Fileless Attacks: The Next Frontier for Cybercrime

The world of cybersecurity is rapidly evolving, and so are the methods of cybercriminals. More and more attackers are moving away from traditional malware—in fact, 60% of today’s attacks involve fileless techniques. A fileless attack also known as a “memory-based” or “live-off-the-land” attack is...

Bring your own LOLBin: Multi-stage, fileless Nodersok campaign delivers rare Node.js-based malware

We’ve discussed the challenges that fileless threats pose in security, and how Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Defender ATP employs advanced strategies to defeat these sophisticated threats. Part of the slyness of fileless malware is their use of living-off-the-land...

The Hottest Malware Hits of the Summer

It's been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here's a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and Augu...

The Hottest Malware Hits of the Summer

It's been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here's a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and Augu...

Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

Security researchers at Microsoft have released details of a new widespread campaign distributing an infamous piece of fileless malware that was primarily being found targeting European and Brazilian users earlier this year. Dubbed Astaroth, the malware trojan has been making the rounds since at...

How Carbon Black is Prioritizing Living Off the Land Attacks Part 2

What are Living Off the Land LoL Attacks? In recent years, Living off the Land Binaries and Scripts LoLBas have become increasingly popular tools for cybercriminals. These types of attacks leverage native, signed, and often pre-installed applications in malicious ways that their creators never...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Website Building System of Shenyang Rande Technology Co.

Shenyang LAND Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in website construction and collaborative office software development. There is a SQL injection vulnerability in the sh.php file of the website building system of Shenyang LAND Technology Co. Attackers can utilize the vulnerability to obtain sensitiv...

CVE-2019-13047

kernel/sys/syscall.c in ToaruOS through 1.10.9 has incorrect access control in syssysfunc case 9 for TOARUSYSFUNCSETHEAP, allowing arbitrary kernel pages to be mapped into user land, leading to root access...

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kernel/sys/syscall.c in ToaruOS through 1.10.9 has incorrect access control in syssysfunc case 9 for TOARUSYSFUNCSETHEAP, allowing arbitrary kernel pages to be mapped into user land, leading to root access...

CVE-2019-13047

kernel/sys/syscall.c in ToaruOS through 1.10.9 has incorrect access control in syssysfunc case 9 for TOARUSYSFUNCSETHEAP, allowing arbitrary kernel pages to be mapped into user land, leading to root access...

How Carbon Black is Prioritizing Living Off the Land Attacks

What are Living Off the Land LoL Attacks? In recent years, Living off the Land Binaries and Scripts LOLBas have become increasingly popular tools for cybercriminals. These types of attacks leverage native, signed, and often pre-installed applications in malicious ways that their creators never...

Flerken - Obfuscated Command Detection Tool

Command line obfuscation has been proved to be a non-negligible factor in fileless malware or malicious actors that are "living off the land". To bypass signature-based detection, dedicated obfuscation techniques are shown to be used by red-team penetrations and even APT activities. Meanwhile,...

‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams

Scammers who make a living swindling Airbnb.com customers have a powerful new tool at their disposal: A software-as-a-service offering called "Land Lordz," which helps automate the creation and management of fake Airbnb Web sites and the sending of messages to advertise the fraudulent listings. T...

LOLBAS - Living Off The Land Binaries And Scripts (LOLBins And LOLScripts)

The goal of the LOLBAS project is to document every binary, script, and library that can be used for Living Off The Land techniques. All the different files can be found behind a fancy frontend here: https://lolbas-project.github.io thanks @ConsciousHacker for this bit of eyecandy and the team ov...

Chafer APT Takes Aim at Diplomats in Iran with Improved Custom Malware

UPDATE An Iran-linked APT known as Chafer has been spotted targeting various entities based in Iran with an enhanced version of a custom malware that takes a very unique approach to communication by using the Microsoft Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS mechanism over HTTP. Meanwhile th...

landofbeds.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-696382 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| landofbeds.co.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

kansaslandbank.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-675502 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| kansaslandbank.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Bring Your Own Land (BYOL) – A Novel Red Teaming Technique

Introduction One of most significant recent developments in sophisticated offensive operations is the use of “Living off the Land” LotL techniques by attackers. These techniques leverage legitimate tools present on the system, such as the PowerShell scripting language, in order to execute attacks...

jdtmotors.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-553105 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| jdtmotors.co.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Now you see me: Exposing fileless malware

Attackers are determined to circumvent security defenses using increasingly sophisticated techniques. Fileless malware boosts the stealth and effectiveness of an attack, and two of last years major ransomware outbreaks Petya and WannaCry used fileless techniques as part of their kill chains. The...