FruityArmor APT Group Used Recently Patched Windows Zero Day

One of the four zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft patched last week was being used by an APT group called FruityArmor to carry out targeted attacks, escape browser-based sandboxes, and execute malicious code in the wild. Anton Ivanov, a researcher at Kaspersky Lab, was credited by Microsoft for...

The new .LNK between spam and Locky infection

Just when it seems the Ransom:Win32/Locky activity has slowed down, our continuous monitoring of the ransomware family reveals a new workaround that the authors might be using to keep it going. The decline in Locky activity can be attributed to the slowdown of detections of Nemucod, which Locky...

HTA Web Server

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'HTA Web Server', 'Description' = %q This module hosts an HTML Application HTA that when opened will run a payload via Powershell. When a user...

PowerLurk - Malicious WMI Events using PowerShell

PowerLurk is a PowerShell toolset for building malicious WMI Event Subsriptions. The goal is to make WMI events easier to fire off during a penetration test or red team engagement. Please see my post Creeping on Users with WMI Events: Introducing PowerLurk for more detailed information:...

Powershell Payload Execution Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' require 'msf/core/post/windows/services' require 'msf/core/post/windows/powershell' require...

Windows Remote Incident Response: CimSweep

Windows Remote Incident Response CimSweep is a suite of CIM/WMI-based tools that enable the ability to perform incident response and hunting operations remotely across all versions of Windows. CimSweep may also be used to engage in offensive reconnaissance without the need to drop any payload to...

Powershell Payload Execution

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' require 'msf/core/post/windows/services' require 'msf/core/post/windows/powershell' require 'msf/core/exploit/powershell/dotnet' class MetasploitModule...

Increased Use of WMI for Environment Detection and Evasion

Introduction Throughout the past few months, FireEye Labs has observed an increased use of Windows Management Instrumentation WMI queries for environment detection and evasion of dynamic analysis and virtualization engines. WMI provides high-level interaction with Windows objects using C/C++,...

Increased Use of WMI for Environment Detection and Evasion

Introduction Throughout the past few months, FireEye Labs has observed an increased use of Windows Management Instrumentation WMI queries for environment detection and evasion of dynamic analysis and virtualization engines. WMI provides high-level interaction with Windows objects using C/C++,...

HTA Web Server

This module hosts an HTML Application HTA that when opened will run a payload via Powershell. When a user navigates to the HTA file they will be prompted by IE twice before the payload is executed. Module Options msf use exploit/windows/misc/hta/server msf undefinedserver show actions ...actions...

Hancitor Downloader Abusing APIs, PowerShell Commands

Developers behind the malicious downloader Hancitor have bolstered the malware again, this time with new delivery approaches that make it more difficult to detect. The downloader is still spread through malicious attachments, and distributing malware designed to steal data, such as Pony and...

Loopback Options When Load Balancing StoreFront Server Group Using NetScaler

In previous versions of StoreFront such as 2.6 or older, Citrix recommended that you manually modify the hosts file on each StoreFront server to map the fully qualified domain name FQDN of the load balancer to the loopback address or the IP address of the specific StoreFront server. This ensures...

Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016: September 26, 2016

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Hancitor (AKA Chanitor) observed using multiple attack approaches

Many threat actors use multiple attack vectors to ensure success. The individuals using Hancitor malware also known by the name Chanitor are no exception and have taken three approaches to deliver the malware in order to ultimately steal data from their victims. These techniques include uncommon...

Hancitor (AKA Chanitor) observed using multiple attack approaches

Many threat actors use multiple attack vectors to ensure success. The individuals using Hancitor malware also known by the name Chanitor are no exception and have taken three approaches to deliver the malware in order to ultimately steal data from their victims. These techniques include uncommon...

Malware Evades Detection with Novel Technique

Researchers have found a new strain of document-based macro malware that evades discovery by lying dormant when it detects a security researcher’s test environment. The malware, according to researcher Caleb Fenton with security firm SentinelOne, evades detection simply by counting the number of...

Data Exfiltration Toolkit: DET

Data Exfiltration Toolkit DET is provided AS IS, is a proof of concept to perform Data Exfiltration using either single or multiple channels at the same time. This is a Proof of Concept aimed at identifying possible DLP failures. This should never be used to exfiltrate sensitive/live data. The id...

PowerUpSQL - A PowerShell Toolkit for Attacking SQL Server

The PowerUpSQL module includes functions that support SQL Server discovery, auditing for common weak configurations, and privilege escalation on scale. It is intended to be used during internal penetration tests and red team engagements. However, PowerUpSQL also includes many functions that could...

Unable-to-refresh-Storefront-Console

Event Viewer error: "An error occured during refresh. An error occured running the command: 'Get-DSWebReceiversSummary' Citrix.DeliveryServices.PowerShell.Command.Runner.Exceptions.PowerShellExecutionException: An error occured running the command: 'Get-DSWebReceiversSummary' ---...

Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Auditing: Azurite

Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Auditing Auditing Cloud services has become an essential task and significant effort is required to assess the security of the available resources. Azurite was developed to assist penetration testers and auditors during the enumeration and reconnaissance activities...