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2022-06-17 20:19:14 | BSidesSF 2022 Writeups: Tutorial Challenges (Shurdles, Loadit, Polyglot, NFT) (lien direct) | Hey folks, This is my (Ron's / iagox86's) author writeups for the BSides San Francisco 2022 CTF. You can get the full source code for everything on github. Most have either a Dockerfile or instructions on how to run locally. Enjoy! Here are the four BSidesSF CTF blogs: shurdles1/2/3, loadit1/2/3, polyglot, and not-for-taking mod_ctfauth, refreshing turtle, guessme loca, reallyprettymundane Shurdles - Shellcode Hurdles The Shurdles challenges are loosely based on a challenge from last year, Hurdles, as well as a Holiday Hack Challenge 2021 challenge I wrote called Shellcode Primer. It uses a tool I wrote called Mandrake to instrument shellcode to tell the user what's going on. It's helpful for debugging, but even more helpful as a teaching tool! The difference between this and the Holiday Hack version was that this time, I didn't bother to sandbox it, so you could pop a shell and inspect the box. I'm curious if folks did that.. probably they couldn't damage anything, and there's no intellectual property to steal. :) I'm not going to write up the solutions, but I did include solutions in the repository. Although I don't work for Counter Hack anymore, a MUCH bigger version of this challenge that I wrote is included in the SANS NetWars version launching this year. It covers a huge amount, including how to write bind- and reverse-shell shellcode from scratch. It's super cool! Unfortunately, I don't think SANS is doing hybrid events anymore, but if you find yourself at a SANS event be sure to check out NetWars! Loadit - Learning how to use LD_PRELOAD I wanted to make a few challenges that can be solved with LD_PRELOAD, which is where loadit came from! These are designed to be tutorial-style, so I think the solutions mostly speak for themselves. One interesting tidbit is that the third loadit challenge requires some state to be kept - rand() needs to return several different values. I had a few folks ask me about that, so I'll show off my solution here: #include int rand(void) { int answers[] = { 20, 22, 12, 34, 56, 67 }; static int count = 0; return answers[count++]; } // Just for laziness unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds) { return 0; } I use the static variable type to keep track of how many times rand() has been called. When you declare something as static inside a function, it means that the variable is initialized the first time the function is called, but changes are maintained as if it's a global variable (at least conceptually - in reality, it's initialized when the program is loaded, even if the function is never called). Ironically, this solution actually has an overflow - the 7th time and onwards rand() is called, it will start manipulating random memory. Luckily, we know that'll never happen. :) | Hack Tool | ★★★★ | |
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2022-06-17 12:09:54 | (Déjà vu) Check Point vs Palo Alto: Compare EDR software (lien direct) | >Check Point and Palo Alto are EDR tools that help your organization manage cybersecurity risk. But which EDR tool is best for your business? | Tool | ||
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2022-06-17 09:23:15 | (Déjà vu) Several Data-Stealing Apps Remain on Google Play Store According to Cybersecurity Researchers (lien direct) | Cybersecurity researchers from Dr. Web claim to have spotted numerous apps on the Google Play Store in May with adware and information-stealing malware built in. According to the report, the most dangerous of these apps features spyware tools capable of stealing information from other apps’ notifications, mainly to capture one-time two-factor authentication (2FA) one-time passwords […] | Malware Tool | ||
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2022-06-16 18:00:00 | Cybersecurity Researchers Find Several Google Play Store Apps Stealing Users Data (lien direct) | Most dangerous are spyware tools capable of stealing information from other apps' notifications | Tool | ||
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2022-06-16 12:24:02 | (Déjà vu) Want to block two billion known breached passwords from being used at your company? It\'s easy with Specops Password Policy tools (lien direct) | Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Specops. Thanks to the great team there for their support! With the help of live attack data, Specops Software’s Breached Password Protection can detect over 2 billion known breached passwords in your Active Directory. Using the Specops database, you can block commonly used … Continue reading "Want to block two billion known breached passwords from being used at your company? It’s easy with Specops Password Policy tools" | Tool | ||
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2022-06-16 11:28:00 | BrandPost: 4 Multi-Cloud Misconceptions that Put Organizations at Risk (lien direct) | What makes cloud computing appealing is also a reason to worry. It is easy to access your cloud environment anywhere with internet access, but that also means it's easy for cybercriminals and digital adversaries to access it.With the explosion of data over the past 10 years, the adoption of 5G, and the global nature of business, embracing a multi-cloud strategy is almost non-negotiable. But there's an overlooked factor in this shift that a lot of organizations still underestimate today. And that's cybersecurity.Traditional security strategies and tools intended to protect on-premises networks simply don't work when defending in the cloud. Instead, design and implement a comprehensive security solution that can protect against an expanding array of threats and increasingly sophisticated attacks targeting multi-cloud environments.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-16 10:00:00 | API security: 12 essential best practices to keep your data & APIs safe (lien direct) | This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. If you don’t think API security is that important, think again. Last year, 91% of organizations had an API security incident. The proliferation of SOAP and REST APIs makes it easy for organizations to tailor their application ecosystems. But, APIs also hold the keys to all of a company’s data. And as data-centric projects become more in demand, it increases the likelihood of a target API attack campaign. Experts agree that organizations that keep their API ecosystem open should also take steps to prevent ransomware attacks and protect data from unauthorized users. Here is a list of 12 tips to help protect your API ecosystem and avoid unnecessary security risks. Encryption The best place to start when it comes to any cybersecurity protocol is encryption. Encryption converts all of your protected information into code that can only be read by users with the appropriate credentials. Without the encryption key, unauthorized users cannot access encrypted data. This ensures that sensitive information stays far from prying eyes. In today’s digital business environment, everything you do should be encrypted. Using a VPN and Tor together runs your network connection through a secured server. Encrypting connections at every stage can help prevent unwanted attacks. Customer-facing activities, vendor and third-party applications, and internal communications should all be protected with TLS encryption or higher. Authentication Authentication means validating that a user or a machine is being truthful about their identity. Identifying each user that accesses your APIs is crucial so that only authorized users can see your company’s most sensitive information. There are many ways to authenticate API users: HTTP basic authentication API authentication key configuration IdP server tokens OAuth & OpenID Connect A great API has the ability to delegate authentication protocols. Delegating authorizations and authentication of APIs to an IdP can help make better use of resources and keep your API more secure. OAuth 2 is what prevents people from having to recall from memory thousands of passwords for numerous accounts across the internet and allows users to connect via trusted credentials through another provider (like when you use Facebook, Apple, or Google to log in or create an account online). This concept is also applied to API security with IdP tokens. Instead of users inputting their credentials, they access the API with a token provided by a third-party server. Plus, you can leverage the OpenId Connect standard by adding an identity layer on top of OAuth. Audit, log, and version Without adequate API monitoring, there is no way organizations can stop insidious attacks. Teams should continuously monitor the API and have an organized and repeatable troubleshooting process in place. It’s also important that companies audit and log data on the server and turn it into resources in case of an incident. A monitoring dashboard can help track API consumption and enhance monitoring practices. And don’t forget to add the version on all APIs and depreciate them when appropriate. Stay private Organizations should be overly cautious when it comes to vulnerabilities and privacy since data is one of the most valuable and sought-after business commodities. Ensu | Ransomware Tool | ||
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2022-06-16 05:46:07 | Houdini is Back Delivered Through a JavaScript Dropper, (Thu, Jun 16th) (lien direct) | Houdini is a very old RAT that was discovered years ago. The first mention I found back is from 2013! Houdini is a simple remote access tool written in Visual Basic Script. The script is not very interesting because it is non-obfuscated and has just been adapted to use a new C2 server (%%ip:194.5.97.17%%:4040). | Tool | ||
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2022-06-15 19:15:11 | CVE-2022-31044 (lien direct) | Rundeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. The Key Storage converter plugin mechanism was not enabled correctly in Rundeck 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, resulting in use of the encryption layer for Key Storage possibly not working. Any credentials created or overwritten using Rundeck 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 might result in them being written in plaintext to the backend storage. This affects those using any `Storage Converter` plugin. Rundeck 4.3.1 and 4.2.2 have fixed the code and upon upgrade will re-encrypt any plain text values. Version 4.3.0 does not have the vulnerability, but does not include the patch to re-encrypt plain text values if 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 were used. To prevent plaintext credentials from being stored in Rundeck 4.2.0/4.2.1, write access to key storage can be disabled via ACLs. After upgrading to 4.3.1 or later, write access can be restored. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-15 02:00:00 | How to mitigate Active Directory attacks that use the KrbRelayUp toolset (lien direct) | Those of you with on-premises Active Directory (AD) need to be aware of a new way to abuse Kerberos in your network. KrbRelayUp is a bundle of tools that streamlines the use of some features in Rubeus, KrbRelay, SCMUACBypass, PowerMad/SharpMad, Whisker, and ADCSPwn. Attackers use the toolset to impersonate an administrator via resource-based constrained delegation and execute code on a device's system account.Pure Azure AD environments are safe from this attack, but hybrid AD networks with both on-premises AD and Azure AD will be at risk. If an attacker compromises an Azure virtual machine that is synchronized with on-premises active directory, the attacker will gain system privileges on the virtual machine and be able to make more advances inside the network.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool | ||
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2022-06-14 21:15:16 | CVE-2022-31050 (lien direct) | TYPO3 is an open source web content management system. Prior to versions 9.5.34 ELTS, 10.4.29, and 11.5.11, Admin Tool sessions initiated via the TYPO3 backend user interface had not been revoked even if the corresponding user account was degraded to lower permissions or disabled completely. This way, sessions in the admin tool theoretically could have been prolonged without any limit. TYPO3 versions 9.5.34 ELTS, 10.4.29, and 11.5.11 contain a fix for the problem. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-14 15:15:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Symbiote Linux Backdoor is Hard to Detect, Aoqin Dragon Comes through Fake Removable Devices, China-Sponsored Groups Proxy through Compromised Routers, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, Hooking, Ransomware, Stealthiness, Vulnerabilities, and Web skimming. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Symbiote Deep-Dive: Analysis of a New, Nearly-Impossible-to-Detect Linux Threat
(published: June 9, 2022)
Intezer and BlackBerry researchers described a new, previously unknown malware family dubbed Symbiote. It is a very stealthy Linux backdoor and credential stealer that has been targeting financial and other sectors in Brazil since November 2021. Symbiote is a shared object (SO) library that is loaded into all running processes using LD_PRELOAD before any other SOs. It uses hardcoded lists to hide associated processes and files, and affects the way ldd displays lists of SOs to remove itself from it. Additionally, Symbiote uses three methods to hide its network traffic. For TCP, Symbiote hides traffic related to some high-numbered ports and/or certain IP addresses using two techniques: (1) hooking fopen and fopen64 and passing a scribbed file content for /proc/net/tcp that lists current TCP sockets, and (2) hooking extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) code to hide certain network traffic from packet capture tools. For UDP, Symbiote hooks two libpcap functions filtering out packets containing certain domains and fixing the packet count. All these evasion measures can lead to Symbiote being hidden during a live forensic investigation.
Analyst Comment: Defenders are advised to use network telemetry to detect anomalous DNS requests associated with Symbiote exfiltration attempts. Security solutions could be deployed as statically linked executables so they don’t expose themselves to this kind of compromise by calling for additional libraries.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Staged - T1074
Tags: Symbiote, target-region:Latin America, Brazil, target-country:BR, Financial, Linux, Berkeley Packet Filter, eBPF, LD_PRELOAD, Exfiltration over DNS, dnscat2
Alert (AA22-158A). People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices
(published: June 8, 2022)
Several US federal agencies issued a special Cybersecurity Advisory regarding China-sponsored activities concentrating on two aspects: compromise of unpatched network devices and threats to IT and telecom. Attackers compromise unpatched network devices, such as Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, to serve as “hop points” to obfuscate their China-based IP addresses in preparation and during the next intrusion. Similarly, routers in IT and Telecom companies are targeted for initial access by China-sponsored groups, this time using open-source router specific software frameworks, RouterSploit and RouterScan.
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2022-06-14 12:00:00 | SBOM in Action: finding vulnerabilities with a Software Bill of Materials (lien direct) | Posted by Brandon Lum and Oliver Chang, Google Open Source Security TeamThe past year has seen an industry-wide effort to embrace Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs)-a list of all the components, libraries, and modules that are required to build a piece of software. In the wake of the 2021 Executive Order on Cybersecurity, these ingredient labels for software became popular as a way to understand what's in the software we all consume. The guiding idea is that it's impossible to judge the risks of particular software without knowing all of its components-including those produced by others. This increased interest in SBOMs saw another boost after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its Secure Software Development Framework, which requires SBOM information to be available for software. But now that the industry is making progress on methods to generate and share SBOMs, what do we do with them?Generating an SBOM is only one half of the story. Once an SBOM is available for a given piece of software, it needs to be mapped onto a list of known vulnerabilities to know which components could pose a threat. By connecting these two sources of information, consumers will know not just what's in what's in their software, but also its risks and whether they need to remediate any issues.In this blog post, we demonstrate the process of taking an SBOM from a large and critical project-Kubernetes-and using an open source tool to identify the vulnerabilities it contains. Our example's success shows that we don't need to wait for SBOM generation to reach full maturity before we begin mapping SBOMs to common vulnerability databases. With just a few updates from SBOM creators to address current limitations in connecting the two sources of data, this process is poised to become easily within reach of the average software consumer. OSV: Connecting SBOMs to vulnerabilitiesThe following example uses Kubernetes, a major project that makes its SBOM available using the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) format-an international open standard (ISO) for communicating SBOM information. The same idea should apply to any project that makes its SBOM available, and for projects that don't, you can generate your own SBOM using the same bom tool Kubernetes created.We have chosen to map the SBOM to the Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) database, which describes vulnerabilities in a format that was specifically designed to map to open source package versions or commit hashes. The OSV database excels here as it provides a standardized format and aggregates information across multiple ecosystems (e.g., Python, Golang, Rust) and databases (e.g., Github Advisory Database (GHSA), Global Security Database (GSD)).To connect the SBOM to the database, we'll use the SPDX spdx-to-osv tool. This open source tool takes in an SPDX SBOM document, queries the OSV database of vulnerabilities, and returns an enumeration of vulnerabilities present in the software's declared components.Example: Kubernetes' SBOMThe first step is to download Kubernetes' SBOM, which is publicly available and contains information on the project, dependencies, versions, and | Tool Vulnerability | Uber | |
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2022-06-14 09:00:24 | An Autopsy on a Zombie In-the-Wild 0-day (lien direct) | Posted by Maddie Stone, Google Project Zero Whenever there’s a new in-the-wild 0-day disclosed, I’m very interested in understanding the root cause of the bug. This allows us to then understand if it was fully fixed, look for variants, and brainstorm new mitigations. This blog is the story of a “zombie” Safari 0-day and how it came back from the dead to be disclosed as exploited in-the-wild in 2022. CVE-2022-22620 was initially fixed in 2013, reintroduced in 2016, and then disclosed as exploited in-the-wild in 2022. If you’re interested in the full root cause analysis for CVE-2022-22620, we’ve published it here. In the 2020 Year in Review of 0-days exploited in the wild, I wrote how 25% of all 0-days detected and disclosed as exploited in-the-wild in 2020 were variants of previously disclosed vulnerabilities. Almost halfway through 2022 and it seems like we’re seeing a similar trend. Attackers don’t need novel bugs to effectively exploit users with 0-days, but instead can use vulnerabilities closely related to previously disclosed ones. This blog focuses on just one example from this year because it’s a little bit different from other variants that we’ve discussed before. Most variants we’ve discussed previously exist due to incomplete patching. But in this case, the variant was completely patched when the vulnerability was initially reported in 2013. However, the variant was reintroduced 3 years later during large refactoring efforts. The vulnerability then continued to exist for 5 years until it was fixed as an in-the-wild 0-day in January 2022.Getting Started In the case of CVE-2022-22620 I had two pieces of information to help me figure out the vulnerability: the patch (thanks to Apple for sharing with me!) and the description from the security bulletin stating that the vulnerability is a use-after-free. The primary change in the patch was to change the type of the second argument (stateObject) to the function FrameLoader::loadInSameDocument from a raw pointer, SerializedScriptValue* to a reference-counted pointer, RefPtr. trunk/Source/WebCore/loader/FrameLoader.cpp | Tool Vulnerability Patching | ||
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2022-06-14 00:00:00 | XDR vs SOAR: Finding the Right Tool for the Job (lien direct) | XDR vs SOAR: Finding the Right Tool for the JobIn the search for the right solution to support, extend, and empower your SOC, here’s what to know when evaluating XDR vs SOAR. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-13 18:30:20 | Russia-linked APT targets Ukraine by exploiting the Follina RCE vulnerability (lien direct) | >Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warns that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT group may exploit the Follina RCE vulnerability. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT may be exploiting the recently discovered Follina RCE. The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, impacts the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). Nation-state actors […] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-13 16:46:00 | Malware Intelligence Dashboards (lien direct) | Anomali Threat Research has released two, Malware Intelligence focused dashboards to assist cybersecurity and cyber threat intelligence professionals in organizing IOCs and strategic intelligence on relevant threats. These two dashboards are titled:
Malware Intelligence - Ransomware
Malware Intelligence - Remote Access Tools and Trojans
Ransomware and remote access tools and trojans are malware types used by threat actors spanning all levels of sophistication, from cybercriminal to advanced persistent threat to nation-state. Ransomware threat actors continue to be highly active and generate significant amounts of illicit funds, and learning more about how these threat actors operate can assist in taking proactive measures against such attacks.
Remote access tools are persistently abused by threat actors for malicious purposes. Knowing which tools the actors use and how they are used is important when making cybersecurity decisions to protect against this malware type; among numerous other variables.
These Malware Intelligence dashboards help amalgamate relevant information into a centralized location to assist in providing crucial contextual information in addition to the most recent IOCs made available through commercial and open-source threat feeds that users manage on ThreatStream.
Dashboards in ThreatStream provide a quick, digestible and timely source of key metrics on threat intelligence indicators. In ThreatStream you can access a number of different dashboard types: standard dashboards available out of the box; themed dashboards developed by the Anomali Threat Research Team; custom dashboards defined by by you; and specialized dashboards to support our Intelligence Initiatives or Lens+ specific data. From this month we greatly improve how an individual user can organize their dashboard views, enabling them to easily hide or show any dashboards available to them. Users show or hide any of the standard dashboards, as well as up to 10 other dashboards at any time. Management and ordering is now simplified so users can drag and drop visible dashboards to reorder according to priority and preference.
Key Capabilities
Users can now granularly manage their dashboards from across their organization and supplementary sources
Dashboards can be drawn from a library created by / visible to the user
Users can show / hide any standard ThreatStream dashboards
User can develop up to 10 custom dashboards for display.
Users will be able to drag and drop to edit the dashboard order and specify the user’s default dashboard (from April).
Customers can still avail of the Custom and ATR themed dashboards as previously
Benefits
Easy management of the rich set of dashboards available in ThreatStream
Quickly and easily access the right insights at the right time, in the right display order
Note: This screen now uses our new user interface design style - we hope you like it!
Malware Intelligence - Ransomware
Pulls OSINT and primary intelligence feeds related to ransomware samples, actors who use ransomware, and TTPs associated with known ransomware families, among others, and displays the data in 10 widgets.
Observables, IOCs, and threat models related to ransomware.
Malware Intelligence - Remote Access Tools and Trojans
Pulls OSINT and primary intelligence feeds related to remote access tool and trojan samples, actors who use these tools and trojans, and TTPs associated with known remote access tool and trojan families, among others, and displays the data in 10 widgets.
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2022-06-13 16:16:26 | API Security: Best Tools and Resources (lien direct) | Every organisation is facing a multitude of security challenges. These range from getting the basics right, like ensuring the correct firewall is in place, to higher-level challenges, such as API security and data privacy. One of the greatest challenges facing organizations these days is a comprehensive approach to API security. With an expanding number […] | Tool | ||
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2022-06-13 12:40:35 | PingPull RAT Activity Observed in New in the Wild Attacks (GALLIUM APT) (lien direct) | FortiGuard Labs is aware of a newly discovered in-the-wild remote access tool (RAT) used by GALLIUM APT, called PingPull. GALLIUM has targeted telecommunication, financial and governmental verticals, specifically in Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia in the past.GALLIUM was first detailed by CyberReason and Microsoft in 2019 in an operation targeting telecom providers stealing call detail records (CDR) that contain transactional information of SMS messages, sent and received phone calls, timestamps and other records. GALLIUM uses various off the shelf tools, and modified open source tools and malware to attack organizations for various campaigns. PingPull was observed by Palo Alto Networks in this latest campaign. Usage of the China Chopper webshell is commonly associated with this APT group as well.Powered by the CTABecause of our partnership in the Cyber Threat Alliance alongside other trusted partner organizations, Fortinet customers were protected in advance of this announcement.What is PingPull?PingPull is a remote access trojan (RAT). What makes PingPull novel is the usage of ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) which is not a typical TCP/UDP packet, that allows the threat actor to evade detection as it is not often monitored for anomalous activity. PingPull can also leverage HTTPS and TCP as well for further evasion. PingPull has been observed to install itself as a service for persistence. Besides containing typical RAT functionality, PingPull allows for a reverse shell further adding insult to injury. Previous RATs used by GALLIUM were modified versions of Poison Ivy and Gh0st Rat.Who is GALLIUM?GALLIUM is an APT group attributed to the Chinese government. The modus operandi of this group is to use various off the shelf tools to eventually compromise an organization via the utilization of stolen certificates to ultimately perform lateral movement within. Due to non-standardized APT naming conventions, GALLIUM is also known as Operation Soft Cell (CyberReason).What is the Status of Coverage?FortiGuard customers are protected against PingPull RAT by the following (AV) signatures:W32/PossibleThreatW64/Agent.BGA!trAll known URIs are blocked by the WebFiltering Client. | Malware Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-13 10:28:07 | Russian hackers start targeting Ukraine with Follina exploits (lien direct) | Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that the Russian hacking group Sandworm may be exploiting Follina, a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) currently tracked as CVE-2022-30190. [...] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-13 10:00:00 | DevSecOps deploy and operate processes (lien direct) | In the previous article, we covered the release process and how to secure the parts and components of the process. The deploy and operate processes are where developers, IT, and security meet in a coordinated handoff for sending an application into production.
The traditional handoff of an application is siloed where developers send installation instructions to IT, IT provisions the physical hardware and installs the application, and security scans the application after it is up and running. A missed instruction could cause inconsistency between environments. A system might not be scanned by security leaving the application vulnerable to attack. DevSecOps focus is to incorporate security practices by leveraging the security capabilities within infrastructure as code (IaC), blue/green deployments, and application security scanning before end-users are transitioned to the system.
Infrastructure as Code
IaC starts with a platform like Ansible, Chef, or Terraform that can connect to the cloud service provider’s (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Application Programming Interface (API) and programmatically tells it exactly what infrastructure to provision for the application. DevOps teams consult with developers, IT and security to build configuration files with all of the requirements that describe what the cloud service provider needs to provision for the application. Below are some of the more critical areas that DevSecOps covers using IaC.
Capacity planning - This includes rules around autoscaling laterally (automatically adding servers to handle additional demand, elastically) and scaling up (increasing the performance of the infrastructure like adding more RAM or CPU). Elasticity from autoscaling helps prevent non-malicious or malicious Denial of Service incidents.
Separation of duty – While IaC helps break down silos, developers, IT, and security still have direct responsibility for certain tasks even when they are automated. Accidentally deploying the application is avoided by making specific steps of the deploy process responsible to a specific team and cannot be bypassed.
Principal of least privilege – Applications have the minimum set of permissions required to operate and IaC ensures consistency even during the automated scaling up and down of resources to match demand. The fewer the privileges, the more protection systems have from application vulnerabilities and malicious attacks.
Network segmentation – Applications and infrastructure are organized and separated based on the business system security requirements. Segmentation protects business systems from malicious software that can hop from one system to the next, otherwise known as lateral movement in an environment.
Encryption (at rest and in transit) – Hardware, cloud service providers and operating systems have encryption capabilities built into their systems and platforms. Using the built-in capabilities or obtaining 3rd party encryption software protects the data where it is stored. Using TLS certificates for secured web communication between the client and business system protects data in transit. Encryption is a requirement for adhering with industry related compliance and standards criteria.
Secured (hardened) image templates – Security and IT develop the baseline operating system configuration and then create image templates that can be reused as part of autoscaling. As requirements change and patches are released, the baseline image is updated and redeployed.
Antivirus and vulnerability management tools – These tools are updated frequently to keep up with the dynamic security landscape. Instead of installing these tools in the baseline image, consider installing the tools t |
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2022-06-12 19:39:36 | Iranian Hackers Spotted Using a new DNS Hijacking Malware in Recent Attacks (lien direct) | The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor tracked under the moniker Lyceum has turned to using a new custom .NET-based backdoor in recent campaigns directed against the Middle East. "The new malware is a .NET based DNS Backdoor which is a customized version of the open source tool 'DIG.net,'" Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers Niraj Shivtarkar and Avinash Kumar said in a report published last week. " | Malware Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-10 17:44:17 | Overhaul your SEO with this automation tool (lien direct) | >WordLift SEO Tool for Google Sheets is a cost-effective and beginner-friendly SEO tool that quickly identifies opportunities to improve the way you create content. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-10 15:48:57 | Don\'t worry about losing data, thanks to this budget-friendly tool (lien direct) | Never worry about lost or corrupted files ever again. MiniTool Power Data Recovery Personal is an affordable solution that can help you recover data from any source. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-09 13:00:33 | Google to preview new Vertex AI tools at its virtual AI Summit (lien direct) | >Google's new tools and partnerships are designed to make machine learning easier to deploy and work with in the real world. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-09 09:17:56 | (Déjà vu) Unofficial Security Patch Released For Microsoft Zero-Day Vulnerability (lien direct) | As the Follina flaw continues to be exploited in the wild, an unofficial security patch for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) has been made available. Referenced as DogWalk, the issue relates to a path traversal flaw that, when a potential target opens a specially created “.diagcab” archive file that […] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-09 07:48:00 | Hackers using stealthy Linux backdoor Symbiote to steal credentials (lien direct) | Researchers have come across a stealthy Linux backdoor that uses sophisticated techniques to hide itself on compromised servers and steal credentials. Dubbed Symbiote because it injects itself into existing processes, the threat has been in development since at least November 2021 and seems to have been used against the financial sector in Latin America."Symbiote is a malware that is highly evasive," researchers from BlackBerry said in a new report. "Since the malware operates as a userland level rootkit, detecting an infection may be difficult. Network telemetry can be used to detect anomalous DNS requests and security tools such as AVs and EDRs should be statically linked to ensure they are not “infected” by userland rootkits."To read this article in full, please click here | Malware Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-09 03:54:41 | Even the Most Advanced Threats Rely on Unpatched Systems (lien direct) | Common cybercriminals are a menace, there's no doubt about it – from bedroom hackers through to ransomware groups, cybercriminals are causing a lot of damage. But both the tools used and the threat posed by common cybercriminals pale in comparison to the tools used by more professional groups such as the famous hacking groups and state-sponsored groups. In fact, these tools can prove almost | Ransomware Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-09 02:40:00 | RSA 2022: You\'re the New CISO. Want to Fix the Problem? Start by Simply Listening! (lien direct) | The new security boss needs to listen if they hope to win over a myriad of new constituencies in their first 90 days You just took over as the CISO, ready to dig in and make the most of this fantastic opportunity. With so much needing to be fixed, where do you start first? This topic received attention during the RSA 2022 security conference this week at a session that featured CISOs from Reddit, Amplitude and Robinhood. The CISOs recounted their first three months on the job, sharing the particular challenges they faced while building out their organizations’ strategies, policies and procedures. Any new CISO will need access to the best and most actionable intelligence possible about the shifting threats to their organizations. They’re walking into new situations where they’ll immediately be under the gun to translate all the data that they’re keeping tabs on into real business impact. All the while, they’ll be expected to report to their bosses in the C-suite both on the organization’s risks and security exposure as well as what they’re doing to stay ahead of the bad guys. Clearly, enterprises are going to need an updated approach to put them in a stronger position when it comes to threat detection and response. That doesn’t happen nearly enough, according to panelist Olivia Rose, the CISO of Amplitude. She noted that many new CISOs don’t listen carefully enough when they take over and risk ostracizing the people actually doing the work. Instead, she said the CISO’s first 30 days should be akin to a listening tour. The immediate goal is to build allies for any rethink of the organization's security posture. The longer-term goal is to implement the necessary tools and processes that will make it easier for the enterprise to stay on top of security threats. For example, one of the first things that another panelist, Caleb Sima, the CISO of Robinhood, did when he took over was to conduct an internal survey to measure the relationship between security and the rest of the organization. That was the jumping-off point for follow-up conversations with other departments about what they needed and how to improve the security relationship. After consulting with the engineering leadership and other stakeholders, he then built out planning decks with progress goals for his first year in preparation for a presentation of his findings to the executive team. It’s worth noting that this degree of sharing doesn’t need to be limited to the walls of an organization. Building on the advice outlined by Sima, new methods and tools are emerging to enable sharing within intelligence communities and among organizations that historically would have avoided sharing information for fear of spilling trade secrets. The Anomali platform, for example, makes threat intelligence sharing possible between ISACs, ISAOs, industry groups and other communities looking to share intelligence in a secure and trusted way. Winning Over the Board Perhaps no relationship – particularly during those first 90 days – is as critical as the one between the new CISO and the company’s board of directors. In the past, truth be told, the relationship left much to be desired. But in more recent years, more boards have recognized the strategic value of security and the monetary and reputational risks of data breaches. For new CISOs, it’s more important to articulate the nature of the gathering threats, real and potential, and the company’s defense capabilities – in plain English. That means keeping insights and implications very clear, with an emphasis on impact. Going even further, the CISO at some point early in their tenure will need to report progress t | Tool Threat Guideline | ||
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2022-06-08 21:24:02 | 0Patch released unofficial security patch for new DogWalk Windows zero-day (lien direct) | >0patch researchers released an unofficial security patch for a Windows zero-day vulnerability dubbed DogWalk. 0patch released an unofficial security patch for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) dubbed DogWalk. The issue impacts all Windows versions, starting from Windows 7 and Server Server 2008, including the latest releases. The flaw […] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-08 19:34:52 | This tool portably charges three devices at once (lien direct) | >Tired of hunting for multiple charging cables? Make your day simpler with the CHRGER™ Porta 3-in-1 Wireless Charger. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-08 09:57:00 | BrandPost: 4 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Workload Protection Platform (lien direct) | Every dollar spent on security must produce a return on investment (ROI) in the form of better detection or prevention. As an IT leader, finding the tool that meets this requirement is not always easy. It is tempting for CISOs and CIOs to succumb to the “shiny toy” syndrome: to buy the newest tool claiming to address the security challenges facing their hybrid environment.With cloud adoption on the rise, securing cloud assets will be a critical aspect of supporting digital transformation efforts and the continuous delivery of applications and services to customers well into the future.However, embracing the cloud widens the attack surface. That attack surface includes private, public, and hybrid environments. A traditional approach to security simply doesn't provide the level of security needed to protect this environment and requires organizations to have granular visibility over cloud events.To read this article in full, please click here | Tool Guideline | ||
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2022-06-08 06:24:15 | Researchers Warn of Unpatched "DogWalk" Microsoft Windows Vulnerability (lien direct) | An unofficial security patch has been made available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), even as the Follina flaw continues to be exploited in the wild. The issue - referenced as DogWalk - relates to a path traversal flaw that can be exploited to stash a malicious executable file to the Windows Startup folder when a potential target opens a | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-07 19:27:00 | Get your resume past automated screenings with this AI tool (lien direct) | This artificial intelligence assistant helps you take your working future by the horns. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-07 17:41:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Man-on-the-Side Attack Affects 48,000 IP Addresses, Iran Outsources Cyberespionage to Lebanon, XLoader Complex Randomization to Contact Mostly Fake C2 Domains, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, Confluence, Iran, Lebanon, Sandbox evasion, Signed files, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
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WinDealer Dealing on the Side
(published: June 2, 2022)
Kaspersky researchers detected a man-on-the-side attack used by China-sponsored threat group LuoYu. Man-on-the-side is similar to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack; the attacker has regular access to the communication channel. In these attacks LuoYu were using a potent modular malware dubbed WinDealer that can serve as a backdoor, downloader, and infostealer. The URL that distributes WinDealer is benign, but on rare conditions serves the malware. One WinDealer sample was able to use a random IP from 48,000 IP addresses of two Chinese IP ranges. Another WinDealer sample was programmed to interact with a non-existent domain name, www[.]microsoftcom.
Analyst Comment: Man-on-the-side attacks are hard to detect. Defense would require a constant use of a VPN to avoid networks that the attacker has access to. A defense-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defense processes) approach is a good mitigation step to help prevent actors from advanced threat groups.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Man-in-the-Middle - T1557 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 | [MITRE ATT&CK] File and Directory Discovery - T1083 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Modify Registry - T1112 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Screen Capture - T1113 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Process Discovery - T1057
Tags: Man-on-the-side attack, WinDealer, LuoYu, SpyDealer, Demsty, Man-in-the-middle, APT, EU, target-region:EU, North America, Russia, China, source-country:CN, target-country:CN, Germany, target-country:DE, Austria, target-country:AT, USA, target-country:US, Czech Republic, target-country:CZ, Russia, target-country:RU, India, target-country:IN.
Analysis of the Massive NDSW/NDSX Malware Campaign
(published: June 2, 2022)
Sucuri researchers describe the NDSW/NDSX (Parrot TDS) malware campaign that compromises websites to distribute other malware via fake update notifications. Currently one of the top threats involving compromised websites, NDSW/NDSX began operation in or before February 2019. This campaign utilizes various exploits including those based on newly-disclosed and zero-day vulnerabilities. After the compromise, the NDSW JavaScript is injected often followed by the PHP proxy script that loads the payload on the server side to hide the malware staging server. Next step involves the NDSX script downloading |
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2022-06-07 16:00:00 | Evil Corp Hacker Group Changes Ransomware Tactics to Evade US Sanctions (lien direct) | The Russian hacker group has shifted tactics and tools with an aim to continue profiting from its nefarious activity | Ransomware Tool | ||
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2022-06-07 12:59:01 | (Déjà vu) New \'DogWalk\' Windows zero-day bug gets free unofficial patches (lien direct) | Free unofficial patches for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) have been released today through the 0patch platform. [...] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-07 12:59:01 | Two-year-old Windows DIAGCAB zero-day gets unofficial patches (lien direct) | Free unofficial patches for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) have been released today through the 0patch platform. [...] | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-07 12:00:40 | Detecting Follina: Microsoft Office remote code execution zero-day (lien direct) | >by Bhabesh Raj Rai, Security ResearchOn May 27, 2022, a security researcher highlighted a malicious document submitted to VirusTotal from Belarus. The document used Microsoft Office's remote template feature to download an HTML file remotely and subsequently load it, which executed a PowerShell payload via the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). Adversaries who can exploit [...] | Tool | ||
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2022-06-07 11:21:47 | Attackers Use Public Exploits to Throttle Atlassian Confluence Flaw (lien direct) | The vulnerability remains unpatched on many versions of the collaboration tool and has potential to create a SolarWinds-type scenario. | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-06 23:26:16 | RSA 2022: Prometheus ransomware\'s flaws inspired researchers to try to build a near-universal decryption tool (lien direct) | Prometheus ransomware contained a weak random number generator that inspired researchers to try and build a one-size-fits-all decryptor. | Ransomware Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 22:35:38 | Apple\'s New Feature Will Install Security Updates Automatically Without Full OS Update (lien direct) | Apple has introduced a Rapid Security Response feature in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura that's designed to deploy security fixes without the need for a full operating system version update. "macOS security gets even stronger with new tools that make the Mac more resistant to attack, including Rapid Security Response that works in between normal updates to easily keep security up to date without a | Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 19:45:52 | Authy vs Google Authenticator: Two-factor authenticator comparison (lien direct) | >Check out these features from Authy and Google Authenticator before deciding which authentication tool is best for you. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 17:51:29 | ClickUp vs Notion: Project management software comparison (lien direct) | >ClickUp and Notion are both top software tools designed to enable effective project management, but which is best for your business? | Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 16:23:22 | How to always access your locked iOS device (lien direct) | >With this multifunctional iOS unlocking tool, you can solve various possible problems with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Get a lifetime subscription of the tool for a limited time. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 13:45:45 | RSAC insights: \'CAASM\' tools and practices get into the nitty gritty of closing network security gaps (lien direct) | Reducing the attack surface of a company's network should, by now, be a top priority for all organizations. Related: Why security teams ought to embrace complexity As RSA Conference 2022 gets underway today in San Francisco, advanced systems to help … (more…) | Tool | ||
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2022-06-06 11:22:01 | A Warning To Enterprises: It\'s Time To Retire On-prem; Migration To Cloud And Modern AppSec Tools Critical To Future Threats, What Do You Think? (lien direct) | In light of the critical Atlassian zero-day (CVE-2022-26134) that's just making headlines, Information Security Experts emphasis why it is better time to move to cloud but what do you think? | Tool | ||
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2022-06-05 11:17:21 | The privately funded killer-asteroid spotter is here (lien direct) | It's a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories-even with limited data. | Tool | ||
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2022-06-03 23:46:21 | LuoYu APT delivers WinDealer malware via man-on-the-side attacks (lien direct) | >Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor An “extremely sophisticated” China-linked APT tracked as LuoYu was delivering malware called WinDealer via man-on-the-side attacks. Researchers from Kaspersky have uncovered an “extremely sophisticated” China-linked APT group, tracked as LuoYu, that has been observed using a malicious Windows tool called WinDealer. LuoYu has been active since at […] | Malware Tool | ||
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2022-06-03 21:32:45 | AI and observability for IT operations: Does it improve performance? (lien direct) | >In a multi-cloud, multi-data center environment, IT needs new methods for tracking and troubleshooting applications. Observability tools can provide that. | Tool |
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