MITRE Invention to Test Cybersecurity Products Against Data Encryption Risks, Such as Ransomware

Miter Engenuity will survey business cybersecurity items' capacity to identify the danger presented by the gatherings normally known as Sandworm and Wizard Spider, both of whom have utilized information encryption as a vital component of their attacks. Applications for assessment are accessible through May 28.

Examiners accept that Sandworm utilized information encryption to cause more than $10 billion in harm to industry in attacks with its NotPetya malware. The gathering is additionally generally associated with attacks that have closed down the Ukrainian electrical framework on various events. Wizard Spider has purportedly utilized information encryption to take more than $150 million through ransomware attacks.

The assessments will utilize ATT&CK®, a Miter-curated information base of foe strategies, methods, and techniques that depends on distributed danger revealing. ATT&CK is openly accessible and is utilized by digital safeguards in regions including account, medical services, energy, assembling, retail, and government to comprehend enemy conduct and tradecraft.

Miter Engenuity will assess each partaking merchant's capacity to recognize the dangers presented by Sandworm and Wizard Spider in two particular situations during the assessment. All outcomes will be delivered, and the organization will permit the general population to see them completely or sifted by enemy.