Autonomous Attack Surface Mapping
Autonomous Attack Surface Mapping is a cybersecurity process in which a system automatically discovers, catalogs, and visually represents an organization's internet-facing assets and relationships.
Key Aspects:
Automation: The process heavily uses automated tools and techniques to identify assets, reducing the need for manual configuration and intervention.
Comprehensive Discovery: It aims to find all externally exposed assets, which include:
Websites and web applications
Servers and network devices
Cloud services and storage
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
Email servers
Any other system accessible from the internet
Relationship Mapping: It goes beyond simply listing assets. It focuses on understanding how these assets are connected, for example:
Subdomains belonging to a primary domain
Web applications using specific APIs
Data flowing between different servers
External Perspective: The mapping is done from an outside-in view, simulating how an attacker would see the organization's digital footprint.
Dynamic Updates: The mapping is often continuous, reflecting the constantly changing nature of an organization's online presence.
Benefits:
Complete Visibility: Provides a holistic view of all internet-facing assets, even those previously unknown.
Risk Identification: Helps identify potential attack vectors and vulnerabilities by understanding how assets are exposed and connected.
Efficient Security Management: Enables security teams to prioritize and manage risks more effectively.
ThreatNG is a comprehensive platform designed to give organizations a decisive advantage in managing their external attack surface. It excels in several key areas:
ThreatNG's external discovery is a standout feature. It can perform external unauthenticated discovery using only a domain and organization name.
This "seedless" approach is incredibly valuable because it doesn't require any prior knowledge of your assets. ThreatNG automatically maps your external footprint, discovering even those assets you might have forgotten or were unaware of.
ThreatNG provides a very detailed external assessment, giving you a clear picture of your risk posture:
Web Application Hijack Susceptibility: ThreatNG analyzes your web applications to find weaknesses that could allow attackers to take them over.
For example, it checks login pages for vulnerability to credential stuffing and assesses susceptibility to XSS attacks.
Subdomain Takeover Susceptibility: It assesses the risk of attackers hijacking your subdomains.
This involves analyzing DNS records and SSL certificate statuses to identify potential takeover opportunities.
BEC & Phishing Susceptibility: ThreatNG evaluates your vulnerability to Business Email Compromise (BEC) and phishing.
It considers factors like sentiment, financial data, the risk of domain impersonation, and compromised credentials on the dark web.
Brand Damage Susceptibility: ThreatNG assesses the risk to your brand's reputation.
It analyzes various factors, including your attack surface, digital risk, ESG violations, public sentiment, and the potential for domain impersonation.
Data Leak Susceptibility: ThreatNG evaluates your risk of data leaks.
It examines your cloud and SaaS exposure, dark web presence (for compromised credentials), domain intelligence, and financial/legal disclosures to identify potential exposures.
Cyber Risk Exposure: ThreatNG calculates your overall cyber risk.
This includes analyzing certificate issues, subdomain vulnerabilities, exposed ports, and the presence of sensitive data in code repositories.
It also considers your cloud and SaaS exposure and any compromised credentials.
ESG Exposure: ThreatNG assesses your vulnerability to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks.
It analyzes media sentiment and financial data to identify potential ESG-related issues.
Supply Chain & Third-Party Exposure: ThreatNG helps you understand risks from your vendors.
It identifies the technologies they use and assesses your cloud and SaaS dependencies.
Breach & Ransomware Susceptibility: ThreatNG evaluates your likelihood of experiencing a data breach or ransomware attack.
It considers your attack surface, dark web activity, and financial disclosures.
Mobile App Exposure: ThreatNG analyzes your mobile apps for security issues.
It discovers your apps in marketplaces and examines them for exposed credentials, security keys, and platform-specific identifiers.
Positive Security Indicators: Importantly, ThreatNG also identifies and highlights your security strengths, like the presence of Web Application Firewalls or multi-factor authentication.
ThreatNG delivers a variety of reports to meet different needs:
Executive summaries
Technical reports
Prioritized risk lists
Security ratings
Inventory reports
Ransomware susceptibility reports
SEC filings analysis
These reports are enhanced with a knowledge base that provides context, reasoning, recommendations, and links to further information.
ThreatNG continuously monitors your external attack surface, digital risks, and security ratings, providing ongoing awareness of your security posture.
ThreatNG's investigation modules provide robust solutions for in-depth analysis:
Domain Intelligence: This module offers a wealth of information about your domains:
Domain Overview
DNS Intelligence
Email Intelligence
WHOIS Intelligence
Subdomain Intelligence (including details on technologies used)
IP Intelligence
Certificate Intelligence
Social Media
Sensitive Code Exposure: This module discovers public code repositories and identifies exposed credentials, API keys, and sensitive data.
For example, it can find hardcoded AWS credentials in a GitHub repository.
Mobile Application Discovery: This module discovers your mobile apps in marketplaces and analyzes them for security vulnerabilities.
For instance, it can detect hardcoded API keys within a mobile app.
Search Engine Exploitation: This module helps you assess how easily information can be exposed through search engines.
It analyzes website control files (like robots.txt and security.txt) and identifies potential search engine attack surfaces.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure: This module identifies your cloud services, potential impersonations, exposed cloud storage, and SaaS applications.
Online Sharing Exposure: This module identifies your presence on code-sharing platforms.
Sentiment and Financials: This module provides insights into lawsuits, layoff chatter, SEC filings, and ESG violations.
Archived Web Pages: This module helps you discover archived versions of your web pages and data.
Dark Web Presence: This module tracks mentions of your organization on the dark web, ransomware activity, and compromised credentials.
Technology Stack: This module identifies the technologies you use.
ThreatNG uses a wealth of intelligence repositories to enrich its analysis:
Dark web data
Compromised credentials
Ransomware information
Vulnerability data
ESG violation records
Bug bounty programs
SEC filings
Mobile app data
Working with Complementary Solutions
ThreatNG integrates with other security tools to enhance your overall security posture:
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) systems: You can feed ThreatNG's findings into your SIEM to correlate external risks with internal events.
For example, if ThreatNG detects compromised credentials, your SIEM can monitor for suspicious logins.
Vulnerability Management Tools: ThreatNG's external vulnerability assessments complement internal scanning.
For example, ThreatNG might identify an exposed web application, and your vulnerability scanner can then perform a deeper analysis.
SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) Platforms: You can use ThreatNG's data to automate security responses.
For instance, if ThreatNG detects a potential phishing domain, your SOAR platform can block it.
Identity and Access Management (IAM) Systems: Integrate ThreatNG's compromised credential detection to trigger actions like password resets.
ThreatNG is a valuable solution for proactive security management because it provides comprehensive external visibility, detailed risk assessments, and seamless integration.
