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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

2 techniques

T1133External Remote ServicesEvidence1

QuickAssist has become a mainstay for initial access by ransomware actors, often leveraged alongside external Microsoft Teams messages.

T1566.003Spearphishing via ServiceEvidence1

Adversaries often begin by spambombing a target organization and then follow up with an external Teams Message, getting the user to start a remote access session using the built-in Windows tool Quick Assist.

Persistence

1 technique

T1133External Remote ServicesEvidence1

QuickAssist has become a mainstay for initial access by ransomware actors, often leveraged alongside external Microsoft Teams messages.

Lateral Movement

1 technique

T1021Remote ServicesEvidence1

Over the last few years, threat actors have flocked to exploit legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools—blue-chip IT software like ScreenConnect, LogMeIn Resolve, and PDQ Connect—blurring the line between legitimate IT administration and malicious intrusion.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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red canary blogNews

Jun 17, 2026

The dual-use dilemma: Rethinking detection for remote access tool abuse | Red Canary

A remote access tool used by attackers as an alternative when Quick Assist is blocked, providing another path for persistent or interactive remote access.

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Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.