CVE-2019-5478

A weakness was found in Encrypt Only boot mode in Zynq UltraScale+ devices. This could lead to an adversary being able to modify the control fields of the boot image leading to an incorrect secure boot behavior...

RedHunt OS v2 - Virtual Machine For Adversary Emulation And Threat Hunting

Virtual Machine for Adversary Emulation and Threat Hunting by RedHunt Labs RedHunt OS aims to be a one stop shop for all your threat emulation and threat hunting needs by integrating attacker's arsenal as well as defender's toolkit to actively identify the threats in your environment. Base Machin...

Defense Takeaways from Three Adversary Playbooks

In these days of advanced threats, the perimeter defense strategy – though still useful and necessary – is incomplete. IT security teams need as much information about existing threats as possible, so they know what to look for and how to position proactive countermeasures. Creating and using...

UPDATE: MITRE CALDERA 2.3.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed A month ago, MITRE Caldera 2.2.0 was released and a couple of days back now MITRE CALDERA 2.3.0 was released as well. If you remember, I wrote briefly about this automated adversary emulation system in my post titled – List of Adversary Emulation Tools. A lot of changes have be...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available the credential of the app, for...

UPDATE: MITRE CALDERA 2.2.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed If you remember, I wrote briefly about this automated adversary emulation system in my post titled – List of Adversary Emulation Tools. Sometime back, an update - the MITRE CALDERA 2.2.0 was released. A lot of changes have been made to create this updated version and as always,...

Rare Steganography Hack Can Compromise Fully Patched Websites

An unusual steganographic technique that an attacker can use to implant a malicious webshell on unsuspecting websites has been spotted in Latin America. According to research from Trustwave shared exclusively with Threatpost, a forensic investigation showed that an adversary is implanting PHP cod...

Firmware Bugs Plague Server Supply Chain, 7 Vendors Impacted

Two firmware vulnerabilities impacting Lenovo, Acer and five additional server brands allow adversaries to brick servers, run arbitrary code on targeted systems and maintain a persistent foothold – surviving even an operating system reinstallation. The bugs are tied to Gigabyte motherboards used ...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #5

Black Hat USA 2019, which is only one month away, offers scores of training courses and research briefings, so every week we’re picking a session we believe Qualys customers will find valuable. This week’s selection is the training course Adversary Tactics -- Detection. This course focuses on...

MacOS Zero Day Allows Trusted Apps to Run Malicious Code

A researcher has revealed a zero-day flaw in Apple’s Mojave operating system tied to the way the OS verifies apps. The bug allows attackers to sneak past macOS security measures and run whitelisted apps that have been manipulated to run malicious code. macOS researcher Patrick Wardle revealed the...

Improper access control

A potential improper access control vulnerability exists in the JSON-RPC interface of the Bosch Smart Home Controller SHC before 9.8.905 that may result in reading or modification of the SHC's configuration or triggering and restoring backups. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the adversary...

Privilege escalation

A potential incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability exists in the app permission update API of the Bosch Smart Home Controller SHC before 9.8.905 that may result in a restricted app obtaining default app permissions. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the adversary needs to have...

CVE-2019-11895

The CVE-2019-11895 entry concerns an improper access control vulnerability in the JSON-RPC interface of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC) prior to 9.8.905, which can lead to denial of service affecting the SHC and connected sensors/actuators. Exposure requires the attacker to have already pai...

UPDATE: MITRE CALDERA 2.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed I read a tweet about two days ago and today, MITRE CALDERA 2.0 is out already! If you remember, I wrote briefly about this automated adversary emulation system in my post titled - List of Adversary Emulation Tools. This is a major update and the current version supports Windows...

Pick-Six: Intercepting a FIN6 Intrusion, an Actor Recently Tied to Ryuk and LockerGoga Ransomware

Summary Recently, FireEye Managed Defense detected and responded to a FIN6 intrusion at a customer within the engineering industry, which seemed out of character due to FIN6’s historical targeting of payment card data. The intent of the intrusion was initially unclear because the customer did not...

This Week in Security News: Cybersecurity Skills Gap and Legislature

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how the cybersecurity skills gap is affecting organizations. Also, learn how a bipartisan bill is working to close the gap. Read on:...

Vulnerability hunting with Semmle QL, part 2

The first part of this series introduced Semmle QL, and how the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC are using it to investigate variants of vulnerabilities reported to us. This post discusses an example of how we’ve been using it proactively, covering a security audit of an Azure firmware...

Unpatched Fujitsu Wireless Keyboard Bug Allows Keystroke Injection

UPDATE Fujitsu is stopping sales for its popular wireless keyboard after a researcher discovered it is vulnerable to keystroke injection attacks that could allow an adversary to take control of a victim’s system. Researchers with Germany-based SySS reported on Friday that the high-severity...

How to Mature Your Threat Hunting Program with the ATT&CK™ Framework

John Wunder, Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at MITRE spoke in a recent webinar about how the ATT&CK framework is a knowledgebase of adversary behaviors, describing the things that are tough for the adversary to change – those at the top of David J. Bianco’s influential Pyramid of Pain. Wunder...

Ryuk, Exploring the Human Connection

ARCHIVED STORY Ryuk, Exploring the Human Connection By John Fokker · Febraury 19, 2019 In collaboration with Bill Siegel and Alex Holdtman from Coveware At the beginning of 2019, McAfee ATR published an article describing how the hasty attribution of Ryuk ransomware to North Korea was missing the...