Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: radare2-5.1.1-1.fc32

The radare2 is a reverse-engineering framework that is multi-architecture, multi-platform, and highly scriptable. Radare2 provides a hexadecimal editor, wrapped I/O, file system support, debugger support, diffing between two functions or binaries, and code analysis at opcode, basic block, and...

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: wireshark-3.4.3-1.fc33

Wireshark allows you to examine protocol data stored in files or as it is captured from wired or wireless WiFi or Bluetooth networks, USB devices, and many other sources. It supports dozens of protocol capture file formats and understands more than a thousand protocols. It has many powerful...

Everything You Need to Know About Evolving Threat of Ransomware

The cybersecurity world is constantly evolving to new forms of threats and vulnerabilities. But ransomware proves to be a different animal—most destructive, persistent, notoriously challenging to prevent, and is showing no signs of slowing down. Falling victim to a ransomware attack can cause...

Fluent Bit Code Issue Vulnerability

Fluent Bit is an open source log processing and analysis system written in C. A code issue vulnerability exists in Fluent Bit that arises from improper design or implementation during code development of a networked system or product. No detailed vulnerability details are provided at this time...

Advantech BB-ESWGP506-2SFP-T

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Advantech Equipment: BB-ESWGP506-2SFP-T Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized...

uafuzz

This is an offensive tool for Binary Analysis. The repository, cherrywb/uafuzz, is a directed fuzzer dedicated to Use-After-Free UAF bugs at the binary level. It aims to detect UAF bugs, which appear when a heap element is used after having been freed. The tool uses a combination of static...

Horusec - An Open Source Tool That Improves Identification Of Vulnerabilities In Your Project With Just One Command

Horusec is an open source tool that performs static code analysis to identify security flaws during the development process. Currently, the languages for analysis are: C, Java, Kotlin, Python, Ruby, Golang, Terraform, Javascript, Typescript, Kubernetes, PHP, C, HTML, JSON, Dart. The tool has...

PE-Packer - A Simple Windows X86 PE File Packer Written In C And Microsoft Assembly

PE-Packer is a simple packer for Windows PE files. The new PE file after packing can obstruct the process of reverse engineering. It will do the following things when packing a PE file: Transforming the original import table. Encrypting sections. Clearing section names. Installing the shell-entry...

Exploit Details Emerge for Unpatched Microsoft Bug

New details have emerged about an unpatched security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that was recently used in a complex campaign against security researchers. A fresh analysis from 0patch offers further insight into where the bug exists and how it can be triggered in real-world...

Hackers Targeting Apple’s M1 Chip with Mac Malware

By Waqas Ex-NSA researcher has discovered malware that is equipped with anti-analysis capabilities and designed to specifically target Apple's new chip. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Targeting Apples M1 Chip with Mac Malware...

Shining a Light on SolarCity: Practical Exploitation of the X2e IoT Device (Part One)

In 2019, Mandiant’s Red Team discovered a series of vulnerabilities present within Digi International’s ConnectPort X2e device, which allows for remote code execution as a privileged user. Specifically, Mandiant’s research focused on SolarCity’s now owned by Tesla rebranded ConnectPort X2e device...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity: AppleJeus

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of the Treasury have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory and seven Malware Analysis Reports MARs on the North Korean government’s dissemination of malware that facilitates the theft of cryptocurrency—referred to by the U.S...

pcp bug fix and enhancement update

Performance Co-Pilot PCP is a suite of tools, services, and libraries for acquisition, archiving, and analysis of system-level performance measurements. Its light-weight distributed architecture makes it particularly well-suited to centralized analysis of complex systems. Bug Fixes and...

ALBA-2021:0550 pcp bug fix and enhancement update

Performance Co-Pilot PCP is a suite of tools, services, and libraries for acquisition, archiving, and analysis of system-level performance measurements. Its light-weight distributed architecture makes it particularly well-suited to centralized analysis of complex systems. Bug Fixes and...

OSV - Open Source Vulnerability DB And Triage Service

OSV is a vulnerability database and triage infrastructure for open source projects aimed at helping both open source maintainers and consumers of open source. For open source maintainers, OSV's automation helps reduce the burden of triage. Each vulnerability undergoes automated bisection and impa...

Talkin’ SMAC: Alert Labeling and Why It Matters

If you’ve ever worked in a Security Operations Center SOC, you know that it’s a special place. Among other things, the SOC is a massive data-labeling machine, and generates some of the most valuable data in the cybersecurity industry. Unfortunately, much of this valuable data is often rendered...

Compromise of U.S. Water Treatment Facility

Summary On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA system at a U.S. drinking water treatment facility. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide, also...

Threat Roundup for February 5 to February 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 5 and Feb. 12. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

A playbook for modernizing security operations

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post from our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Dave Kennedy, Founder and...