Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass exists when Device Guard does not properly validate certain elements of a signed PowerShell script. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could modify the contents of a PowerShell script without invalidating the signature associated with the file...

Microsoft Device Guard Security Feature Bypass (MS17-012: CVE-2017-0007)

A security feature bypass vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Device Guard. The vulnerability is due to the way Device Guard improperly validates certain elements of a signed PowerShell script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a...

Using the Registry to Discover Unix Systems and Jump Boxes

On red team engagements, Mandiant consultants are often tasked with identifying and obtaining access to critical Unix systems within our client’s environments. The objectives may include obtaining payment card data on point of sale terminals or accessing intellectual property residing on Apple...

Using the Registry to Discover Unix Systems and Jump Boxes

On red team engagements, Mandiant consultants are often tasked with identifying and obtaining access to critical Unix systems within our client’s environments. The objectives may include obtaining payment card data on point of sale terminals or accessing intellectual property residing on Apple...

New Fileless Malware Uses DNS Queries To Receive PowerShell Commands

It is no secret that cybercriminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. While new forms of cybercrime are on the rise, traditional activities seem to be shifting towards more clandestine techniques that involve the exploitation of standard system...

New Fileless Attack Using DNS Queries to Carry Out PowerShell Commands

A unique attack called DNSMessenger uses DNS queries to carry out malicious PowerShell commands on compromised computers, a method that researchers said makes it difficult to detect that a remote access Trojan is being dropped onto targeted systems. According to experts at Cisco’s security resear...

Researchers Uncover New Leads Behind Shamoon2

In a fresh analysis of the Shamoon2 malware, researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team ASERT say they have unearthed new leads on the tools and techniques used in the most recent wave of attacks. Shamoon2 surfaced in November, approximately four years after the...

NTDS Grabber

This module uses a powershell script to obtain a copy of the ntds,dit SAM and SYSTEM files on a domain controller. It compresses all these files in a cabinet file called All.cab. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source:...

Spear Phishing Techniques Used in Attacks Targeting the Mongolian Government

Introduction FireEye recently observed a sophisticated campaign targeting individuals within the Mongolian government. Targeted individuals that enabled macros in a malicious Microsoft Word document may have been infected with Poison Ivy, a popular remote access tool RAT that has been used for...

Spear Phishing Techniques Used in Attacks Targeting the Mongolian Government

Introduction FireEye recently observed a sophisticated campaign targeting individuals within the Mongolian government. Targeted individuals that enabled macros in a malicious Microsoft Word document may have been infected with Poison Ivy, a popular remote access tool RAT that has been used for...

Spear Phishing Techniques Used in Attacks Targeting the Mongolian Government

Introduction FireEye recently observed a sophisticated campaign targeting individuals within the Mongolian government. Targeted individuals that enabled macros in a malicious Microsoft Word document may have been infected with Poison Ivy, a popular remote access tool RAT that has been used for...

New “Fileless Malware” Targets Banks and Organizations Spotted in the Wild

More than a hundred banks and financial institutions across the world have been infected with a dangerous sophisticated, memory-based malware that's almost undetectable, researchers warned. Newly published report by the Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab indicates that hackers are targeting bank...

Tater - A PowerShell implementation of the Hot Potato Windows Privilege Escalation Exploit

Tater is a PowerShell implementation of the Hot Potato Windows Privilege Escalation exploit. Included In p0wnedShell - https://github.com/Cn33liz/p0wnedShell PowerShell Empire - https://github.com/PowerShellEmpire/Empire PSAttack - https://github.com/jaredhaight/psattack Functions Invoke-Tater Th...

Locky Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns

Researchers at Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center have spotted malicious email campaigns using .lnk attachments to spread Locky ransomware and the Kovter click-fraud Trojan, the first time criminals have simultaneously distributed both pieces of malware. According to Microsoft, the .lnk file n...

Improved scripts in .lnk files now deliver Kovter in addition to Locky

Cybercriminals are using a combination of improved script and well-maintained download sites to attempt installing Locky and Kovter on more computers. A few months ago, we reported an email campaign distributing .lnk files with a malicious script that delivered Locky ransomware. Opening the...

AD ACL Scanner

AD ACL Scanner AD ACL Scanner is a tool completly written in PowerShell with GUI used to create reports of access control lists DACLs and system access control lists SACLs in Active Directory . New Features Faster compare of Access Control Lists using USN from replication metadata. Primary...

Certain BIOS versions may include an AMI Test Key that could compromise Secure Boot protections - lu

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-7806 Potential Impact: Secure boot may be compromised by an attacker with local access Severity: High Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific Summary Description: Secure Boot is a security standard to help make sure that your PC boots using only trusted software. When the P...

Invoke-TheHash - PowerShell Pass The Hash Utils

Invoke-TheHash contains PowerShell functions for performing NTLMv2 pass the hash WMI and SMB command execution. WMI and SMB services are accessed through .NET TCPClient connections. Local administrator privilege is not required client-side. Requirements Minimum PowerShell 2.0 Import Import-Module...

Enigma Fileless UAC Bypass

a This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ Exploit Title : enigmafilelessuacbypass.rb Module...

Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Introduction This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 9 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager. There are three updates available for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager: one...