Adversary Emulation

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by the Hadooken malware during intrusions that abused misconfigurations and critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities on public-facing Oracle Weblogic Servers.

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by Medusa ransomware since the beginning of its activities in June 2021. Medusa is predominantly propagated through the exploitation of vulnerable services, such as public-facing assets or applications with known unpatched vulnerabilities, and the hijacking of legitimate accounts, often using Initial Access Brokers (IABs) for infiltration.

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that seeks to emulate the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) associated with Ebury Linux malware. Despite previous arrests and actions against key perpetrators, Ebury continues to evolve, and its operations remain active.

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-249A) published on September 5, 2024, that assesses cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155), who are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage, sabotage, and reputational harm since at least 2020.

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-207A) published on August 29, 2024, that disseminates known RansomHub ransomware IOCs and TTPs that have been identified through FBI threat response activities and third-party reporting as recently as August 2024.

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by Mallox ransomware since the beginning of its activities in June 2021. Mallox primarily gains access to victim networks through dictionary brute-force attacks against unsecured MS-SQL servers.

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-241A) published on August 28, 2024. The advisory outlines espionage activity associated with a specific group of Iranian cyber actors that have conducted a high volume of intrusion attempts against US organizations since 2017 and as recently as August 2024

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by Prestige ransomware since the beginning of its activities in October 2022. Prestige has been observed targeting organizations in the transportation and related logistics sectors located in Ukraine and Poland. In November 2022, it was assessed that the Russian adversary known as Sandworm was most likely behind these attacks.

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by the North Korean state-sponsored adversary Andariel during Operation Blacksmith which affected manufacturing, agricultural and physical security companies in multiple regions.

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-207A) published on July 25, 2024, that highlights cyber espionage activity associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) 3rd Bureau based in Pyongyang and Sinuiju.

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by the Cactus ransomware since the beginning of its activities in March 2023. Cactus has targeted a wide variety of organizations since its inception and has breached more than 140 entities as of July 2024.

AttackIQ has released two new assessment templates in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-193A) published on July 11, 2024, that disseminates Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), mitigation and detection methods associated with SILENTSHIELD red team assessment carried out by CISA against a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization.