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

  1. 1

    Start with the summary

    The card and severity badge tell you what it is and how badly it ends when it lands.

  2. 2

    Follow the attack steps

    Each entry walks the chain in order — foothold, escalation, objective — so you can see where you sit.

  3. 3

    Work the fix list

    The green checklist is ordered: complete it top to bottom and the exposure is closed.

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Cobalt Strike

A legitimate penetration-testing tool that became the most common post-exploitation framework in crime.

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DarkSide / Colonial Pipeline

The 2021 ransomware attack that shut 5,500 miles of US fuel pipeline for six days.

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Emotet

A banking trojan turned modular botnet that sold access to other attackers.

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Equifax Breach

A 2017 breach of 147 million records through one unpatched web framework.

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Heartbleed

A 2014 OpenSSL bug that let anyone read server memory, including private keys.

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iOSpy / Pegasus-class Spyware

Zero-click commercial spyware that compromises fully patched phones through the messaging stack.

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Log4Shell (Log4j)

A 2021 flaw in a ubiquitous Java logging library that gave remote code execution almost everywhere.

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Mirai

A 2016 IoT botnet that weaponised default credentials to build a terabit-scale DDoS engine.

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NotPetya

A 2017 wiper disguised as ransomware that caused over ten billion dollars of global damage.

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SolarWinds SUNBURST

A 2020 supply-chain compromise that inserted a backdoor into a trusted software update.

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Stuxnet

A 2010 sabotage worm built to destroy centrifuges while reporting normal readings.

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TrickBot

A modular banking trojan that evolved into the primary ransomware delivery channel.

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