Can your EDR handle a ransomware attack? 6-point checklist for an anti-ransomware EDR

Most cybersecurity experts agree that having Endpoint Detection and Response software is essential to fighting ransomware today--but not every EDR is equal. Businesses, especially small-to-medium sized ones with limited budget or IT resources, need to make sure that their EDR is cost-effective,...

HackerOne: June 2022 Incident Report

Intro Since the founding of HackerOne, we have kept a steadfast commitment to disclosing security incidents because we believe that sharing security information far and wide is essential to building a safer internet. HackerOne's culture is to disclose more often, and in more detail than the rest ...

ZuoRAT Malware Hijacking Home-Office Routers to Spy on Targeted Networks

A never-before-seen remote access trojan dubbed ZuoRAT has been singling out small office/home office SOHO routers as part of a sophisticated campaign targeting North American and European networks. The malware "grants the actor the ability to pivot into the local network and gain access to...

Velociraptor Version 0.6.4: Dead Disk Forensics and Better Path Handling Let You Dig Deeper

Rapid7 is pleased to announce the release of Velociraptor version 0.6.4 – an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response DFIR tool that enhances visibility into your organization’s endpoints. This release has been in development and testing for several months now and has a lot o...

BruteShark - Network Analysis Tool

BruteShark is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool NFAT that performs deep processing and inspection of network traffic mainly PCAP files, but it also capable of directly live capturing from a network interface. It includes: password extracting, building a network map, reconstruct TCP sessions, extra...

Wireshark-Forensics-Plugin - A cross-platform Wireshark plugin that correlates network traffic data with threat intelligence, asset categorization & vulnerability data

Wireshark is the most widely used network traffic analyzer. It is an important tool for both live traffic analysis & forensic analysis for forensic/malware analysts. Even though Wireshark provides incredibly powerful functionalities for protocol parsing & filtering, it does not provide any...

Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme

In August, KrebsOnSecurity warned that scammers were contacting people and asking them to unleash ransomware inside their employers network, in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. This week, authorities in Nigeria arrested a suspect in connection with the...

IRTriage - Incident Response Triage - Windows Evidence Collection For Forensic Analysis

Scripted collection of system information valuable to a Forensic Analyst. IRTriage will automatically "Run As ADMINISTRATOR" in all Windows versions except WinXP. The original source was Triage-ir v0.851 an Autoit script written by Michael Ahrendt. Unfortunately Michael's last changes were posted...

Columbo - A Computer Forensic Analysis Tool Used To Simplify And Identify Specific Patterns In Compromised Datasets

Columbo is a computer forensic analysis tool used to simplify and identify specific patterns in compromised datasets. It breaks down data to small sections and uses pattern recognition and machine learning models to identify adversaries behaviour and their possible locations in compromised Window...

CISA Updates Emergency Directive 21-01 Supplemental Guidance and Activity Alert on SolarWinds Orion Compromise

CISA has released Emergency Directive ED 21-01 Supplemental Guidance version 3: Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise, providing guidance that supersedes Required Action 4 of ED 21-01 and Supplemental Guidance versions 1 and 2. Federal agencies without evidence of adversary follow-on activity...

FAMA - Forensic Analysis For Mobile Apps

LabCIF -Forensic Analysis for Mobile Apps Getting Started Android extraction and analysis framework with an integrated Autopsy Module. Dump easily user data from a device and generate powerful reports for Autopsy or external applications. Functionalities Extract user application data from an...

Feds Hit with Successful Cyberattack, Data Stolen

A federal agency has suffered a successful espionage-related cyberattack that led to a backdoor and multistage malware being dropped on its network. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA issued an alert on Thursday, not naming the agency but providing technical details of...

Publicly Available Tools Seen in Cyber Incidents Worldwide

Summary This report is a collaborative research effort by the cyber security authorities of five nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.12345 In it we highlight the use of five publicly available tools, which have been used for malicious purposes in...

U.S. Nuclear Contractor Hit with Maze Ransomware, Data Leaked

A U.S. military contractor involved in the maintenance of the country’s Minuteman III nuclear arsenal has been hit by the Maze ransomware, according to reports – with the hackers making off with reams of sensitive information. The company, Westech International, has a range of contracts with the...

Technical Report of the Bezos Phone Hack

Motherboard obtained and published the technical report on the hack of Jeff Bezos's phone, which is being attributed to Saudi Arabia, specifically to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ...investigators set up a secure lab to examine the phone and its artifacts and spent two days poring over the...

Saudi Prince Allegedly Hacked World's Richest Man Jeff Bezos Using WhatsApp

The iPhone of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, was reportedly hacked in May 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message from the personal account of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Guardian newspaper revealed today. Citing unnamed sources familiar with digital forensic...

Authorities Break Up Imminent Monitor Spyware Organization

The developers behind a commodity remote-access tool RAT that allows full control of a victim’s computer has been taken down by Australian and global authorities. The Imminent Monitor RAT IM-RAT first appeared in 2012, the work of a developer going by the handle of “Shockwave,” according to...

FATT - A Script For Extracting Network Metadata And Fingerprints From Pcap Files And Live Network Traffic

FATT is a script for extracting network metadata and fingerprints such as JA3 and HASSH from packet capture files pcap or live network traffic. The main use-case is for monitoring honeypots, but you can also use it for other use cases such as network forensic analysis. fatt works on Linux, macOS...

OSXCollector - A Forensic Evidence Collection & Analysis Toolkit For OS X

OSXCollector is a forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit for OSX. Forensic Collection The collection script runs on a potentially infected machine and outputs a JSON file that describes the target machine. OSXCollector gathers information from plists, SQLite databases and the local file...

BackBox Linux 6.0 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox Linux is a penetration testing and security assessment oriented Linux distribution providing a network and systems analysis toolkit. It includes some of the most commonly known/used security and analysis tools, aiming for a wide spread of goals, ranging from web application analysis to...