MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Impact
T1496
Description
Adversaries may leverage the resources of co-opted systems to complete resource-intensive tasks, which may impact system and/or hosted service availability. Resource hijacking may take a number of different forms. For example, adversaries may: * Leverage compute resources in order to mine cryptocurrency * Sell network bandwidth to proxy networks * Generate SMS traffic for profit * Abuse cloud-based messaging services to send large quantities of spam messages In some cases, adversaries may leverage multiple types of Resource Hijacking at once.(Citation: Sysdig Cryptojacking Proxyjacking 2023)
Supported Platforms
Windows
IaaS
Linux
macOS
Containers
SaaS
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'and/or hosted service availability. \n'
'\n'
'Resource hijacking may take a number of different forms. For '
'example, adversaries may:\n'
'\n'
'* Leverage compute resources in order to mine cryptocurrency\n'
'* Sell network bandwidth to proxy networks\n'
'* Generate SMS traffic for profit\n'
'* Abuse cloud-based messaging services to send large '
'quantities of spam messages\n'
'\n'
'In some cases, adversaries may leverage multiple types of '
'Resource Hijacking at once.(Citation: Sysdig Cryptojacking '
'Proxyjacking 2023)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1496',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1496'},
{'description': 'Miguel Hernandez. (2023, August 17). '
'LABRAT: Stealthy Cryptojacking and '
'Proxyjacking Campaign Targeting '
'GitLab . Retrieved September 25, '
'2024.',
'source_name': 'Sysdig Cryptojacking Proxyjacking '
'2023',
'url': 'https://sysdig.com/blog/labrat-cryptojacking-proxyjacking-campaign/'}],
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'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:24.276Z',
'name': 'Resource Hijacking',
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'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'attack-pattern',
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