Author: Francis Guibernau
Francis conducts in-depth threat research and analysis to design and create highly sophisticated and realistic adversary emulations. He also coordinates the CTI project, which focuses on researching, analyzing, tracking, and documenting adversaries, malware families, and cybersecurity incidents. Francis has extensive experience in adversary intelligence, encompassing both Nation-State and eCrime threats, as well as in vulnerability assessment and management, having previously worked at Deloitte and BNP Paribas.
May 25, 2023
AttackIQ has released two new assessments that emulate the techniques associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor known as Volt Typhoon. Volt Typhoon makes extensive use of living off the land tools to remaining undetected for as long as possible while complete their espionage goals.
May 18, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-136A) that disseminates known BianLian ransomware group techniques and indicators identified through FBI and ACSC. BianLian is a ransomware developer, deployer, and data extortion cybercriminal group that has targeted organizations in multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors since June 2022. They have also targeted Australian critical infrastructure sectors in addition to professional services and property development.
Targeted Sectors: Energy, Resources & Utilities, Professional Services, Construction
Author: Francis Guibernau, Ken Towne
May 4, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates recent activities conducted by the adversary known as Nobelium against European Union (EU) governments. These attacks continue Russia’s efforts to gather intelligence on countries supporting Ukraine in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
April 14, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that aims to emulate the activities linked to the recent supply chain attack against the software developed by the company 3CX. This new release aims to emulate the activities carried out during the initial stages of the system compromise and the hands-on keyboard activity led by Lazarus Group.
April 4, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new full-featured attack graph that emulates recent activity carried out by the politically motivated Iranian-sponsored adversary known as OilRig.
March 23, 2023
AttackIQ has released two new attack graphs that emulate recent activities involving the banking trojan known as BokBot, which has been primarily focused on exfiltrating data and stealing credentials. This new release continues our focused research on emulating shared e-crime malware used in attacks by multiple adversaries.
March 3, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new fully featured attack graph that emulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) observed in cyberattacks involving Royal Ransomware.
January 5, 2023
AttackIQ has released a bundle of content consisting of six new attack graphs that seek to emulate the campaigns and operations led by the infamous North Korean-sponsored adversary Lazarus Group against entities worldwide across multiple sectors.
December 3, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new fully featured attack graph that emulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated to attacks involving Cuba ransomware.This release is a follow-up to an FBI FLASH alert published in December 2021 that first detailed the initial attacks against 49 entities in critical infrastructure sectors. The Cuba ransomware actors have since doubled the number of U.S. victims and compromised over 100 entities worldwide.
November 17, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new fully featured attack graph that emulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) observed in an attack by Iranian-sponsored adversaries against a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization in the U.S.
September 23, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new fully featured attack graph that emulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by Iranian nation-state adversaries against the government of Albania.
September 21, 2022
AttackIQ has released a content bundle including two new attack graphs covering two historical APT28 campaigns involving their SkinnyBoy and Zebrocy malware families and standalone scenarios emulating command-and-control traffic to test boundary controls.
September 16, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph emulating the techniques used by Iranian actors to compromise and encrypt systems — without the need for malware — to help customers defend against threats that try to operate while living solely off the land.
September 8, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph emulating a Vice Society attack to help customers validate their security controls and their ability to defend against this threat actor and others who utilize similar behaviors.
June 28, 2022
AttackIQ has released two new fully featured attack graphs emulating the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by likely nation-state adversaries that continue exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon Systems.














