Bytesrevealer - Online Reverse Enginerring Viewer

Bytes Revealer is a powerful reverse engineering and binary analysis tool designed for security researchers, forensic analysts, and developers. With features like hex view, visual representation, string extraction, entropy calculation, and file signature detection, it helps users uncover hidden...

The Windows Registry Adventure #5: The regf file format

Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk, Google Project Zero As previously mentioned in the second installment of the blog post series "A brief history of the feature", the binary format used to encode registry hives from Windows NT 3.1 up to the modern Windows 11 is called regf. In a way, it is quite special,...

CVE-2024-47608

Logicytics is designed to harvest and collect data for forensic analysis. Logicytics has a basic vuln affecting compromised devices from shell injections. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.2...

CVE-2024-47608

CVE-2024-47608 applies to Logicytics, a data-harvesting/forensic-analysis tool. Connected sources confirm a shell/OS command injection vulnerability in versions prior to 2.3.2, with the root cause being shell injection points that could allow arbitrary command execution on compromised devices. Th...

Logicytics 操作系统命令注入漏洞

Logicytics is a tool from Shahm Najeeb's personal developer. Designed to carefully gather and collect large amounts of Windows system data for forensic analysis. Logicytics 2.3.1 and earlier versions suffer from an operating system command injection vulnerability that stems from the presence of a...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Unlocking Security Success

As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, so must our defenses. The recent Rapid7 Take Command Summit provided invaluable insights into preparing for, responding to, and recovering from ransomware attacks. Here are three essential takeaways from the session, "Before, During, & After Ransomware...

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet marke...

New iShutdown Method Exposes Hidden Spyware Like Pegasus on Your iPhone

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a "lightweight method" called iShutdown for reliably identifying signs of spyware on Apple iOS devices, including notorious threats like NSO Group's Pegasus, QuaDream's Reign, and Intellexa's Predator. Kaspersky, which analyzed a set of iPhones that were...

Why logging is one of the most overlooked aspects of incident response, and how Cisco Talos IR can help

By Rami Altalhi and David Roman. Logs are fundamental to strengthening an organizations digital defenses. Many logs within an organization contain records related to computer security. These computer security logs are generated by many sources, including security software, workstations, servers,...

Using Velociraptor for large-scale endpoint visibility and rapid threat hunting

TL;DR Network-wide collection, acquisition and monitoring tool for use in DFIR engagements Designed for enterprise networks 150k+ Deployments aren’t unheard of Boasts many features that your commercial EDR has, and a few more Flexible querying language that can adapt to new threats and encourages...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2022-21894: The BlackLotus campaign

This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run at computer...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2022-21894: The BlackLotus campaign

This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run at computer...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

This guide provides steps organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-23397. A successful exploit of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to an organization’s environment by triggering a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

This guide provides steps organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-23397. A successful exploit of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to an organization’s environment by triggering a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure

Title: Microsoft SQL Server Password Hash Exposure Product: Database Manufacturer: Microsoft Affected Versions: 2012-2022 Risk Level: Medium CVE Reference: N/A Author of Advisory: Emad Al-Mousa Overview: SQL Server is a popular database system, and database systems are a vital backbone in IT...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure Vulnerability

Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022 appears to ignore audit rules for sys.sysxlgns allowing an attacker with administrative permissions to extract password hashes under the radar. Microsoft told the researcher they are not willing to fix it but acknowledge it as a security...

New Version of Prometei Botnet Infects Over 10,000 Systems Worldwide

An updated version of a botnet malware called Prometei has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The infections are both geographically indiscriminate and opportunistic, with a majority of the victims reported in Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey. Prometei, first observed i...

Prefetch-Hash-Cracker - A Small Util To Brute-Force Prefetch Hashes

Motivation During the forensic analysis of a Windows machine, you may find the name of a deleted prefetch file. While its content may not be recoverable, the filename itself is often enough to find the full path of the executable for which the prefetch file was created. Using the tool The followi...

Microsoft investigates Iranian attacks against the Albanian government

Shortly after the destructive cyberattacks against the Albanian government in mid-July, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team DART was engaged by the Albanian government to lead an investigation into the attacks. At the time of the attacks and our engagement by the Albanian government,...

Can your EDR handle a ransomware attack? 6-point checklist for an anti-ransomware EDR

Most cybersecurity experts agree that having Endpoint Detection and Response software is essential to fighting ransomware today--but not every EDR is equal. Businesses, especially small-to-medium sized ones with limited budget or IT resources, need to make sure that their EDR is cost-effective,...