diff --git a/capa/render/__init__.py b/capa/render/__init__.py
index 93b8544d..0aeb5226 100644
--- a/capa/render/__init__.py
+++ b/capa/render/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 
 import capa.engine
+import capa.render.default
 
 
 def convert_statement_to_result_document(statement):
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def render_verbose(rules, capabilities):
 
 def render_default(rules, capabilities):
     doc = convert_capabilities_to_result_document(rules, capabilities)
-    return ''
+    return capa.render.default.render_default(doc)
 
 
 class CapaJsonObjectEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
diff --git a/capa/render/default.py b/capa/render/default.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c087b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/capa/render/default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import collections
+
+import six
+import tabulate
+import termcolor
+
+
+def bold(s):
+    """draw attention to the given string"""
+    return termcolor.colored(s, 'blue')
+
+
+def render_capabilities(doc, ostream):
+    rows = []
+    for (namespace, name, rule) in sorted(map(lambda rule: (rule['meta']['namespace'], rule['meta']['name'], rule), doc.values())):
+        if rule['meta'].get('lib'):
+            continue
+        if rule['meta'].get('capa/subscope'):
+            continue
+
+        rows.append((bold(name), namespace))
+
+    ostream.write(tabulate.tabulate(rows, headers=['CAPABILITY', 'NAMESPACE'], tablefmt="psql"))
+    ostream.write("\n")
+
+
+def render_attack(doc, ostream):
+    tactics = collections.defaultdict(set)
+    for rule in doc.values():
+        if rule['meta'].get('lib'):
+            continue
+        if rule['meta'].get('capa/subscope'):
+            continue
+        if not rule['meta'].get('att&ck'):
+            continue
+
+        for attack in rule['meta']['att&ck']:
+            tactic, _, rest = attack.partition('::')
+            if '::' in rest:
+                technique, _, rest = rest.partition('::')
+                subtechnique, _, id = rest.rpartition(' ')
+                tactics[tactic].add((technique, subtechnique, id))
+            else:
+                technique, _, id = rest.rpartition(' ')
+                tactics[tactic].add((technique, id))
+
+    for tactic, techniques in sorted(tactics.items()):
+        rows = []
+        for spec in sorted(techniques):
+            if len(spec) == 2:
+                technique, id = spec
+                rows.append(("%s %s" % (bold(technique), id), ))
+            elif len(spec) == 3:
+                technique, subtechnique, id = spec
+                rows.append(("%s::%s %s" % (bold(technique), subtechnique, id), ))
+            else:
+                raise RuntimeError("unexpected ATT&CK spec format")
+        ostream.write(tabulate.tabulate(rows, headers=['ATT&CK tactic: ' + bold(tactic.upper())], tablefmt="psql"))
+        ostream.write("\n")
+
+
+def render_default(doc):
+    ostream = six.StringIO()
+
+    render_attack(doc, ostream)
+    ostream.write("\n")
+    render_capabilities(doc, ostream)
+
+    return ostream.getvalue()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 317b1ab7..29caa174 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ requirements = [
     "tqdm",
     "pyyaml",
     "tabulate",
+    "colorama",
+    "termcolor",
     "ruamel.yaml"
 ]