Knowledge Base
Threat Encyclopedia
99 researched entries covering vulnerabilities, attack techniques, malware, tools and glossary terms — written so you can understand a finding, not just see a red flag.
- Entries
- 99
- Threat guides
- 70
- Attack flows
- 7
- Categories
- 5
How to read an entry
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Start with the summary
The card and severity badge tell you what it is and how badly it ends when it lands.
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Follow the attack steps
Each entry walks the chain in order — foothold, escalation, objective — so you can see where you sit.
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Work the fix list
The green checklist is ordered: complete it top to bottom and the exposure is closed.
Malware
Notable outbreaks and campaigns — 14 entries.
Cobalt Strike
A legitimate penetration-testing tool that became the most common post-exploitation framework in crime.
Read entry →DarkSide / Colonial Pipeline
The 2021 ransomware attack that shut 5,500 miles of US fuel pipeline for six days.
Read entry →Emotet
A banking trojan turned modular botnet that sold access to other attackers.
Read entry →Equifax Breach
A 2017 breach of 147 million records through one unpatched web framework.
Read entry →Heartbleed
A 2014 OpenSSL bug that let anyone read server memory, including private keys.
Read entry →iOSpy / Pegasus-class Spyware
Zero-click commercial spyware that compromises fully patched phones through the messaging stack.
Read entry →Log4Shell (Log4j)
A 2021 flaw in a ubiquitous Java logging library that gave remote code execution almost everywhere.
Read entry →Mirai
A 2016 IoT botnet that weaponised default credentials to build a terabit-scale DDoS engine.
Read entry →NotPetya
A 2017 wiper disguised as ransomware that caused over ten billion dollars of global damage.
Read entry →SolarWinds SUNBURST
A 2020 supply-chain compromise that inserted a backdoor into a trusted software update.
Read entry →Stuxnet
A 2010 sabotage worm built to destroy centrifuges while reporting normal readings.
Read entry →TrickBot
A modular banking trojan that evolved into the primary ransomware delivery channel.
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