LOLBins

LOLBins Приложение PyQT для отображения всех Living Off The Land Binaries и Scripts для Windows из LOLBAS и Unix-бинарных файлов, которые могут быть использованы для обхода локальных ограничений безопасности в неправильно настроенных системах из GTFOBins. Widnows Linux...

Bad Apples: Weaponizing native macOS primitives for movement and execution

As macOS adoption grows among developers and DevOps, it has become a high value target; however, native "living-off-the-land" LOTL techniques for the platform remain significantly under-documented compared to Windows. Adversaries can bypass security controls by repurposing native features like...

WhatsApp on Windows users targeted in new campaign, warns Microsoft

Microsoft researchers found a campaign that abuses WhatsApp attachments to sneak a script onto Windows machines which will lead to the attacker gaining remote control. WhatsApp offers a desktop application for Windows and macOS, which users can synchronize with their mobile devices. Desktop...

Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script VBS files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling...

How to understand and avoid Advanced Persistent Threats

By definition, an advanced persistent threat APT is a prolonged, targeted attack on a specific victim with the intention to compromise their system and gain information from or about that target. About a decade ago, the term was mostly used for state-sponsored threat actors. I used threat actors...

Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

The Microsoft Defender Research Team observed a multi‑stage intrusion where threat actors exploited internet‑exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk WHD instances to get an initial foothold and then laterally moved towards other high-value assets within the organization. However, we have not yet confirm...

Can you use too many LOLBins to drop some RATs?

Recently, our team came across an infection attempt that stood out—not for its sophistication, but for how determined the attacker was to take a “living off the land” approach to the extreme. The end goal was to deploy Remcos , a Remote Access Trojan RAT, and NetSupport Manager , a legitimate...

Webinar: Learn How AI-Powered Zero Trust Detects Attacks with No Files or Indicators

Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they're not catching. More attacks today don't arrive as files. They don't drop binaries. They don't trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist inside the environment — scripts, remote access,...

Application Containment: How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software

The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures, such as Endpoint Detection and Response EDR to chase threats after they have already entered the network, is fundamentally risky and contributes...

Public Exploit for Chained SAP Flaws Exposes Unpatched Systems to Remote Code Execution

A new exploit combining two critical, now-patched security flaws in SAP NetWeaver has emerged in the wild, putting organizations at risk of system compromise and data theft. The exploit in question chains together CVE-2025-31324 and CVE-2025-42999 to bypass authentication and achieve remote code...

New PowerDrop Malware Targeting U.S. Aerospace Industry

An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called PowerDrop. "PowerDrop uses advanced techniques to evade detection such as deception, encoding, and encryption," according to Adlumin, which found the malware implanted in an...

The vulnerability of the McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) antivirus software, related to deficiencies in access control, allows a perpetrator to execute a LotL attack (a type of Living off the Land attack).

The vulnerability of the McAfee Security Scan Plus MSS+ antivirus software is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a hacker to execute a LotL attack a type of Living off the Land attack...

CVE-2022-37025

An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus MSS+ before 4.1.262.1 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin Living off the land attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary...

CVE-2022-37025

An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus MSS+ before 4.1.262.1 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin Living off the land attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary...

PT-2022-14142 · Mcafee · Mcafee Consumer Product Removal Tool

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool versions prior to 10.4.128 Description: The issue is related to improper privilege management, which could allow a local user to modify a configuration file. This modification could lead to a LOLBin Living...

Iranian APT Group Targets Governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Today, cybersecurity researchers shed light on an Iranian cyber espionage campaign directed against critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bitdefender said the intelligence-gathering operations were conducted by Chafer APT also known as APT39 or Remix Kitten, a threat actor known fo...

The Hottest Malware Hits of the Summer

It's been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here's a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and Augu...