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Treadstone 71, LLC releases details of hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions by Iran

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Treadstone 71, LLC, your primary source for cyber intelligence and counterintelligence training and services, released in-depth details of Iranian intelligence-backed hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions.

"Iranian intelligence uses social media to threaten and impersonate dissident groups, blatantly violating platform rules. Known intelligence operators openly working in cyberspace use social media for command and control. For example, they issue instructions to Basij Cyber Battalion members to start cyber operations against opposition groups such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)," stated Jeff Bardin, Chief Intelligence Officer at Treadstone 71.

"Basij Cyber Battalions execute plans on Twitter using pre-defined hashtags manipulating social media. These actions combined with physical infiltration of Iranian protests and demonstrations and distributed denial of service attacks shows a hybrid warfare approach to Iranian regime attacks against any opposition, internal and external."

Treadstone 71 accessed the Iranian intelligence playbook for infiltrating protests. We found Iranian intelligence operators regularly infiltrating demonstrations, perverting protester messaging with divergent disinformation. Basij Cyber Battalions follow Telegram instructions describing how to avoid suspension on Twitter, while the regime develops devious ways to subvert and quash free speech. The plans include threatening messages and warnings on sites such as Telegram, Skype, Whatsapp, and Twitter, issuing instructions to execute cyber operations, how to create and manage fake social media accounts that impersonate media personalities, journalists, opposition leaders, and politicians while spreading false information that demonizes anything and anyone contrary to Islamic Republic's ideals.

"We discovered Iranian leadership openly discussing how to bypass Twitter API rules to programmatically post false information in 'psycho 'operations' using US-based infrastructure, continued Bardin. The operations succeeded in impersonating influencers while getting influencer followers to believe the fake posts, retweeting and liking the posts creating Twitter trends."

One of the methods used extensively by Iran's cyber operations is using personas presenting themselves as dissidents to create division between opposition groups and to use IRGC and MOIS demonization operations against prominent opposition groups. Under the pretext of internal hostility, they can advance the demonization operation against the main opposition and create deviant waves to divert public opinion from essential developments. A technique previously reported by Treadstone 71, now used in more complex and advanced methods.

Based on years of analysis and research on Iran's cyber operations, many signs recently showed a new wave of cyber activity, simultaneous with international developments and days before the scheduled annual summit of Iranian dissidents. With Putin's visit to Iran, Treadstone 71 expects Russian participation in anti-dissident operations.

The Treadstone 71 report available on https://treadstone71.com/ and via the https://cybershafarat.com/, includes information on the building of the Basij Cyber Battalions, the National Information Network and supporting data filtration and security system, Dezhfa, and the translated instructions on how to post on Twitter to avoid suspension.

About Treadstone 71, LLC

Treadstone 71's Certified Threat Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Analyst Certifications and the Intelligence Roadmap are the industry's gold standards derived from academia, the intelligence community, and Treadstone 71's experience in building cyber and threat intelligence programs at Fortune 500 organizations worldwide. We created the cyber intelligence program at Utica University! We crafted the cyber intelligence, counterintelligence, and cybercrime courses. We seamlessly extend your cyber threat intelligence team using targeted adversary research and analysis. We help you remove the risk and burden of internal organizations looking to forecast and prevent malicious cyber activity against your assets.

Learn more at: https://treadstone71.com/

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Treadstone 71, LLC, your primary source for cyber intelligence and counterintelligence training and services, released in-depth details of Iranian intelligence-backed hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions.

Related link: https://www.treadstone71.com/

Treadstone 71 Releases Comprehensive Knowledgebase for Cyber and Threat Intelligence: CyberIntellipedia

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Treadstone 71, the highly focused and standards-driven cyber and threat intelligence tradecraft company, today announced the beta release of CyberIntellipedia. The extremely detailed, expansive wiki includes knowledge gained over years of cyber and threat intelligence program builds, targeted adversary research, and intelligence community-driven cyber intelligence training courses.

CyberIntellipedia consists of documents defining (non-inclusively):
* Cyber Intelligence (CI) Strategic Planning, CI Team Capabilities, Job Descriptions, Organization Charts, Training Plans, Team Accountabilities and Competency Levels
* Threat Matrices with Mitre ATT&CK inclusion
* Collection Management and Planning Methods
* CI Capability Maturity Model and Measuring Tools
* Cyber and Threat Intelligence Production Procedures
* Stakeholder Analysis, Checklists, Activities, and Tracking Modules
* Intelligence Requirements, Priority Intelligence Requirements, Indicators, and Specific Information Requirements
* Structured Analytic Techniques Methods
* Types of Analysis Policies, Procedures, and Templates
* Complete end-to-end Cyber and Threat Intelligence Lifecycle with Iterative Feedback Loops
* Open Source Intelligence Tools and Methods
* Reporting and Dissemination Types Procedures and Templates
* Warning, Estimative, Baseline, Advisory and other report examples
* Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) RFP Templates, Project Schedule and Selection Process
* TIP Rollout Schedule, Scrum Process, Deployment Methods, Use Cases, Questionnaires, Data Feed Selection
* Targeted Adversary Knowledgebase with Campaigns
* Online OPSEC Tools and Methods
* Evidence Validation Methods and Scoring
* Communities of Interest and Information Sharing

"CyberIntellipedia combines knowledge with the tools necessary to rapidly, effectively and efficiently build a cyber and threat intelligence program," said Jeff Bardin, chief intelligence officer for Treadstone 71. "The unprecedented level of detail and depth of content in this offering helps companies achieve program maturity in record time."

CyberIntellipedia follows the intelligence lifecycle with customizable documents. Treadstone 71 offers levels of access to fit customer budgets. The knowledgebase consolidates intelligence requirements into a valuable cyber and threat intelligence ecosystem enabling greater intelligence integration and sharing.

"The CyberIntellipedia wiki provides the intelligence workforce with discovery and access to information based on mission needs empowering timely, tailored, and actionable information," continued Bardin. "We hope to nurture a culture of innovation that advocates for the sharing of ideas and resources."

Combining CyberIntellipedia with the Treadstone 71 Cyber and Threat Intelligence Program Build, the Intelligence Roadmap, and the Cyber Intelligence Lifecycle Solution is a recipe for speed to maturity and action for clients.

Treadstone 71 is making the CyberIntellipedia available for selective public sale beginning as a beta (December 2019) to work through any issues.

Treadstone 71's Certified Threat Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Analyst training and the Intelligence Roadmap are the gold standards in the industry today derived from both academia, the intelligence community, and from Treadstone 71's experience in building cyber and threat intelligence programs at Fortune 500 organizations worldwide. Treadstone 71 is delivering the only complete cyber threat intelligence lifecycle management solution enabling information sharing, internal intelligence communities of interest while empowering lifecycle management with an iterative feedback loop now combined with CyberIntellipedia.

More information; https://www.treadstone71.com/

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Treadstone 71, the highly focused and standards-driven cyber and threat intelligence tradecraft company, today announced the beta release of CyberIntellipedia. The extremely detailed, expansive wiki includes knowledge gained over years of cyber and threat intelligence program builds, targeted adversary research, and intelligence community-driven cyber intelligence training courses.

Related link: https://www.treadstone71.com/

Treadstone 71 Releases Cyber Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Training Roadmap for Threat Analysts

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Treadstone 71, the leading cyber and threat intelligence tradecraft company, today announced the Treadstone 71 Intelligence Roadmap. The new education program includes in-depth training along the cyber threat intelligence and counterintelligence lifecycles covering each phase in detail. Cyber Threat Intelligence professionals seeking skill enhancements, unique capabilities while adding boundless value to their organizations should take a hard look at this roadmap.

The Treadstone 71 Intelligence Roadmap focuses on two tracts:
* Certified Cyber Intelligence Professional
* Certified Cyber CounterIntelligence Professional

The program outlines a roadmap unlike any other in the cyber intelligence industry. Building on our 12th year offering cyber and threat intelligence training, Treadstone 71 now delivers two 1-year programs that include comprehensive study in the following

Certified Cyber Intelligence Professional (5 modules plus the capstone):
* Strategic Intelligence Analysis, Forecasting, Estimative and Warning Intelligence
* Open Source Intelligence, Adversary Targeted OSINT
* Collection Management
* Structured Analytic Techniques
* Critical Thinking/Cognitive Bias
* Analytic Writing, Reporting, & Dissemination
* Capstone Skills Evaluation

This tract takes 21 days over (up to) 1 year blending in-person training with online narrative video with hands-on exercises. Students receive 164 CPE for program completion.

Certified Cyber CounterIntelligence Professional (5 modules plus capstone):
* Operational Security (OPSEC)
* Persona Development and Management
* CounterIntelligence Tools
* Persuasion, Manipulation, and Propaganda
* The Denial and Deception Lifecycle
* Influence Operations
* Capstone Skills Evaluation

This tract takes 17 days over (up to) 1 year blending in-person training with online narrative video with hands-on exercises. Students receive 136 CPE for program completion.

For cyber and threat intelligence professionals seeking full-scope lifecycle skills in intelligence and counterintelligence, this is the program for you. The roadmap is also perfect for those looking to break into the program.

The Intelligence Roadmap uses the Cyber Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Common Body of Knowledge created by Treadstone 71.

About Treadstone 71

Treadstone 71's Certified Threat Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Analyst training and the Intelligence Roadmap are the gold standard in the industry today derived from both academia, the intelligence community, and from Treadstone 71's experience in building cyber and threat intelligence programs at Fortune 500 organizations worldwide. Treadstone 71 is delivering the only complete cyber threat intelligence lifecycle management solution enabling information sharing, internal intelligence communities of interest while empowering lifecycle management with an iterative feedback loop.

More information: https://www.treadstone71.com/cyber-intelligence-training

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Treadstone 71, the leading cyber and threat intelligence tradecraft company, today announced the Treadstone 71 Intelligence Roadmap. The new education program includes in-depth training along the cyber threat intelligence and counterintelligence lifecycles covering each phase in detail.

Related link: https://www.treadstone71.com/