CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks - Part II | McAfee Blogs

CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part II Christiaan Beek · FEB 20, 2020 In our first article we discussed the growing pattern of targeted ransomware attacks where the first infection stage is often an info-stealer kind of malware used to gain credentials/access to...

Fifthplay S.A.M.I 2019.2_HP - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Fifthplay S.A.M.I 2019.2HP - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Exploit Title: Fifthplay S.A.M.I 2019.2HP - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Date: 2020-01-29 Exploit Author: LiquidWorm Vendor: Fifthplay NV Vendor Homepage: https://www.fifthplay.com Version: 2019.2HP Tested on: Linux CVE : - Fifthplay...

UPDATE: MITRE CALDERA 2.5.0

MITRE CALDERA 2.5.0 is now available since the last release - MITRE CALDERA 2.4.0, which was released in the month of December. As you remember, this awesome adversary emulation system was listed in my older post titled – List of Adversary Emulation Tools. What is MITRE CALDERA? CALDERA is an...

Hunting for LoLBins

By Vanja Svajcer. Introduction Attackers' trends tend to come and go. But one popular technique we're seeing at this time is the use of living-off-the-land binaries — or "LoLBins". LoLBins are used by different actors combined with fileless malware and legitimate cloud services to improve chances...

amp-solar.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1013999 Security Researcher Gh05tPT Helped patch 6892 vulnerabilities Received 10 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 48 recommendations , a holder of 10 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting amp-solar.com website an...

amp-net.fr Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1008633 Security Researcher Leonidas Helped patch 4 vulnerabilities Received 0 Coordinated Disclosure badges , found a security vulnerability affecting amp-net.fr website and its users. Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO...

Simple AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2019-071

This module allows display of a site's content in AMP format. The module doesn't sufficiently check access on unpublished or restricted content...

Why Should CISOs Care About XDR?

We have been collectively saying in our industry for the last 15-20 years that a layered approach to your security stack is a “best practice,” but as with all best practices, these are ideals rather than reality for so many charged with protecting their organizations. The vast majority of CISOs a...

The Need for an Updated Kill Chain

“Cyber Kill Chain” The “Cyber Kill Chain”—created in 2011 by Lockheed Martin—was designed to be a model that “identifies what…adversaries must complete in order to achieve their objective.” This framework has been widely used through the cybersecurity world and informs prevention-heavy strategy. ...

CIS Releases Newsletter on Cleaning Up Data and Devices

The Center for Internet Security CIS July Newsletter reminds users to properly dispose of old or unused data and devices. Without careful management of online accounts, cloud storage, physical storage, and electronic devices, users could inadvertently disclose sensitive information that can be...

How Carbon Black is Prioritizing Living Off the Land Attacks Part 2

What are Living Off the Land LoL Attacks? In recent years, Living off the Land Binaries and Scripts LoLBas have become increasingly popular tools for cybercriminals. These types of attacks leverage native, signed, and often pre-installed applications in malicious ways that their creators never...

CVE-2019-1932

A vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of dynamically loaded modules. An attacker could exploit thi...

Input validation

A vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of dynamically loaded modules. An attacker could exploit thi...

CVE-2019-1932 Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints Windows Command Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of dynamically loaded modules. An attacker could exploit thi...

CVE-2019-1932

The CVE-2019-1932 issue affects Cisco AMP for Endpoints (Windows). The vulnerability arises from insufficient validation of dynamically loaded modules, enabling a local authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to place a file in a specific Windows path and execute code with the AMP se...

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints Windows Command Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of dynamically loaded modules. An attacker could exploit thi...

Enhancing video streaming quality for ExoPlayer - Part 1: Quality of User Experience Metrics

The online video player landscape is fragmented with a wide variety of players across a mix of popular platforms. In the world of HTML5-video players in browsers, there are a number of open-source solutions e.g., hls.js, dash.js, Shaka Player, as well as commercial offerings which include Akamai'...

Step 9. Protect your OS: top 10 actions to secure your environment

In “Step 9. Protect your OS” of the Top 10 actions to secure your environment blog series, we provide resources to help you configure Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Defender ATP to defend your Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android devices from advanced threats. In an...

CVE-2018-20838

Summary: CVE-2018-20838 concerns the WordPress AMP for WP plugin. The vulnerability, described as a stored XSS in the function ampforwp_save_steps_data, affects versions before 0.9.97.21. The underlying issue is lack of proper validation of client-side data in the plugin, enabling an attacker to ...

WordPress AMP for WP Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of blogging platforms developed using the PHP language by the WordPress Foundation. The platform supports setting up personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in ampforwpsavestepsdata in WordPress AMP for WP plugin versions...