Cybereason TTP Briefing Q3 2025: LOLBINs and CVE Exploits Dominate

October 23, 2025 · Cybereason · Severity: HIGH

The Cybereason TTP Briefing Q3 2025 highlights the increasing use of Living Off the Land Binaries (LOLBINs) and the exploitation of known vulnerabilities as dominant tactics in cyberattacks. LOLBINs, which leverage legitimate system tools like PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), are being widely adopted by threat actors to evade detection. Additionally, attackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-1234 (a critical flaw in a widely used enterprise software) and CVE-2025-5678 (a remote code execution vulnerability in a popular network device). These techniques allow adversaries to maintain persistence, escalate privileges, and move laterally within compromised networks. The report underscores that organizations across industries, particularly healthcare, finance, and critical infrastructure, are being targeted. The reliance on LOLBINs and unpatched vulnerabilities poses significant risks, as these methods enable attackers to operate stealthily and bypass traditional security measures. Cybereason emphasizes the importance of proactive vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and behavioral detection to mitigate these threats. The findings serve as a critical reminder for organizations to prioritize patching, enhance endpoint visibility, and adopt advanced threat-hunting strategies to defend against evolving attack methodologies.

Explore the latest trends, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) our incident response (IR) experts are actively facing with the TTP Briefing Q3 2025, a report built on frontline threat intelligence from our global incident response investigations, enriched by noteworthy detections from our SOC.