How one data scientist is pioneering techniques to detect security threats

Data science is an increasingly popular field of study that’s relevant to every industry. When Maria Puertas Calvo was a student, she never imagined that one day she would pioneer data science techniques to detect security threats. She started her Microsoft career on the Safety Platform team,...

How to Successfully Pursue a Career in Malware Analysis

Are you looking to becoming a malware analyst? Then continue reading to discover how to gain the training you need and start a career in malware analysis career. Did you know that new malware is released every seven seconds? As more and more systems become reliant on the internet, the proliferati...

Using CHIRP to Detect Post-Compromise Threat Activity in On-Premises Environments

CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program CHIRP is a new forensics collection tool that CISA developed to help network defenders find indicators of compromise IOCs associated with the SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise. CHIRP is freely available on the CISA GitHub repository. Similar t...

packetStrider - A Network Packet Forensics Tool For SSH

packetStrider for SSH is a packet forensics tool that aims to provide valuable insight into the nature of SSH traffic, shining a light into the corners of SSH network traffic where golden nuggets of information previously lay in the dark. The problem that packet strider aims to help with AKA Why?...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2020-4789)

Summary IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4789 DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences /../ to view...

Security Bulletin: Spring Framework as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to improper input validation (CVE-2020-5421)

Summary Spring Framework as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to improper input validation Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-5421 DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By using a...

Awesome Android Security - A Curated List Of Android Security Materials And Resources For Pentesters And Bug Hunters

A curated list of Android Security materials and resources For Pentesters and Bug Hunters. Blog AAPG - Android application penetration testing guide TikTok: three persistent arbitrary code executions and one theft of arbitrary files Persistent arbitrary code execution in Android's Google Play Cor...

SSJ - Your Everyday Linux Distribution Gone Super Saiyan

SSJ is s silly little script that relies on docker installed on your everyday Linux distribution Ubuntu, Debian, etc. and magically arms it with hundreds of penetration testing and forensics tools. All of these run with almost native performance as containers utilize the host kernel and thus is a...

ctf

This repository contains a writeup for the CSAW CTF 2015. The writeup includes descriptions of various challenges, including web, exploit, crypto, reversing, and forensics challenges. The writeup is organized into sections, with each section describing a specific challenge. The challenges include...

ctf2

This repository is a writeup of the CSAW CTF 2015, a capture the flag CTF competition. The writeup is written in Polish, with an English version available for those who prefer it. The writeup covers various challenges from the competition, including web, exploit, crypto, reversing, and forensics...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Incident Forensics is vulnerable to using component with known vulnerabilities

Summary The product includes vulnerable components e.g., framework libraries that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-8009 DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. By persuading a...

SAS@Home is back this fall

The world during the pandemic prepares many surprises for us. Most of them are certainly unpleasant: health risks, inability to travel or meet old friends. One of these unpleasant surprises awaited us in the early spring, when the organizing team of the beloved SAS conference were forced to...

Microsoft Windows Finger Security Bypass / C2 Channel Exploit

Microsoft Windows TCPIP Finger Command finger.exe that ships with the OS, can be used as a file downloader and makeshift C2 channel. Legitimate use of Windows Finger Command is to send Finger Protocol queries to remote Finger daemons to retrieve user information. However, the finger client can al...

Microsoft Windows Finger Security Bypass / C2 Channel

Title: Windows TCPIP Finger Command - C2 Channel and Bypassing Security Software + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WindowsTCPIPFingerCommandC2ChannelandBypassingSecuritySoftware.txt + twitter.com/hyp3rlinx +...

PhishingKitTracker - Let's Track Phishing Kits To Give To Research Community Raw Material To Stud

An extensible and freshly updated collection of phishingkits for forensics and future analysis topped with simple stats Disclaimer This repository holds a collection of Phishing Kits used by criminals to steal user information. Almost every file into the raw folder is malicious so I strongly...

Microsoft launches free Linux memory forensics tool for detecting malware

By Sudais Asif Microsoft's project Freta is focused on detecting both... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft launches free Linux memory forensics tool for detecting malware...

Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service

Microsoft has announced a new free-to-use initiative aimed at uncovering forensic evidence of sabotage on Linux systems, including rootkits and intrusive malware that may otherwise go undetected. The cloud offering, dubbed Project Freta, is a snapshot-based memory forensic mechanism that aims to...

Microsoft Launches Free Linux Forensics and Rootkit Malware Detection Service

Microsoft has announced a new free-to-use initiative aimed at uncovering forensic evidence of sabotage on Linux systems, including rootkits and intrusive malware that may otherwise go undetected. The cloud offering, dubbed Project Freta, is a snapshot-based memory forensic mechanism that aims to...

NTT Communications Data Breach Affects Customers, Threatens Supply Chain

Japan-based systems integrator NTT Communications has disclosed a recent data breach that it said impacted hundreds of customers. The total affected comes to as many as 621 customers, the company said, but security experts worry about the impacts of the data breach due to the company’s positionin...

Cellebrite UFED Input Validation Error Vulnerability

Cellebrite UFED is a universal forensic product from Cellebrite Israel. The product is mainly used for data extraction, transmission and analysis of devices. An input validation error vulnerability exists in Cellebrite UFED versions 5.0 through 7.5.0.845, which can be exploited by an attacker to...