Ransomware
September 23, 2025
AttackIQ research exposes RomCom’s espionage-to-ransomware convergence and provides 7 emulations to harden detection and response.
November 20, 2023
On November 15, 2023, CISA published an Advisory (AA23-319A) that disseminates known Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and detection methods associated with Rhysida ransomware identified through FBI investigations. In September 2023, AttackIQ released two new attack graphs in response to recent reports of activities involving Rhysida ransomware.
November 1, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-284A) that disseminates known Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and detection methods associated with AvosLocker ransomware identified through FBI investigations as recent as May 2023. AvosLocker is known for conducting activities against organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors using legitimate software and open-source remote system administration tools.
October 9, 2023
AttackIQ has released three new attack graphs that aim to emulate the recent activities involving the commodity JavaScript-based downloader known as GootLoader.
September 20, 2023
AttackIQ has released two new attack graphs that seek to emulate the various activities carried out by the controversial Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) known as Rhysida against multiple targets worldwide since its discovery in May 2023.
July 10, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-187A) that seeks to emulate the activities carried out by the financially motivated and highly sophisticated criminal adversary known as TA505.
June 14, 2023
On June 14, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with other US-based and international security organizations released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) detailing the operations behind the LockBit ransomware attacks. AttackIQ has released a wide range of Attack Graphs emulating LockBit and other RaaS operators as part of CISA’s #StopRansomware campaign.
June 9, 2023
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph and two network security validation scenarios in response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA23-158A) detailing the CL0P Ransomware Gang. This actor also known as TA505, is a financially motivated and highly sophisticated criminal adversary considered to be a major player in the e-crime scene that has left a significant impact on the global cybersecurity landscape.
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.
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.
August 11, 2022
AttackIQ’s Adversary Research Team has released a new assessment to test endpoint and network controls’ ability to prevent Zeppelin Ransomware.
June 15, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new full-featured attack graph emulating the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the Conti Ransomware Group. Despite the group’s recent dissolution, Conti’s successful post-compromise tactics, techniques, and procedures will live on. This attack graph will help defenders test their cyberdefense technologies against the full range of techniques and procedures that Conti used – and which Conti’s former members, now in other ransomware groups, will likely continue to use.
June 2, 2022
AttackIQ has released a new scenario and assessment in response to US-CERT Alert AA22-152A, Karakurt Data Extortion Group
January 19, 2022
Ransomware is a vexing challenge and attacks have doubled since 2020, but there is a path out of the problem. In this new guide, Countering Ransomware with MITRE ATT&CK, AttackIQ outlines clear, practical steps to test and validate that your security program performs against ransomware. The trick is to prepare, and the path to follow is a threat-informed defense. Check it out and come join us for a technical demonstration of our ransomware capabilities on January 27.
September 23, 2021
Although ransomware can have devastating effects regardless of which industry vertical an organisation is part of, the healthcare industry has particularly paid a heavy price in recent times.
August 24, 2021
Healthcare is the most targeted sector for data breaches, and ransomware attacks were responsible for almost 50 percent of all healthcare data breaches in 2020. How should healthcare companies proceed? Our guest blogger in this ransomware series is Tracy Cohen, a cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience managing cybersecurity risk in the healthcare and biopharma sector. She is also a licensed skydiver,
August 23, 2021
For the first time, organisations can visually see what Azure security controls can offer in terms of protection, detection and response. With 45 native Azure security control mappings, defenders can start focusing on not only TTPs in the context of Azure threats, but also how each native Azure security control might shield them from related TTPs in Azure.
August 9, 2021
In 2020, three of the top 10 most searched terms were, unsurprisingly, healthcare-related. (Coronavirus, coronavirus update, coronavirus symptoms.) We’ve never been so attuned to what’s happening in our healthcare systems and hospitals.
The Kaseya VSA REvil Ransomware Supply Chain Attack: How It Happened, How It Could Have Been Avoided
July 13, 2021
On July 2, 2021, the REvil ransomware group successfully exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the on-premise Kaseya VSA server, enabling a wide-scale supply chain cyber attack. Let’s dig in and see how the attack happened, how attack emulation could have helped, and what you can do to implement a threat-informed defense strategy to prepare yourself for similar threat actor behavior.
June 22, 2021
For years, users struggled to put MITRE ATT&CK into practice. With the release of ATT&CK Workbench today, defenders can far better ensure that their threat intelligence is continually aligned with the public ATT&CK knowledge base. See how and why.























