From BlackEnergy to ExPetr

Much has been written about the recent ExPetr/NotPetya/Nyetya/Petya outbreak - you can read our findings here:Schroedinger's Petya and ExPetr is a wiper, not ransomware. As in the case of Wannacry, attribution is very difficult and finding links with previously known malware is challenging. In th...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 26, 2017

The late 70s/early 80s American television show Three’s Company was one of my favorite shows growing up. The central theme of the show revolved around the lives of three roommates. Each episode usually involved a misunderstanding, then chaos would ensue. In the end, everything would turn out okay...

Microsoft Skype - v7.x Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Microsoft Skype - v7.x Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability References: =========== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2084 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUx2TSJ36-g Advisory: https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2071...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 19, 2017

Yesterday I celebrated my 29th birthday again and it was great to celebrate with friends, family, and coworkers. They say age is just a number, and I truly believe that. Unfortunately, we live in a world where laws require us to count numbers so that it can be determined if we can vote, drink, re...

The Inside Scoop on the World’s Leading Bug Bounty Program

Within the security researcher community, the Zero Day Initiative ZDI program is a well-known entity, representing the world’s largest vendor agnostic bug bounty program. Customers of the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS and Threat Protection Systems TPS know the ZDI as the group tha...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 12, 2017

“What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?” This was the question posed to Steve Martin’s character C.D. Bales in the 1987 movie Roxanne. In a modern take of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, the movie centers around C.D.’s attempt to win the love of a woman whi...

Ransomware Attack Hobbles Prestigious University College London

University College London, one of the U.K.’s prestigious public research universities, has closed off access to personal and shared drives after a ransomware attack was detected late Wednesday afternoon. University officials said this morning that this was a web-based infection, reversing claims...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 5, 2017

This week marked the first time an airline misplaced my bags for a significant period of time. Inclement weather forced me to not only change my flight, but also change airlines. Unfortunately, my luggage didn’t get the memo. I dealt with two airlines to find my bags, and I eventually received my...

First-Ever Data Stealing Malware Found Using Intel AMT Tool to Bypass Firewall

It's not hard for a well-funded state-sponsored hacking group to break into corporate networks and compromise systems with malware, but what's challenging for them is to keep that backdoor and its communication undetectable from a firewall and other network monitoring applications. However, a...

How vulnerability research benefits both vendors and customers

Zero-day vulnerabilities - newly discovered exploits that haven't been previously identified - are now emerging more often. Worse still is the fact that these dangerous flaws sometimes aren't pinpointed until hackers have already exploited them. According to a prediction from Cybersecurity Ventur...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 29, 2017

“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” It’s not exactly clear how Murphy’s Law originated, but it seems to always make an appearance at the one time you can’t afford for anything to go wrong. Your laptop starts to malfunction right as you need to finish a project this happened to yours truly...

ShadowBrokers Put Price on Monthly Zero Day Leaks

The threat posed by the first wave of ShadowBrokers leaks of Equation Group hacking tools was relatively benign. Some vendors had to scramble to patch zero days in older versions of products, but for the most part, the leaks and accompanying auction were more of a novelty. That obviously changed...

Shadow Brokers Launches 0-Day Exploit Subscriptions for $21,000 Per Month

As promised to release more zero-days exploits and hacking tools for various platforms starting from June 2017, the infamous hacking group Shadow Brokers is back with more information on how to subscribe and become a private member for receiving exclusive access to the future leaks. The Shadow...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 22, 2017

For those of you who follow the National Football League NFL, do you remember Super Bowl 47? I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the teams that played since I’m not a 49ers or Ravens fan. What was interesting about the game is that it was halted for over half an hour in the third quarter because of a...

ShadowBrokers Planning Monthly Exploit, Data Dump Service

Popcorn in hand, the ShadowBrokers say they’re taking in the WannaCry outbreak from the sidelines before starting in June a subscription service for new exploits and stolen data akin to a wine of the month club. In what’s become a signature periodic rant from the unknowns behind the leak of...

Shadow Brokers, Who Leaked WannaCry SMB Exploit, Are Back With More 0-Days

The infamous hacking collective Shadow Brokers – the one who leaked the Windows SMB exploit in public that led to last weekend's WannaCrypt menace – are back, this time, to cause more damage. In typically broken English, the Shadow Brokers published a fresh statement with full of frustration a fe...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 8, 2017

Although I’m still dreaming of the sandy beaches of Cancun, it’s time to get back to reality. Security vulnerabilities never take a holiday and this week is no exception. In addition to our normal Digital Vaccine DV package delivered earlier this week, we also issued an out-of-band DV package to...

Microsoft Issues Patches for Another Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

As part of this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a total of 55 vulnerabilities across its products, including fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild. Just yesterday, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band update separately to pat...

Microsoft Plugs Three Zero Day Holes as Part of May Patch Tuesday

Microsoft patched three zero day vulnerabilities actively under attack today as part of its May Patch Tuesday release. Researchers with FireEye who uncovered the three vulnerabilities said the bugs were actively being exploited by threat actors Turla and APT28. Two of the zero day vulnerabilities...

EPS Processing Zero-Days Exploited by Multiple Threat Actors

In 2015, FireEye published details about two attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Encapsulated PostScript EPS of Microsoft Office. One was a zero-day and one was patched weeks before the attack launched. Recently, FireEye identified three new zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office products...