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Response to CISA Advisory (AA24-038A): PRC State-Sponsored Actors Compromise and Maintain Persistent Access to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA24-038A) which assesses that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors are seeking to pre-position themselves on IT networks for disruptive or destructive cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States.

The Shape Shifting Cameleon: QakBot

QakBot, also recognized as Qbot, Quackbot, Pinkslipbot, and TA570, has etched its name among other cyber threats, leaving a trail of thousands of malware infections globally. Dive in as we explore QakBot’s genesis, its evolution, some specific tactics used and how you can test your defenses against them with AttackIQ Flex.

Response to Ivanti’s Recent Zero-day Vulnerability Exploitation

AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the recent wave of zero-day vulnerability exploits targeting various appliances produced by software company Ivanti. This assessment template emulates the different Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) exhibited by the UNC5221 adversary after successful exploitation of CVE-2023-46805 (authentication bypass) and CVE-2024-21887 (command injection).

Dream Job, or Is It?

In the summer of 2020, ClearSky, a venture capital and growth equity firm investing in innovative companies in the cybersecurity and sustainable energy sectors, investigated into a campaign dubbed "Dream Job," highly likely attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group.

GootLoader: Unloaded

GootLoader, a stealthy JavaScript-based downloader, has posed a persistent threat to Windows-based systems since 2020. In this article, we'll delve into who Gootloader is and how organizations can effectively emulate and test against this threat using AttackIQ Flex, a powerful agentless breach and attack simulation tool. The exciting part? You can sign up for AttackIQ Flex for free, providing you with an opportunity to outsmart this digital menace.

SigmAIQ: AttackIQ’s Latest Innovation for Actionable Detections

AttackIQs Engineering Team recently took another innovative step forward in cybersecurity, mapping our content to Sigma Rules and deploying a library to convert rules to product queries to improve detection efficacy through enhanced mitigation recommendations. Dubbed SigmAIQ, this is the first opensource repository of its kind, and yet another tool AttackIQ has added to our already vast testing and detection arsenal.