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Case Studies

Real-world security assessments and simulations conducted with Shadow313 NEXUS. All findings are 313-BIND anchored and independently verifiable.

VSAT Ground Segment Assessment

7 CRITICAL FINDINGS VSAT · TR-069 · RF 313-BIND ANCHORED

A full ground segment security sweep of a Ku-band VSAT installation targeting 192.168.100.1/24 using the Shadow313 VSAT Tactical Security Suite v5.0 Ultra.

Findings

SeverityFindingHostRemediation
CRITICALTelnet (Port 23) OPEN192.168.100.1Disable telnet; deploy SSH (Ed25519)
CRITICALFTP Anonymous Write (Port 21)192.168.100.15Disable FTP; deploy SFTP chroot
CRITICALCVE-2026-3392 TR-069 CWMP192.168.100.1Disable CWMP or enforce mutual TLS
CRITICALUnsigned Firmware Accepted192.168.100.1Enable firmware signature verification
CRITICALUART/JTAG Unauthenticated192.168.100.1Physically secure debug headers
HIGHSNR 5.9 dB / Clock Skew +55.1 HzRF LinkResync GPS/NTP; inspect OCXO
CRITICALQKD BB84 QBER 40% — EavesdropperQKD LinkAbort key exchange; investigate RF path

313-BIND Receipt: 313-VSAT-A4F2C1 · IPFS: QmX7k9... · Chain: INTACT

APT29 Lateral Movement Emulation

8/8 DETECTED APT29 · MITRE ATT&CK 313-BIND ANCHORED

Full APT29-style kill chain emulation across a simulated enterprise environment. Shadow313 NEXUS detected all 8 attack stages using the FIX-12 through IDENTITY-8 detector stack.

Kill Chain Coverage

StageTechniqueTIDResult
Initial AccessSpearphishing AttachmentT1566.001✅ DETECTED (score: 0.89)
ExecutionPowerShell Encoded CommandT1059.001✅ DETECTED (score: 0.92)
Credential AccessLSASS Memory DumpT1003.001✅ DETECTED (score: 0.95)
Lateral MovementPass-the-Hash via WMIT1550.002✅ DETECTED (score: 0.87)
Privilege EscalationPrintNightmare (T1068)T1068✅ DETECTED (score: 0.91)
Credential AccessDCSyncT1003.006✅ DETECTED (score: 0.88)
CollectionData from Local SystemT1005✅ DETECTED (score: 0.79)
ExfiltrationDNS TunnelingT1048✅ DETECTED (score: 0.84)

Post-Quantum Migration Assessment

12/14 PATCHED FIPS 203/204/205 DW-1/DW-2 PENDING

Complete CRQC attack surface analysis and migration assessment for a security platform transitioning from RSA/ECDSA to post-quantum algorithms.

Migration Status

ItemAlgorithmStatusTimeline
CRQC-001 plugin_signer.pyECDSA → ML-DSA-65✅ PATCHEDv4.0.0
CRQC-002 temporal chainSHA-256 → SHA3-512✅ PATCHEDv4.0.0
CRQC-003 cosign ECDSAECDSA → SLH-DSA✅ PATCHEDv4.0.0
CRQC-007 crypto_storeRSA → ML-KEM-768✅ PATCHEDv4.0.0
CRQC-012 pyspx fallbackHMAC → SLH-DSA✅ PATCHEDv4.0.0
DW-1 liboqs ML-DSAHMAC proxy → real ML-DSA🔄 PLANNEDQ4 2026
DW-2 HSM key storageIn-memory → Azure Key Vault HSM🔄 PLANNEDQ1 2027