloud Service Dashboard](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1538) and [Cloud Storage Object Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1619) to identify resources in cloud environments.
KEV CVEs mapped to this technique
MITRE CTID maps these KEV CVEs to this technique by hand. They are the actively exploited vulnerabilities behind this technique's KEV signal.
Research citing this technique
Reports and advisories from the last 90 days that cite this technique.
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2026-10-22Group-IB: Inside SiriusQT: A Seriously Skilled RAT -
2026-09-14Group-IB: Smish. Click. Drained: Inside the Smishing Triad’s Phishing Cockpit -
2026-09-03Group-IB: The Outsider Phishing Kit: A Resilient Threat in the Face of Law Enforcement Action
Detection coverage
SigmaHQ community rules
- Shai-Hulud Malicious GitHub Workflow Creation (emerging-threats)
- Automated Collection Command PowerShell (core)
- Recon Information for Export with PowerShell (core)
- Automated Collection Command Prompt (core)
- Recon Information for Export with Command Prompt (core)
Elastic and Splunk rules
- AWS EC2 Export Task (elastic)
- GCP Pub/Sub Subscription Creation (elastic)
- Potential Database Dumping Activity (elastic)
- AWS Exfiltration via Anomalous GetObject API Activity (splunk)
- AWS Exfiltration via Batch Service (splunk)
- AWS Exfiltration via DataSync Task (splunk)
- Windows Dir Piped to Findstr Activity (splunk)
- Windows File Collection Via Copy Utilities (splunk)
- Windows Process Accessing Windows Recall Directory (splunk)