Summary:
Incorporating application security (AppSec) expertise into Red Team assessments enhances organizations’ ability to simulate modern attack tactics effectively. This approach emphasizes securing internet-facing assets, recognizing low-impact vulnerabilities, and fostering collaboration among diverse skill sets. By integrating AppSec throughout the engagement, organizations can proactively defend against evolving threats, ensuring a robust security posture.
#AppSecIntegration #RedTeamAssessment #ProactiveDefense
Incorporating application security (AppSec) expertise into Red Team assessments enhances organizations’ ability to simulate modern attack tactics effectively. This approach emphasizes securing internet-facing assets, recognizing low-impact vulnerabilities, and fostering collaboration among diverse skill sets. By integrating AppSec throughout the engagement, organizations can proactively defend against evolving threats, ensuring a robust security posture.
#AppSecIntegration #RedTeamAssessment #ProactiveDefense
Keypoints:
Application security expertise is crucial for effective Red Team assessments.
Minimal access can achieve significant impact without high privilege escalation.
Low- and medium-impact vulnerabilities can be exploited through chaining.
Developing custom exploits is essential for skilled adversaries.
Diverse skill sets within Red Teams enhance creativity and effectiveness.
Collaboration between AppSec and Red Teams leads to better attack simulations.
Integrating AppSec throughout engagements improves overall security posture.
Organizations can benefit from focused external perimeter assessments without full Red Team exercises.
MITRE Techniques
Initial Access (T1190): Exploits public-facing web applications as an entry point into the organization.
Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203): Utilizes vulnerabilities in applications to execute code on client systems.
Remote Code Execution (RCE) (T1203): Exploits vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on a target system.
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (T1132): Manipulates server requests to access internal resources.
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (T1068): Injects malicious scripts into web applications to execute in users’ browsers.
Credential Dumping (T1003): Gains access to sensitive information through exposed credentials.
Application Layer Protocol (T1071): Uses application protocols for command and control communication.
IoC:
[domain] example.com
[url] api.example.com
[url] performance-monitor.example.com
[email] no-reply@example.com
[file name] sensitive_document.pdf
[file hash] 12345abcde67890fghijk12345lmnopq
[tool name] VirusTotal
Full Research: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/red-team-application-security-testing/