Beach Head
Hunt this family in your stack
Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
Groups observed using it
2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
The documentation mentions United Rake, Peddle Cheap, Packet Wrench, and Beach Head—all delivered from a FOXACID subsystem called Ferret Cannon.
The documentation mentions United Rake, Peddle Cheap, Packet Wrench, and Beach Head — all delivered from a FOXACID subsystem called Ferret Cannon.
Techniques & procedures
3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Initial Access
2 techniquesBy the time the NSA tricks a target into visiting one of those servers, it already knows exactly who that target is... Based on that information, the server can automatically decide what exploit to serve the target
By the time the NSA tricks a target into visiting one of those servers, it already knows exactly who that target is... the server can automatically decide what exploit to serve the target... If the target is a high-value one, FOXACID might run a rare zero-day exploit that it developed or purchased.
Execution
1 techniqueBased on that information, the server can automatically decide what exploit to serve the target... The documentation mentions United Rake, Peddle Cheap, Packet Wrench, and Beach Head—all delivered from a FOXACID subsystem called Ferret Cannon.
Recent activity
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A named exploit or payload option mentioned in NSA documentation as being delivered via the FOXACID subsystem Ferret Cannon.
A named NSA exploit/tool delivered via the FOXACID infrastructure.
The version that knows your environment.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.