tool

NBTscan S0590

Type: tool
Platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS
Created: 17 March 2021
Last modified: 25 April 2025

NBTscan is an open source tool that has been used by state groups to conduct internal reconnaissance within a compromised network.[1][2][3][4]

TechniquesBottom 23%

TacticsBottom 12%

Threat groupsunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

MITRE reference S0590

System Network Configuration Discovery T1016↗

NBTscan can be used to collect MAC addresses.5 6

Discovery25 detection rules

Remote System Discovery T1018↗

NBTscan can list NetBIOS computer names.7 8

Discovery39 detection rules

System Owner/User Discovery T1033↗

NBTscan can list active users on the system.9 10

Discovery47 detection rules

Network Sniffing T1040↗

NBTscan can dump and print whole packet content.11 12

Credential Access · Discovery12 detection rules

Network Service Discovery T1046↗

NBTscan can be used to scan IP networks.13 14

Discovery33 detection rules

Standing S0590

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.

Reach

Techniques5Bottom 23%

23rd percentile · 77% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactics2Bottom 12%

12th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.

Threat groups1061% tie · 22 values

61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Campaigns085% tie · 8 values

85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Coverage

Rules / technique33medTop 20%

80th percentile · 80% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique12med

Detection coverage S0590

143 distinct rules cover the 5 techniques recorded for this tool. The 156 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 143 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 86 Sigma · 57 Splunk.

5 covered by at least one rule143 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S0590

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