Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: SatanCryptor Ransomware

In early January 2020, a new ransomware named ‘SatanCryptor’ was discovered. After it performs file encryption, it will drop a ransom note named “ SATAN CRYPTOR .hta” and append ‘.satan’ as a file extension to the encrypted files. In addition, SatanCryptor will delete itself after the execution t...

RansomCoin - A DFIR Tool To Extract Cryptocoin Addresses And Other Indicators Of Compromise From Binaries

Extracting metadata and hardcoded Indicators of Compromise from ransomware, in a scalable, efficient, way with cuckoo integrations. Ideally, is it run during cuckoo dynamic analysis, but can also be used for static analysis on large collections of ransomware. Designed to be fast, with low false...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: DeathRansom Ransomware

During mid-November, a new ransomware named ‘DeathRansom” was found being distributed. Similar to the other variants of ransomware, it will perform the deletion of volume shadow copies to ensure all the data cannot be restored easily. After the DeathRansom performs file encryption, it will drop...

The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template

Assessing the performance of your security team is critical to both knowing your current posture, as well as planning ahead. 'The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template' is the first attempt to capture all the main KPIs of the security team main pillars, saving CIOs and CISOs the time an...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: AsyncRAT

AsyncRAT is a Remote Access Tool RAT designed to remotely monitor and control other computers through a secure encrypted connection. It is an open source remote administration tool, however, it could also be used maliciously because it provides functionality such as keylogger, remote desktop...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: Estemani Ransomware

Estemani Ransomware’s behavior is similar to other variants of ransomware. It will perform task kill on processes to ensure the encryption of files such as database program SQL server, perform the deletion of volume shadow copies, and disable Windows automatic startup repair to ensure all the dat...

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2510-1 Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: qemu was updated to v3.1.1.1, a stable, bug-fix-only release, which includes 2 fixes we already carry, as well as one additional use- after-free fix in slirp. CVE-2018-20126 bsc1119991, CVE-2019-14378 bsc1143794, and CVE-2019-15890 bsc1149811...

threat_note - DPS' Lightweight Investigation Notebook

threatnote is a web application built by Defense Point Security to allow security researchers the ability to add and retrieve indicators related to their research. As of right now this includes the ability to add IP Addresses, Domains and Threat Actors, with more types being added in the future...

Threat Roundup for November 1 to November 8

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 1 and Nov. 8. 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,...

Experts on demand: Your direct line to Microsoft security insight, guidance, and expertise

Microsoft Threat Experts is the managed threat hunting service within Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection ATP that includes two capabilities: targeted attack notifications and experts on demand. Today, we are extremely excited to share that experts on demand is now generally available a...

Auto Re - IDA PRO Auto-Renaming Plugin With Tagging Support

IDA PRO Auto-Renaming Plugin With Tagging Support Features 1. Auto-renaming dummy-named functions, which have one API call or jump to the imported API Before After 2. Assigning TAGS to functions accordingly to called API-indicators inside Sets tags as repeatable function comments and displays TAG...

Introducing Integrated Threat Intelligence from ThreatConnect on the PSC

To effectively defend against attacks, analysts must leverage details from multiple tools to gain an understanding of the actions they need to take to protect their environment. By integrating context from different tools and intelligence feeds into the alerts security teams receive, they have...

Fenrir - Simple Bash IOC Scanner

Fenrir is a simple IOC scanner bash script. It allows scanning Linux/Unix/OSX systems for the following Indicators of Compromise IOCs: Hashes MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 using md5sum, sha1sum, sha -a 256 File Names string - checked for substring of the full path, e.g. "temp/p.exe" in "/var/temp/p.exe"...

Threat Roundup for September 27 to October 4

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. 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...

Covenant - A .NET Command And Control Framework For Red Teamers

Covenant is a .NET command and control framework that aims to highlight the attack surface of .NET, make the use of offensive .NET tradecraft easier, and serve as a collaborative command and control platform for red teamers. Covenant is an ASP.NET Core, cross-platform application that includes a...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification – Karagany Malware

Secureworks recently reported in regards to an update of Karagany malware last month. The malware is used by the IRON LIBERTY threat group also known as DragonFly2.0 and Energetic Bear, targeting energy companies and organizations. Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU provides the product rules ...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Buran Ransomware

Recently there was malvertising campaign which would redirect users to RIG exploit kit and then infecting victim’s computer with a new ransomware named as Buran Ransomware. It will drop a ransom note named ‘!!! YOUR FILES ARE ENCRYPTED !!!.txt’ and append victim’s personal ID as extensions to the...

CVE-2019-6637

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2019-07-04 18:00:04+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cveNotify/188 2019-07-05 17:00:18+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cveNotify/244...

Threat Roundup for June 14 to June 21

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 14 and June 21. 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...

Introducing Slackor, a Remote Access Tool Using Slack as a C2 Channel

As a penetration tester at Coalfire Labs, I frequently use exploitation frameworks such as Metasploit or PowerShell Empire to perform post-exploitation actions on compromised endpoints. While anti-virus AV bypass and detection avoidance is often trivial in all but the most mature environments,...