-planning phase
-research to understand which targets will enable them to meet their objectives -
ANS-Reconnaissance: Adversary (description)
1. harvest email addresses
2. identify employees on social media networks
3. collect press releases, contract awards, conference attendee lists
4. discover internet-facing servers - ANS-Reconnaissance: Adversary (4 actions)
-detecting reconnaissance as it happens can be very difficult
-discovering recon (even well after the fact) can reveal the adversaries' intent -
ANS-Reconnaissance: Defender (description)
1. Collect website visitor logs for alerting and historical searching
2. Collaborate with web admins to utilize their existing browser analytics
3. Build detections for browsing behaviors unique to recon
4. Prioritize defenses around particular technologies for people based on recon activity -
ANS-Reconnaissance: Defender (4 actions)
-prep and staging phase
-likely use automated tools for malware generation
-a weaponizer couples malware and exploit into a deliverable payload - ANS-Weaponization:
Adversary (description)
1. Obtain a weaponizer, either in-house or obtain through public or private channels
2. For file-based exploits, select "decoy" document to present to the victim
3. Select backdoor implant and appropriate command and control infrastructure for operation
4. Designate a specific "mission id" and embed in the malware
5. Compile the backdoor and weaponize the payload - ANS-Weaponizer: Adversary (5 actions)
-essential phase for defenders to understand
-though they can't detect weaponization as it happens, they can infer it by analyzing malware
artifacts - ANS-Weaponization: Defender (description)
1. Conduct full malware analysis - not just what payload it drops, but how it was made
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