ATT&CKReferences

References

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

3865 references

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Wiz Ultralytics AI Library Hijack 2024Wiz Threat Research. (2024, December 9). Ultralytics AI Library Hacked via GitHub for Cryptomining. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
Writing Bad Malware for OSXPatrick Wardle. (2015). Writing Bad @$$ Malware for OS X. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
XAgentOSX 2017Robert Falcone. (2017, February 14). XAgentOSX: Sofacy's Xagent macOS Tool. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
XPNSec PPID Nov 2017Chester, A. (2017, November 20). Alternative methods of becoming SYSTEM. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
XSL Bypass Mar 2019Singh, A. (2019, March 14). MSXSL.EXE and WMIC.EXE — A Way to Proxy Code Execution. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
Xpn Argue Like Cobalt 2019Chester, A. (2019, January 28). How to Argue like Cobalt Strike. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
ZDNET Selling DataCimpanu, C. (2020, May 9). A hacker group is selling more than 73 million user records on the dark web. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
ZDNet DtrackCatalin Cimpanu. (2019, October 30). Confirmed: North Korean malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
ZDNet Ransomware Backups 2020Steve Ranger. (2020, February 27). Ransomware victims thought their backups were safe. They were wrong. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
ZScaler BitB 2020ZScaler. (2020, February 11). Fake Sites Stealing Steam Credentials. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
ZScaler Hacking TeamDesai, D.. (2015, August 14). Chinese cyber espionage APT group leveraging recently leaked Hacking Team exploits to target a Financial Services Firm. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
ZScaler SEOWang, J. (2018, October 17). Ubiquitous SEO Poisoning URLs. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
ZScaler Squirrelwaffle Sep 2021Kumar, A., Stone-Gross, Brett. (2021, September 28). Squirrelwaffle: New Loader Delivering Cobalt Strike. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
Zdnet Kimsuky Dec 2018Cimpanu, C.. (2018, December 5). Cyber-espionage group uses Chrome extension to infect victims. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
Zdnet Kimsuky Group September 2020Cimpanu, C. (2020, September 30). North Korea has tried to hack 11 officials of the UN Security Council. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
Zdnet Ngrok September 2018Cimpanu, C. (2018, September 13). Sly malware author hides cryptomining botnet behind ever-shifting proxy service. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
Zimbra PreauthZimbra. (2023, March 16). Preauth. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
Zlib Githubmadler. (2017). zlib. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
ZscalerSudeep Singh. (2025, April 16). Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal: ToneShell and StarProxy | P1. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
Zscaler APT31 Covid-19 October 2020Singh, S. and Antil, S. (2020, October 27). APT-31 Leverages COVID-19 Vaccine Theme and Abuses Legitimate Online Services. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
Zscaler Bazar September 2020Sadique, M. and Singh, A. (2020, September 29). Spear Phishing Campaign Delivers Buer and Bazar Malware. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
Zscaler BlindEagle DEC 2025Pellegrino, G. (2025, December 16). BlindEagle Targets Colombian Government Agency with Caminho and DCRAT. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
Zscaler Cobian Aug 2017Yadav, A., et al. (2017, August 31). Cobian RAT – A backdoored RAT. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
Zscaler ContagiousInterview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret November 2024Seongsu Park. (2024, November 4). From Pyongyang to Your Payroll: The Rise of North Korean Remote Workers in the West. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Zscaler Higaisa 2020Singh, S. Singh, A. (2020, June 11). The Return on the Higaisa APT. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
Zscaler KasidetYadav, A., et al. (2016, January 29). Malicious Office files dropping Kasidet and Dridex. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
Zscaler Kimsuky TRANSLATEXTPark, S. (2024, June 27). Kimsuky deploys TRANSLATEXT to target South Korean academia. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
Zscaler Lyceum DnsSystem June 2022Shivtarkar, N. and Kumar, A. (2022, June 9). Lyceum .NET DNS Backdoor. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
Zscaler PAKLOG CorkLog SplatCloak Splatdropper April 2025Sudeep Singh. (2025, April 16). Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal: PAKLOG, CorKLOG, and SplatCloak | P2. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
Zscaler Pikabot 2023Brett Stone-Gross & Nikolaos Pantazopoulos. (2023, May 24). Technical Analysis of Pikabot. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
Zscaler Pikabot 2024Nikolaos Pantazopoulos. (2024, February 12). The (D)Evolution of Pikabot. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
Zscaler PureCrypter JUN 2022Dumont, R. (2022, June 13). Technical Analysis of PureCrypter: A Fully-Functional Loader Distributing Remote Access Trojans and Information Stealers. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
Zscaler XLoader 2025Zscaler Threatlabz. (2025, January 27). Technical Analysis of Xloader Versions 6 and 7 | Part 1. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
abusing_com_regbohops. (2018, August 18). ABUSING THE COM REGISTRY STRUCTURE (PART 2): HIJACKING & LOADING TECHNIQUES. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
acroread package compromised Arch Linux Mail 8JUL2018Eli Schwartz. (2018, June 8). acroread package compromised. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
ad_blocker_with_minerKuzmenko, A.. (2021, March 10). Ad blocker with miner included. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
airwalk backdoor unix systemsairwalk. (2023, January 1). A guide to backdooring Unix systems. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
alert_TA18_106ACISA. (2018, April 20). Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
alientvault macspyPETER EWANE. (2017, June 9). MacSpy: OS X RAT as a Service. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
amnesia malwareClaud Xiao, Cong Zheng, Yanhui Jia. (2017, April 6). New IoT/Linux Malware Targets DVRs, Forms Botnet. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
amnesty_nso_pegasusAmnesty International Security Lab. (2021, July 18). Forensic Methodology Report: How to catch NSO Group’s Pegasus. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
anomali-linux-rabbitAnomali Threat Research. (2018, December 6). Pulling Linux Rabbit/Rabbot Malware Out of a Hat. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
anomali-rocke-tacticsAnomali Threat Research. (2019, October 15). Illicit Cryptomining Threat Actor Rocke Changes Tactics, Now More Difficult to Detect. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
apple doco bonjour descriptionApple Inc. (2013, April 23). Bonjour Overview. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
apt41_dcsocytec_dec2022DCSO CyTec Blog. (2022, December 24). APT41 — The spy who failed to encrypt me. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
apt41_mandiantMandiant. (n.d.). APT41, A DUAL ESPIONAGE AND CYBER CRIME OPERATION. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
aptsimvalsmith. (2012, September 21). More on APTSim. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
aquasecOfek Itach, Assaf Morag. (2023, July 13). TeamTNT Reemerged with New Aggressive Cloud Campaign. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
aquasec-postgres-processesAssaf Morag. (2024, August 19). PG_MEM: A Malware Hidden in the Postgres Processes. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

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