Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack

UPDATE A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office allows adversaries to run malicious code on targeted systems via a flaw a remote Word template feature. The warning comes from Japanese security vendor Nao Sec, which tweeted a warning about the zero day over the weekend. It’s unclear if the...

Watch Out! Researchers Spot New Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office that could be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected Windows systems. The vulnerability came to light after an independent cybersecurity research team known as naosec uncovered a Word document...

ChromeLoader targets Chrome Browser users with malicious ISO files

If you’re on the hunt for cracked software or games, be warned. Rogue ISO archive files are looking to infect your systems with ChromeLoader. If you think campaigns such as this only target Windows users, you’d sadly be very much mistaken. The attack sucks in several operating systems and even us...

Experts Warn of Rise in ChromeLoader Malware Hijacking Users' Browsers

A malvertising threat is witnessing a new surge in activity since its emergence earlier this year. Dubbed ChromeLoader, the malware is a "pervasive and persistent browser hijacker that modifies its victims' browser settings and redirects user traffic to advertisement websites," Aedan Russell of R...

Octopus - Open Source Pre-Operation C2 Server Based On Python And Powershell

Octopus is an open source, pre-operation C2 server based on python which can control an Octopus powershell agent through HTTP/S. The main purpose of creating Octopus is for use before any red team operation, where rather than starting the engagement with your full operational arsenal and...

PowerProxy - PowerShell SOCKS Proxy With Reverse Proxy Capabilities

PowerShell SOCKS proxy with reverse proxy capabilities. PowerProxy is written with penetration testers in mind. Reverse proxy functionality is a priority, for traversing networks that block inbound connections. Reverse proxy connections are encrypted by default. Username/Password authentication i...

Detect Azure AD Hybrid Cloud Vulnerabilities

AADInternals is a PowerShell module widely used by administrators for administering Azure Active Directory AD and Microsoft 365 - learn how to protect against their common vulnerabilities...

Hackers Gain Fileless Persistence on Targeted SQL Servers Using a Built-in Utility

Microsoft on Tuesday warned that it recently spotted a malicious campaign targeting SQL Servers that leverages a built-in PowerShell binary to achieve persistence on compromised systems. The intrusions, which leverage brute-force attacks as an initial compromise vector, stand out for their use of...

Custom PowerShell RAT targets Germans seeking information about the Ukraine crisis

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi and Jérôme Segura Populations around the world—and in Europe in particular—are following the crisis in Ukraine very closely, and with events unfolding on a daily basis, people are hungry for information. Although all countries have reasons to be...

GHSA-V735-2PP6-H86R Ansible Logs Passwords If PowerShell ScriptBlock is Enabled

Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A local user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext passwor...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Spring4Shell module Community contributor vleminator added a new module which exploits CVE-2022-22965—more commonly known as "Spring4Shell." Depending on its deployment configuration, Java Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19, and older can be vulnerable to unauthenticated...

.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability

.NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.1, NET Core 2.0 and PowerShell Core 6.0.0 allow a denial of Service vulnerability due to how specially crafted requests are handled, aka ".NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability"...

GHSA-XCVR-QV8H-M7XW .NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability

.NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.1, NET Core 2.0 and PowerShell Core 6.0.0 allow a denial of Service vulnerability due to how specially crafted requests are handled, aka ".NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability"...

Powershell Exec, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Listen for a connection Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/patchupmeterpreter/bindtcprc4 msf payloadbindtcprc4 show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindtcprc4 set ACTION msf payloadbindtcprc4 show options ...show and set...

Powershell Exec, Bind IPv6 TCP Stager (Windows x86)

Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Listen for an IPv6 connection Windows x86 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/patchupmeterpreter/bindipv6tcp msf payloadbindipv6tcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindipv6tcp set ACTION msf payloadbindipv6tcp show...

Powershell Exec, Bind TCP Stager (No NX or Win7)

Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Listen for a connection No NX Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/peinject/bindnonxtcp msf payloadbindnonxtcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindnonxtcp set ACTION msf payloadbindnonxtcp show options ...show and set...

Powershell Exec, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager

Execute an x64 payload from a command via PowerShell. Listen for an IPv6 connection Windows x64 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/x64/meterpreter/bindipv6tcp msf payloadbindipv6tcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindipv6tcp set ACTION msf payloadbindipv6tcp show options...

Powershell Exec, Windows Reverse HTTPS Stager (wininet)

Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Tunnel communication over HTTPS Windows wininet Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/meterpreter/reversehttps msf payloadreversehttps show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversehttps set ACTION msf payloadreversehttps show...

Powershell Exec, Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)

Execute an x64 payload from a command via PowerShell. Tunnel communication over HTTP Windows x64 wininet Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/x64/meterpreter/reversehttp msf payloadreversehttp show actions ...actions... msf payloadreversehttp set ACTION msf payloadreversehttp sho...

Powershell Exec, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)

Execute an x64 payload from a command via PowerShell. Listen for a connection with UUID Support Windows x64 Module Options msf use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/x64/peinject/bindtcpuuid msf payloadbindtcpuuid show actions ...actions... msf payloadbindtcpuuid set ACTION msf payloadbindtcpuuid sho...