MITRE Corporation has launched the Adversarial Actions in Digital Asset Payment Technologies (AADAPT™) framework, a comprehensive knowledge base designed to help organizations detect and respond to sophisticated attacks targeting digital asset management systems. This groundbreaking framework, modeled after the widely adopted MITRE ATT&CK® methodology, addresses the growing threat landscape surrounding blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency platforms by cataloging real-world attack patterns and providing actionable defense strategies. Each tactic contains between one to seven specific techniques, with items marked by an ampersand (&) symbol indicating ATT&CK techniques that have been adapted for digital asset relevance through specialized AADAPT Addendums. MITRE launched AADAPT™, a specialized security framework for blockchain and cryptocurrency threats, modeled after ATT&CK. Enables organizations to assess risks, detect threats, and implement systematic defenses for digital asset security. By providing standardized threat modeling capabilities, the framework enables financial institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, and blockchain developers to enhance their security postures systematically. The framework documents blockchain-specific vulnerabilities, including Eclipse Attacks, which isolate nodes from the network, and Chain Reorganization techniques that manipulate transaction history. This structured methodology allows organizations to develop comprehensive threat models specific to their digital asset infrastructure. Addresses digital asset-specific vulnerabilities like Flash Loans, Smart Contract exploits, Chain Reorganization, and Eclipse Attacks. Evasion techniques like Cross-Chain Swaps (Hopping) and using anonymizing Services demonstrate how adversaries exploit the decentralized nature of digital assets to avoid detection. Advanced techniques such as Quantum Efficient Factorization and Side-Channel Attacks highlight emerging threats posed by quantum computing capabilities.
This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:15:10 +0000