TTPwire Vol. 1 · MITRE ATT&CK·Tagged

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Cisco Talos Intelligence

It pays to be a forever student

Joe Marshall · 2026-04-23 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

11 predictions
T1204.002Malicious File
91%
“, attackers used qemu, an open - source machine emulator and virtualizer, to run hidden environments where malicious activity remained largely invisible to endpoint defenses and left minimal evidence on the host system. ( techradar ) mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a…”
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
88%
“ransomware cartel victimology. one of the topics i ' ve been researching heavily lately is economics, specifically industrial organization. it ’ s a branch of economics that studies how companies structure production, how markets form around them, and how costs operate at scale. …”
T1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
64%
“##e26794cbc7be16840bb1. exe detection name : w32. 5e6060df7e - 100. sbx. tg sha256 : 3c1dbc3f56e91cc79f0014850e773a7f12bbfef06680f08f883b2bf12873eccc md5 : d749e0f8f2cd4e14178a787571534121 talos rep : https : / / talosintelligence. com / talos _ file _ reputation? s = 3c1dbc3f56e…”
T1574.001DLL
61%
“##be6bc2779ea0b4736ed9a998a71ae37390331b6ba87e389a49d3d59 example filename : apq9305. dll detection name : auto. 90b145. 282358. in02 sha256 : 5e6060df7e8114cb7b412260870efd1dc05979454bd907d8750c669ae6fcbcfe md5 : a2cf85d22a54e26794cbc7be16840bb1 talos rep : https : / / talosinte…”
T1566Phishing
59%
“incident response ( talos ir ) is sharing q1 2026 incident response trends. phishing has officially reclaimed its crown as the top initial access vector. in a notable first, responders observed adversaries leveraging softr, an ai - powered web development tool, to rapidly generat…”
T1588.006Vulnerabilities
57%
“##cha, and real - world cyber threat trends the talos team breaks down findings from q1 2026 — including phishing returning as the top initial access vector, and how attackers are using ai tools to build credential harvesting campaigns in almost no time at all. uat - 4356 ' s tar…”
T1204.002Malicious File
56%
“: / / talosintelligence. com / talos _ file _ reputation? s = 96fa6a7714670823c83099ea01d24d6d3ae8fef027f01a4ddac14f123b1c9974 example filename : d4aa3e7010220ad1b458fac17039c274 _ 63 _ exe. exe detection name : w32. injector : gen. 21ie. 1201 sha256 : 90b1456cdbe6bc2779ea0b4736e…”
T1055.001Dynamic-link Library Injection
54%
“: / / talosintelligence. com / talos _ file _ reputation? s = 96fa6a7714670823c83099ea01d24d6d3ae8fef027f01a4ddac14f123b1c9974 example filename : d4aa3e7010220ad1b458fac17039c274 _ 63 _ exe. exe detection name : w32. injector : gen. 21ie. 1201 sha256 : 90b1456cdbe6bc2779ea0b4736e…”
T1204.002Malicious File
43%
“##e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 md5 : 2915b3f8b703eb744fc54c81f4a9c67f talos rep : https : / / talosintelligence. com / talos _ file _ reputation? s = 9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 example filename : vid001. exe detection name : win. worm. coin…”
T1566.001Spearphishing Attachment
38%
“##cha, and real - world cyber threat trends the talos team breaks down findings from q1 2026 — including phishing returning as the top initial access vector, and how attackers are using ai tools to build credential harvesting campaigns in almost no time at all. uat - 4356 ' s tar…”
T1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
35%
“##be6bc2779ea0b4736ed9a998a71ae37390331b6ba87e389a49d3d59 example filename : apq9305. dll detection name : auto. 90b145. 282358. in02 sha256 : 5e6060df7e8114cb7b412260870efd1dc05979454bd907d8750c669ae6fcbcfe md5 : a2cf85d22a54e26794cbc7be16840bb1 talos rep : https : / / talosinte…”

Summary

In this newsletter, Joe discusses why understanding other disciplines can often flow back into the macro and micro of cybersecurity, especially in a world of AI.