TTP Table for Detecting APT Activity Related to SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise

CISA has released a table of tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs used by the advanced persistent threat APT actor involved with the recent SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 compromise. The table uses the MITRE ATT&CK framework to identify APT TTPs and includes detection recommendations...

McAfee ATR Thinks in Graphs | McAfee Blogs

ARCHIVED STORY McAfee ATR Thinks in Graphs By Valentine Mairet · MAR 08, 2021 · 19 MIN READ 0. Introduction John Lambert, a distinguished researcher specializing in threat intelligence at Microsoft, once said these words that changed perspectives: “Defenders think in lists. Attackers think in...

Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

A playbook for modernizing security operations

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post from our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Dave Kennedy, Founder and...

A playbook for modernizing security operations

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post from our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Dave Kennedy, Founder and...

ATTPwn - Tool Designed To Emulate Adversaries

ATTPwn is a computer security tool designed to emulate adversaries. The tool aims to bring emulation of a real threat into closer contact with implementations based on the techniques and tactics from the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The goal is to simulate how a threat works in an intrusion scenario,...

Xanthe - Docker aware miner

By Vanja Svajcer and Adam Pridgen, Cisco Incident Command NEWS SUMMARY Ransomware attacks and big-game hunting making the headlines, but adversaries use plenty of other methods to monetize their efforts in less intrusive ways.Cisco Talos recently discovered a cryptocurrency-mining botnet attack...

Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Targeting U.S. Think Tanks

Summary This Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK® framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FB...

NSA and CISA Recommend Immediate Actions to Reduce Exposure Across Operational Technologies and Control Systems

Summary Note: This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT&CK® framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise and ATT&CK for Industrial Control Systems frameworks for all referenced threat actor techniques and mitigations. Over recent months, cyber actors...

MITRE ATT&CK Tactics Are Not Tactics

Just what are "tactics"? Introduction MITRE ATT&CK is a great resource, but something about it has bothered me since I first heard about it several years ago. It's a minor point, but I wanted to document it in case it confuses anyone else. The MITRE ATT&CK Design and Philosophy document from Marc...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-27153

In BlueZ before 5.55, a double free was found in the gatttool disconnectcb routine from shared/att.c. A remote attacker could potentially cause a denial of service or code execution, during service discovery, due to a redundant disconnect MGMT event...

Lemon Duck brings cryptocurrency miners back into the spotlight

By Vanja Svajcer, with contributions from Caitlin Huey. We are used to ransomware attacks and big-game hunting making headlines, but there are still methods adversaries use to monetize their efforts in less intrusive ways.Cisco Talos recently recorded increased activity of the Lemon Duck...

CISA Releases FY2019 Risk Vulnerability Assessment Infographic

The Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency CISA has released an infographic mapping analysis of 44 of its Risk and Vulnerability Assessments RVAs conducted in Fiscal Year 2019 to the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT&CK Framework. The infographic identifies...

Fileless Malware Tops Critical Endpoint Threats for 1H 2020

In the first half of 2020, the most common critical-severity cybersecurity threat to endpoints was fileless malware, according to a recent analysis of telemetry data from Cisco. Fileless threats consist of malicious code that runs in memory after initial infection, instead of files being stored o...

Industry-wide partnership on threat-informed defense improves security for all

MITRE Engenuity’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense has published a library of detailed plans for emulating the threat actor FIN6 which Microsoft tracks as TAAL, a collection of threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK data, supporting scripts, and utilities designed to enable red teams to emulate the...

Chinese Government-affiliated Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting U.S. Government Agencies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued an advisory about Chinese Ministry of State Security MSS-affiliated cyber threat actors targeting U.S. government agencies. Through the National Cybersecurity Protection System, CISA has...

att-na.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1292111

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

PurpleSharp - C# Adversary Simulation Tool That Executes Adversary Techniques With The Purpose Of Generating Attack Telemetry In Monitored Windows Environments

Defending enterprise networks against attackers continues to present a difficult challenge for blue teams. Prevention has fallen short; improving detection & response capabilities has proven to be a step in the right direction. However, without the telemetry produced by adversary behavior, buildi...

UPDATE: Infection Monkey 1.9.0

Infection Monkey 1.9.0, the open source breach and attack simulation tool was released a few hours ago - just in time for BlackHat/DefCon 2020. My first post about this tool can be found in a post titled the List of Adversary Emulation Tools. Updates include an expanded list of MITRE ATT&CK...