MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Description
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network domain(s) that can be used during targeting. Information about domains and their properties may include a variety of details, including what domain(s) the victim owns as well as administrative data (ex: name, registrar, etc.) and more directly actionable information such as contacts (email addresses and phone numbers), business addresses, and name servers. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct collection actions via [Active Scanning](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1595) or [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598). Information about victim domains and their properties may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: [WHOIS](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/002)).(Citation: WHOIS)(Citation: DNS Dumpster)(Citation: Circl Passive DNS) Where third-party cloud providers are in use, this information may also be exposed through publicly available API endpoints, such as GetUserRealm and autodiscover in Office 365 environments.(Citation: Azure Active Directory Reconnaisance)(Citation: Office 265 Azure Domain Availability) Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: [Search Open Technical Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596), [Search Open Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593), or [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598)), establishing operational resources (ex: [Acquire Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583) or [Compromise Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1584)), and/or initial access (ex: [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566)).
Supported Platforms
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'description': "Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network "
'domain(s) that can be used during targeting. Information '
'about domains and their properties may include a variety of '
'details, including what domain(s) the victim owns as well as '
'administrative data (ex: name, registrar, etc.) and more '
'directly actionable information such as contacts (email '
'addresses and phone numbers), business addresses, and name '
'servers.\n'
'\n'
'Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such '
'as direct collection actions via [Active '
'Scanning](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1595) or '
'[Phishing for '
'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598). '
'Information about victim domains and their properties may '
'also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible '
'data sets (ex: '
'[WHOIS](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/002)).(Citation: '
'WHOIS)(Citation: DNS Dumpster)(Citation: Circl Passive DNS) '
'Where third-party cloud providers are in use, this '
'information may also be exposed through publicly available '
'API endpoints, such as GetUserRealm and autodiscover in '
'Office 365 environments.(Citation: Azure Active Directory '
'Reconnaisance)(Citation: Office 265 Azure Domain '
'Availability) Gathering this information may reveal '
'opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: [Search '
'Open Technical '
'Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596), '
'[Search Open '
'Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593), '
'or [Phishing for '
'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598)), '
'establishing operational resources (ex: [Acquire '
'Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583) or '
'[Compromise '
'Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1584)), '
'and/or initial access (ex: '
'[Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566)).',
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{'description': 'CIRCL Computer Incident Response '
'Center. (n.d.). Passive DNS. '
'Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
'source_name': 'Circl Passive DNS',
'url': 'https://www.circl.lu/services/passive-dns/'},
{'description': 'Dr. Nestori Syynimaa. (2020, June '
'13). Just looking: Azure Active '
'Directory reconnaissance as an '
'outsider. Retrieved May 27, 2022.',
'source_name': 'Azure Active Directory Reconnaisance',
'url': 'https://o365blog.com/post/just-looking/'},
{'description': 'Hacker Target. (n.d.). DNS Dumpster. '
'Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
'source_name': 'DNS Dumpster',
'url': 'https://dnsdumpster.com/'},
{'description': 'Microsoft. (2017, January 23). '
'(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Advanced way '
'to check domain availability for '
'Office 365 and Azure. Retrieved May '
'27, 2022.',
'source_name': 'Office 265 Azure Domain Availability',
'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/tip_of_the_day/cloud-tip-of-the-day-advanced-way-to-check-domain-availability-for-office-365-and-azure'},
{'description': 'NTT America. (n.d.). Whois Lookup. '
'Retrieved November 17, 2024.',
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