Web Service: Dead Drop Resolver

Threat Actors may use an existing, legitimate external Web service to host information that points to additional command and control (C2) infrastructure. Threat Actors may post content, known as a dead drop resolver, on Web services with embedded (and often obfuscated/encoded) domains or IP addresses. Once infected, victims will reach out to and be redirected by these resolvers.

ID: ATAGS-T1196.001
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1196
Targeted Components: Software
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.