Credit card skimmer masquerades as favicon

Malware authors are notorious for their deceptive attempts at staying one step ahead of defenders. As their schemes get exposed, they always need to go back to their bag of tricks to pull out a new one. When it comes to online credit card skimmers, we have already seen a number of evasion...

OSSEM - A Tool To Assess Data Quality

A tool to assess data quality, built on top of the awesome OSSEM project. Mission Answer the question: I want to start hunting ATT&CK techniques, what log sources and events are more suitable? Create transparency on the strengths and weaknesses of your log sources Provide an easy way to evaluate...

MITRE ATT&CK APT 29 evaluation proves Microsoft Threat Protection provides deeper end to end view of advanced threats

As attackers use more advanced techniques, it’s even more important that defenders have visibility not just into each of the domains in their environment, but also across them to piece together coordinated, targeted, and advanced attacks. This level of visibility will allow us to get ahead of...

Beers with Talos Ep. #78: Fingerprints and hunting parties

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast episode No. 78 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 10, 2020 We have a couple great topics today — and only one of them is a COVID-19 related topic. So, it...

Friday Squid Blogging: On the Efficacy of Squid as Bait

How to use squid as bait. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...

This Map Shows the Global Spread of Zero-Day Hacking Techniques

The collection of countries using those secret hacking techniques has expanded far beyond the usual suspects...

CVE-2020-10601

VISAM VBASE Editor version 11.5.0.2 and VBASE Web-Remote Module allow weak hashing algorithm and insecure permissions which may allow a local attacker to bypass the password-protected mechanism through brute-force attacks, cracking techniques, or overwriting the password hash...

CVE-2020-10601

VISAM VBASE Editor version 11.5.0.2 and VBASE Web-Remote Module allow weak hashing algorithm and insecure permissions which may allow a local attacker to bypass the password-protected mechanism through brute-force attacks, cracking techniques, or overwriting the password hash...

CVE-2020-10601

CVE-2020-10601 affects VISAM VBASE Editor (11.5.0.2) and VBASE Web-Remote Module. The root cause is a weak hashing algorithm and insecure permissions, enabling a local attacker to bypass the password‑protected mechanism via brute-force or by overwriting the password hash. Impact is local, allowin...

Attack matrix for Kubernetes

Kubernetes, the most popular container orchestration system and one of the fastest-growing projects in the history of open source, becomes a significant part of many companies’ compute stack. The flexibility and scalability of containers encourage many developers to move their workloads to...

XSS-LOADER - XSS Payload Generator / XSS Scanner / XSS Dork Finder

All in one tools for XSS PAYLOAD GENERATOR -XSS SCANNER-XSS DORK FINDER Written by Hulya Karabag Instagram: Hulya Karabag Screenshots !https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYc0ykLdiofQcYKiTnhngvBcuOZsgiRAE-IGKdEx2Bi5o8Ca2ymOKEzKKa528oN9OuQRTbNhfk9CwWasvo5bW9b-GPwWiqjWP4g8R...

Latest Astaroth living-off-the-land attacks are even more invisible but not less observable

Following a short hiatus, Astaroth came back to life in early February sporting significant changes in its attack chain. Astaroth is an info-stealing malware that employs multiple fileless techniques and abuses various legitimate processes to attempt running undetected on compromised machines. Th...

Revamped HawkEye Keylogger Swoops in on Coronavirus Fears

There’s a new variant of the HawkEye keylogging malware making the rounds, featuring expanded info-stealing capabilities. Its operators are looking to capture the zeitgeist around the novel coronavirus. It’s being distributed using spam that purports to be an “alert” from the Director-General of...

Revamped HawkEye Keylogger Swoops in on Coronavirus Fears

There’s a new variant of the HawkEye keylogging malware making the rounds, featuring expanded info-stealing capabilities. Its operators are looking to capture the zeitgeist around the novel coronavirus. It’s being distributed using spam that purports to be an “alert” from the Director-General of...

What is the Best Defense Against Phishing Attacks?

Whether the subject line was “You’re account will be closed!” or the email address was [email protected], we have all received and rolled our eyes at a poorly disguised phishing attempt. While many view phishing as a small annoyance, this attack method has maintained longevity for a reason and...

Threat Analysis: CVE-2020-0796 – EternalDarkness (ghostSMB)

On March 10, 2020 analysis of a SMB vulnerability was inadvertently shared, under the assumption that Microsoft was releasing a patch for that vulnerability CVE-2020-0796. As of March 12, Microsoft has since released a patch for CVE-2020-0796, which is a vulnerability specifically affecting SMB3...

X (Formerly Twitter): Ability to bruteforce mopub account’s password due to lack of rate limitation protection using {ip rotation techniques}

Summary I tried to guess on my account. I sent out nearly 1,000 requests, and I was virtually banned on request about 120. But when I changed my IP and tried logging in, I was logged into the account without any additional checks Description: Your web authentication endpoint,...

New TrickBot Variant Updates Anti-Analysis Tricks

Researchers uncovered a new variant of the TrickBot malware that relies on new anti-analysis techniques, an updated method for downloading its payload as well as adopting minor changes to the integration of its components. TrickBot is a module-based malware that, while first identified as a banki...

2019: Looking Back at Malware

In 2019, attacker behavior evolved, becoming more evasive. The most common behaviors seen across all attack data—mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK™ Framework—were: Software Packing for Defense Evasion, Hidden Windows for Defense Evasion, Standard Application Layer Protocol for Command and Control C2,...

Variant of Paradise Ransomware Targets Office IQY Files

A new variant of the Paradise ransomware attacks rarely-targeted Microsoft Office Excel IQY files, providing a new and relatively inobtrusive way to infiltrate and hijack an organization’s network, researchers have found. Lastline Labs’ James Haughom discovered the variant in December in a spam...