ATT&CKReferences

References

Reports, blog posts and papers that MITRE cites as evidence.

3865 references

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Threatexpress MetaTwin 2017Vest, J. (2017, October 9). Borrowing Microsoft MetaData and Signatures to Hide Binary Payloads. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
Threatpost HancitorTom Spring. (2017, January 11). Spammers Revive Hancitor Downloader Campaigns. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
Threatpost Lizar May 2021Seals, T. (2021, May 14). FIN7 Backdoor Masquerades as Ethical Hacking Tool. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
Threatpost New Op Sharpshooter Data March 2019L. O'Donnell. (2019, March 3). RSAC 2019: New Operation Sharpshooter Data Reveals Higher Complexity, Scope. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
Threatpost SauronMichael Mimoso. (2016, August 8). ProjectSauron APT On Par With Equation, Flame, Duqu. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
Tilbury 2014Tilbury, C. (2014, August 28). Registry Analysis with CrowdResponse. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
Tilbury Windows CredentialsChad Tilbury. (2017, August 8). 1Windows Credentials: Attack, Mitigation, Defense. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
Timac DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIESTimac. (2012, December 18). Simple code injection using DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
Token tacticsMicrosoft Incident Response. (2022, November 16). Token tactics: How to prevent, detect, and respond to cloud token theft. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
Trails-DNSSecurityTrails. (2018, March 14). Wrong Bind Configuration Exposes the Complete List of Russian TLD's to the Internet. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
Trap Manualss64. (n.d.). trap. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
Treasury EvilCorp Dec 2019U.S. Department of Treasury. (2019, December 5). Treasury Sanctions Evil Corp, the Russia-Based Cybercriminal Group Behind Dridex Malware. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
Treasury North Korean Cyber Groups September 2019US Treasury . (2019, September 13). Treasury Sanctions North Korean State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Groups. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
Trellix Darkgate 2023Ernesto Fernández Provecho, Pham Duy Phuc, Ciana Driscoll & Vinoo Thomas. (2023, November 21). The Continued Evolution of the DarkGate Malware-as-a-Service. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
Trellix Rnasomhouse 2024Pham Duy Phuc, Max Kersten, Noël Keijzer, and Michaël Schrijver. (2024, February 14). RansomHouse am See. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
Trellix Scattered Spider MO August 2023Trellix et. al.. (2023, August 17). Scattered Spider: The Modus Operandi. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
Trellix-QakbotPham Duy Phuc, John Fokker J.E., Alejandro Houspanossian and Mathanraj Thangaraju. (2023, March 7). Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
TrellixQakbotPham Duy Phuc, John Fokker J.E., Alejandro Houspanossian and Mathanraj Thangaraju. (2023, March 7). Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Trend MicroKaren Victor. (2020, May 18). Reflective Loading Runs Netwalker Fileless Ransomware. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
Trend Micro - Int SPTrend Micro. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2024.
Trend Micro 3CX AppleJeus ICONICSTEALER March 2023Trend Micro Research. (2023, March 30). Preventing and Detecting Attacks Involving 3CX Desktop App. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
Trend Micro APT Attack ToolsWilhoit, K. (2013, March 4). In-Depth Look: APT Attack Tools of the Trade. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
Trend Micro Agenda Ransomware AUG 2022Magdy, S. et al. (2022, August 25). New Golang Ransomware Agenda Customizes Attacks. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
Trend Micro Agenda Ransomware OCT 2025Trend Micro. (2025, October 23). Agenda Ransomware Deploys Linux Variant on Windows Systems Through Remote Management Tools and BYOVD Techniques. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
Trend Micro AvosLocker Apr 2022Trend Micro Research. (2022, April 4). Ransomware Spotlight AvosLocker. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
Trend Micro Banking Malware Jan 2019Salvio, J.. (2014, June 27). New Banking Malware Uses Network Sniffing for Data Theft. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
Trend Micro Black Basta May 2022Gonzalez, I., Chavez I., et al. (2022, May 9). Examining the Black Basta Ransomware’s Infection Routine. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
Trend Micro Black Basta October 2022Kenefick, I. et al. (2022, October 12). Black Basta Ransomware Gang Infiltrates Networks via QAKBOT, Brute Ratel, and Cobalt Strike. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
Trend Micro Black Basta Spotlight September 2022Trend Micro. (2022, September 1). Ransomware Spotlight Black Basta. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
Trend Micro CPLMerces, F. (2014). CPL Malware Malicious Control Panel Items. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
Trend Micro Carberp February 2014Trend Micro. (2014, February 27). CARBERP. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
Trend Micro Cheerscrypt May 2022Dela Cruz, A. et al. (2022, May 25). New Linux-Based Ransomware Cheerscrypt Targeting ESXi Devices Linked to Leaked Babuk Source Code. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
Trend Micro ConfickerTrend Micro. (2014, March 18). Conficker. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Trend Micro Cyclops Blink March 2022Haquebord, F. et al. (2022, March 17). Cyclops Blink Sets Sights on Asus Routers. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
Trend Micro DRBControl February 2020Lunghi, D. et al. (2020, February). Uncovering DRBControl. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
Trend Micro Daserf Nov 2017Chen, J. and Hsieh, M. (2017, November 7). REDBALDKNIGHT/BRONZE BUTLER’s Daserf Backdoor Now Using Steganography. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
Trend Micro Deep Dive Into DefacementMarco Balduzzi, Ryan Flores, Lion Gu, Federico Maggi, Vincenzo Ciancaglini, Roel Reyes, Akira Urano. (n.d.). A Deep Dive into Defacement: How Geopolitical Events Trigger Web Attacks. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
Trend Micro Earth Kasha Anel NOV 2024Hiroaki, H. (2024, November 26). Guess Who’s Back - The Return of ANEL in the Recent Earth Kasha Spear-phishing Campaign in 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Trend Micro Earth Kasha NOV 2024Trend Micro. (2024, November 19). Spot the Difference: Earth Kasha's New LODEINFO Campaign And The Correlation Analysis With The APT10 Umbrella. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Trend Micro Earth Kasha Updates APR 2025Hiroaki, H. (2025, April 30). Earth Kasha Updates TTPs in Latest Campaign Targeting Taiwan and Japan. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Trend Micro Earth Simnavaz October 2024Fahmy, M. et al. (2024, October 11). Earth Simnavaz (aka APT34) Levies Advanced Cyberattacks Against Middle East. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
Trend Micro Emotet 2020Cybercrime & Digital Threat Team. (2020, February 13). Emotet Now Spreads via Wi-Fi. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
Trend Micro Emotet Jan 2019Trend Micro. (2019, January 16). Exploring Emotet's Activities . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
Trend Micro Exposed Docker APIsOliveira, A. (2019, May 30). Infected Containers Target Docker via Exposed APIs. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
Trend Micro Exposed Docker ServerRemillano II, A., et al. (2020, June 20). XORDDoS, Kaiji Variants Target Exposed Docker Servers. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
Trend Micro FIN6 October 2019Chen, J. (2019, October 10). Magecart Card Skimmers Injected Into Online Shops. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
Trend Micro HeartBeat Campaign January 2013Roland Dela Paz. (2003, January 3). The HeartBeat APT Campaign. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
Trend Micro IXESHE 2012Sancho, D., et al. (2012, May 22). IXESHE An APT Campaign. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
Trend Micro Iron Tiger April 2021Lunghi, D. and Lu, K. (2021, April 9). Iron Tiger APT Updates Toolkit With Evolved SysUpdate Malware. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
Trend Micro KillDisk 1Fernando Merces, Byron Gelera, Martin Co. (2018, June 7). KillDisk Variant Hits Latin American Finance Industry. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

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