S0507: eSurv

S0507: eSurv describes [eSurv](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0507) is mobile surveillanceware designed for the lawful intercept market that was developed over the course of many years.(Citation: Lookout eSurv)

Executive priority

S0507: eSurv is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0507: eSurv by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Android, iOS), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata

Detection direction

Validate whether S0507: eSurv appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.

Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

eSurv

eSurv is mobile surveillanceware designed for the lawful intercept market that was developed over the course of many years.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

Filter related techniques10 rows

Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
Mobile	T1627.001	GeofencingSub-technique	eSurv imposes geo-restrictions when delivering the second stage.[1]
Mobile	T1429	Audio Capture	eSurv can record audio.[1]
Mobile	T1521.002	Asymmetric CryptographySub-technique	eSurv’s Android version has used public key encryption for C2 communication.[1]
Mobile	T1636.003	Contact ListSub-technique	eSurv can exfiltrate the device’s contact list.[1]
Mobile	T1426	System Information Discovery	eSurv’s iOS version can collect device information.[1]
Mobile	T1533	Data from Local System	eSurv can exfiltrate device pictures.[1]
Mobile	T1430	Location Tracking	eSurv can track the device’s location.[1]
Mobile	T1521.003	SSL PinningSub-technique	eSurv’s Android version has used certificate pinning for C2 communication.[1]
Mobile	T1646	Exfiltration Over C2 Channel	eSurv has exfiltrated data using HTTP PUT requests.[1]
Mobile	T1407	Download New Code at Runtime	eSurv’s Android version is distributed in three stages: the dropper, the second stage payload, and the third stage payload which is Exodus.[1]

Relationship explorer

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release: 19.2
Object version: 1.1
Created: Sep 14, 2020, 14:13 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: Mar 29, 2024, 15:07 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: f94ae80d720b178f...

Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)

Release	Bundle imported	Object version	Modified	Status	Raw hash
19.2	Aug 6, 2026, 02:58 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Mar 29, 2024, 15:07 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`f94ae80d720b…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Mar 29, 2024, 15:07 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`f94ae80d720b…`

Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

[1]
Lookout eSurv
A. Bauer. (2019, April 8). Lookout discovers phishing sites distributing new iOS and Android surveillanceware. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
Open source URL
[2]
mitre-attackS0507
Open source URL

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