Check Your Pulse: Suspected APT Actors Leverage Authentication Bypass Techniques and Pulse Secure Zero-Day

Executive Summary Mandiant recently responded to multiple security incidents involving compromises of Pulse Secure VPN appliances. This blog post examines multiple, related techniques for bypassing single and multifactor authentication on Pulse Secure VPN devices, persisting across upgrades, and...

FBI shuts down malware on hundreds of Exchange servers, opens Pandora’s box

A rather remarkable story has emerged, setting the scene for lively debates about permissible system access. A press release from the US Department of Justice Judge has revealed that the FBI were granted permission to perform some tech support backdoor removal. Bizarrely, they did this without...

22-Year-Old Charged With Hacking Water System and Endangering Lives

A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Kansas has been indicted on charges that he unauthorizedly accessed a public water facility's computer system, jeopardizing the residents' safety and health in the local community. Wyatt A. Travnichek, 22, of Ellsworth County, Kansas, has been charged with...

Insurance Giant CNA Hit with Novel Ransomware Attack

A novel ransomware attack forced insurance giant CNA to take systems offline and temporarily shutter its website. The attack occurred earlier this week and leveraged a new variant of the Phoenix CryptoLocker malware. The Chicago-based company—the seventh largest commercial insurance provider in t...

Alleged Members of Egregor Ransomware Cartel Arrested

Trend Micro served as one of the cybersecurity partners of law enforcement authorities involved in the investigation...

Facebook Moves Against ‘Evil Eye’ Hackers Targeting Uyghurs

The company’s investigation into a Chinese espionage campaign took researchers beyond Facebook’s own platforms...

Energy Giant Shell Is Latest Victim of Accellion Attacks

Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is the latest victim of a series of attacks on users of the Accellion legacy File Transfer Appliance FTA product, which already has affected numerous companies and been attributed to the FIN11 and the Clop ransomware gang. “Shell has been impacted by a data-security...

SOC Automation with InsightIDR and InsightConnect: Three Key Use Cases to Explore to Optimize Your Security Operations

You probably already know that SOC automation with InsightIDR and InsightConnect can decrease your MeanTimeToResponse. It may not be a surprise that automating your security operations will augment your team’s skills and expertise to detect and respond to threats with super speed. You can even...

Mimecast: SolarWinds Attackers Stole Source Code

Hackers who compromised Mimecast networks as part of the SolarWinds espionage campaign have swiped some of the security firm’s source code repositories, according to an update by the company. The email security firm initially reported that a certificate compromise in January was part of the...

Securing Containers and Kubernetes-Orchestrated Environments

In a recent Black Hat webcast, “Securing Containers and Kubernetes-Orchestrated Environments,” sponsored by VMware Carbon Black, guest speakers Sheila A. Berta, Offensive Security Specialist, Dreamlab Technologies and Haim Helman, CTO, VMware Carbon Black App Security, VMware Security Business...

Guidance for responders: Investigating and remediating on-premises Exchange Server vulnerabilities

This guidance will help customers address threats taking advantage of the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server on-premises vulnerabilities CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-26857, and CVE-2021-27065. Microsoft will continue to monitor these threats and provide updated tools and...

CEO of Encrypted Chat Platform Indicted for Aiding Organised Criminals

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Friday announced an indictment against Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of encrypted messaging company Sky Global, and an associate for wilfully participating in a criminal enterprise to help international drug traffickers avoid law enforcement. Eap also known as...

Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

What we like about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. It’s no secret that the security industry generally likes Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. After a few months of using and integrating it with our platform here at Expel, we feel the...

Omegle investigation raises new concerns for kids’ safety

Social media site Omegle is under fire after an investigation found boys using the platform to expose themselves on camera, and adults exposing themselves to minors. Omegle users are paired with a random stranger who they can socialize with via text or video chat. An investigation by the British...

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Why You May Need It and How to Export Hosts via API in Python

Hello everyone! In this episode, I want to talk about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It’s not a well-known free Defender antivirus built in Windows 10, but an enterprise level solution with the similar name. Yes, the naming is pretty confusing. I will not repeat Microsofts marketing thesis. Jus...

Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang

The leader of Mexicos Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists visiting Mexicos top tourist destinations over the past five years. The scandal is the latest fallo...

Microsoft Internal Solorigate Investigation – Final Update

We believe the Solorigate incident is an opportunity to work with the community, to share information, strengthen defenses and respond to attacks. We have now completed our internal investigation into the activity of the actor and want to share our findings, which confirm that we found no evidenc...

Microsoft Internal Solorigate Investigation - Final Update

We believe the Solorigate incident is an opportunity to work with the community, to share information, strengthen defenses and respond to attacks. We have now completed our internal investigation into the activity of the actor and want to share our findings, which confirm that we found no evidenc...

Microsoft Internal Solorigate Investigation - Final Update

We believe the Solorigate incident is an opportunity to work with the community, to share information, strengthen defenses and respond to attacks. We have now completed our internal investigation into the activity of the actor and want to share our findings, which confirm that we found no evidenc...