Digital Signature Bypass

openpgp.js is vulnerable to digital signature bypass. The vulnerability exists through an improper verification of a cryptographic signature which allows adversaries to replace signatures with a standalone or timestamp signature...

Council of EU Law Enforcement Protocol improves cross-border cooperation

Last March, the Council of the European Union announced the new EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol to address the growing problem of planning and coordinating between governments, agencies, and companies when cyberattacks occur across international boundaries. Remember well-known...

Cybersecurity pros think the enemy is winning

There is a saying in security that the bad guys are always one step ahead of defense. Two new sets of research reveal that the constant cat-and-mouse game is wearing on security professionals, and many feel they are losing in the war against cybercriminals. The first figures are from the...

Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC Part 2b: Career paths and readiness

The “Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC” blog series is designed to share our approach and experience with security operations center SOC operations, so you can use what we learned to improve your SOC. The learnings in the series come primarily from Microsoft’s corporate IT security operation...

50k Servers Infected with Cryptomining Malware in Nansh0u Campaign

Up to 50,000 servers were infected over the past four months as part of a high-profile cryptojacking campaign, believed to orchestrated by Chinese-language adversaries. Researchers with Guardicore Labs, who disclosed the campaign Wednesday, said that the Nansh0u​ campaign named due to a text file...

CVE-2019-11643

Persistent XSS has been found in the OneShield Policy Dragon Core framework before 5.1.10. Remote adversaries can inject malicious JavaScript into textboxes decorated with type string, which is subsequently stored to the applicable data store. This can be exploited remotely by both authenticated...

Design/Logic Flaw

A log poisoning vulnerability has been discovered in the OneShield Policy Dragon Core framework before 5.1.10. Authenticated remote adversaries can poison log files by entering malicious payloads in either headers or form elements. These payloads are then executed via a client side debugging...

Design/Logic Flaw

Persistent XSS has been found in the OneShield Policy Dragon Core framework before 5.1.10. Remote adversaries can inject malicious JavaScript into textboxes decorated with type string, which is subsequently stored to the applicable data store. This can be exploited remotely by both authenticated...

CVE-2019-11642

A log poisoning vulnerability has been discovered in the OneShield Policy Dragon Core framework before 5.1.10. Authenticated remote adversaries can poison log files by entering malicious payloads in either headers or form elements. These payloads are then executed via a client side debugging...

CVE-2019-11643

Persistent XSS has been found in the OneShield Policy Dragon Core framework before 5.1.10. Remote adversaries can inject malicious JavaScript into textboxes decorated with type string, which is subsequently stored to the applicable data store. This can be exploited remotely by both authenticated...

Unpatched Windows Bug Allows Attackers to Spoof Security Dialog Boxes

A previously unknown bug in Microsoft Windows would allow an attacker to spoof Windows dialog boxes that surface when making changes to the Windows registry. This would allow an adversary to plant malware or make other nefarious changes in the registry while getting around Windows’ built-in...

Gen. Nakasone on US Cyber Command

Really interesting article by and interview with Paul M. Nakasone Commander of US Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency, and Chief of the Central Security Service in the current issue of Joint Forces Quarterly. He talks about the evolving role of US Cyber Command, and its new...

Why the Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative is a critical step

It’s well known by now that pipeline attacks and attacks on utilities of all kinds have been an unfortunately well-trodden path by cyber-adversaries in numerous countries for a few years now. These types of attacks are not theoretical, and the damage done to date—as well as the potential damage—i...

ThreatList: APT Adversaries Up the Ante on Speed, Target Telecom

Despite law-enforcement wins in the form of several high-profile arrests and indictments during 2018, nation-state adversaries have upped their games when it comes to speed. That’s according to CrowdStrike’s 2019 Global Threat Report, which found that when analyzing how long it takes to go from...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Java Embedded MSI Files

Summary Application whitelisting provides environments with access controls to stop unauthorized software from executing. This is accomplished by utilizing file and folder attributes including but not limited to file path, filename, digital signature, publisher, cryptographic hash and product nam...

As Cryptocurrency Crash Continues, Will Mining Threat Follow?

Post authored by Nick Biasini. Executive Summary As 2018 draws to a close, one technology has definitively left its mark on the year: cryptocurrencies. Digital currencies started the year out strong after a meteoric rise toward the end of 2017. Since then, it's safe to say that cryptocurrencies...

Unpatched Android OS Flaw Allows Adversaries to Track User Location

A flaw in the Android mobile operating system could allow an attacker with physical proximity to a WiFi router to track the location of users within the router’s range. The issue CVE-2018-9581 allows information leakage stemming from inter-process communication. While applications on Android are...

Two Zero-Day Bugs Open Millions of Wireless Access Points to Attack

UPDATE Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low-Energy chips made by Texas Instruments and used in millions of wireless access points open corporate networks to crippling stealth attacks. Adversaries can exploit the bugs by simply being approximately 100 to 300 feet from the vulnerable...

Bad Actors Sizing Up Systems Via Lightweight Recon Malware

Well-known financial crime gang Cobalt Group and other threat actors have recently shifted tactics to incorporate lightweight modular downloaders that “vet” target machines for their attractiveness before proceeding with a full-fledged attack. The emergence of the AdvisorsBot and Marap malwares, ...

CVE-2018-15885

Ovation FindMe 1.4-1083-1 is reported vulnerable due to obfuscation/packing that hinders binary analysis of its capabilities. The description states the product uses a compression technique to obscure certain libraries, relies on a TLS callback and an extra executable to enable these libraries an...