Russia

    Nobelium / APT29 Background

    Emulating Recent Activity from the Russian Adversary Nobelium / APT29

    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.
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    Limits exist on what ChatGPT will tell you about warfare. And that’s a good thing.

    December 13, 2022
    OpenAI’s ChatGPT can tell you exactly how to use BAS to improve your cyberdefense effectiveness. But it won’t help you with the Russian military specifically, and that’s a very good thing. See below for why OpenAI deserves credit for this algorithmic limit.
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    Emulating the Sophisticated Russian Adversary APT28 (Background))

    Emulating the Sophisticated Russian Adversary APT28

    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.
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    Attack Graph Response to UNC1151 Continued Targeting of Ukraine

    April 29, 2022
    Uncover new attacks from a threat actor likely operating out of Belarus known as UNC1151 or Ghostwriter.
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    Attack Graph Response to US-CERT AA22-083A: Historical Russia-based Actors Targeting the Energy Sector 

    April 1, 2022
    AttackIQ has released a new attack graph for organizations to test and validate their cyberdefense effectiveness against the HAVEX strain of malware. This attack graph follows a pair of Department of Justice indictments of Russia-based threat actors and a new joint FBI-CISA Cybersecurity Advisory about HAVEX released last week. An enduring and dangerous threat, HAVEX targeted the energy and power sectors in 135 countries from 2012-2018, and the tactics and techniques within it continue to threaten organizations today.
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    Testing Network Security Controls against Russian Malware 

    March 29, 2022
    Following an up-tick in the activity of Russia-based cyberthreat actors, this blog discusses the practical steps you can take to validate your network security controls against known Russian tactics, techniques, and procedures to improve your security readiness. It walks readers through Russia-specific emulations included in the AttackIQ Network Control Validation module.
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    Attack Graph Response to US CERT AA22-074A: Russia-based actors disabling multi-factor authentication (MFA)  

    March 18, 2022
    AttackIQ has released a new attack graph to emulate Russia-based threat actors as they exploit multi-factor authentication protocols to disable MFA. This blog describes the scenarios we have included in the new attack graph to emulate the adversary and then, to inform a purple team construct for cyberdefense operations, it provides detection and mitigation recommendations that you can use to improve your security program effectiveness. Read on for more.
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    Preparing for Known Russia-based Cyberthreats Using MITRE ATT&CK and AttackIQ

    March 8, 2022
    To prepare for a potential cyberattack from Russia-based actors, you can begin by testing your security controls against known adversary tactics. The vast majority of cyberattacks use tactics and techniques that have been employed in the past. This blog walks you through key known tactics and techniques, and highlights scenarios in the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform that you can use today to test your defenses and improve your cybersecurity readiness.
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    Attack Graph Response to US-CERT AA22-011A & AA22-047A: Preparing for Russian State-Sponsored Cyberthreats

    February 24, 2022
    In anticipation of escalating cyberattacks by the Russian government against U.S. and allied interests, AttackIQ has developed a new attack graph to help organizations test and validate their cyberdefenses against known Russian adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
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