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T1614: T1614

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 16/12/2025 19:38 · Modified 29/04/2026 12:44

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1614
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
16/12/2025 19:38
Modified
29/04/2026 12:44
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

System Location Discovery

Platforms

windows macos linux IaaS

Description

Adversaries may gather information in an attempt to calculate the geographical location of a victim host. Adversaries may use the information from [System Location Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1614) during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors, including whether or not the adversary fully infects the target and/or attempts specific actions. Adversaries may attempt to infer the location of a system using various system checks, such as time zone, keyboard layout, and/or language settings.(Citation: FBI Ragnar Locker 2020)(Citation: Sophos Geolocation 2016)(Citation: Bleepingcomputer RAT malware 2020) Windows API functions such as `GetLocaleInfoW` can also be used to determine the locale of the host.(Citation: FBI Ragnar Locker 2020) In cloud environments, an instance's availability zone may also be discovered by accessing the instance metadata service from the instance.(Citation: AWS Instance Identity Documents)(Citation: Microsoft Azure Instance Metadata 2021) Adversaries may also attempt to infer the location of a victim host using IP addressing, such as via online geolocation IP-lookup services.(Citation: Securelist Trasparent Tribe 2020)(Citation: Sophos Geolocation 2016)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack discovery

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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