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2022-01-25 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: MoonBounce, AccessPress, QR Code Scams and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Linux Malware, Supply-Chain Attacks, Malspam, Phishing, 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.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
FBI Warns Of Malicious QR Codes Used To Steal Your Money
(published: January 23, 2022)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released a notice that malicious QR codes have been found in the wild. These codes, when scanned, will redirect the victim to a site where they are prompted to enter personal and payment details. The site will then harvest these credentials for cybercriminals to commit fraud and empty bank accounts. This threat vector has been seen in Germany as of December 2021.
Analyst Comment: Always be sure to check that emails have been sent from a legitimate source, and that any financial details or method of payment is done through the website. While QR codes are useful and being used by businesses more often, it is easy for cybercriminals to perform this kind of scam. If scanning a physical QR code, ensure the code has not been replaced with a sticker placed on top of the original code. Check the final URL to make sure it is the intended site and looks authentic.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566
Tags: EU & UK, Banking and Finance
MoonBounce: The Dark Side Of UEFI Firmware
(published: January 20, 2022)
Kaspersky has reported that in September 2021, a bootloader malware infection had been discovered that embeds itself into UEFI firmware. The malware patches existing UEFI drivers and resides in the SPI flash memory located on the motherboard. This means that it will persist even if the hard drive is replaced. Code snippets and IP addresses link the activity to APT41, a group that is operated by a group of Chinese-speaking individuals. MoonBounce is highly sophisticated and very difficult to detect.
Analyst Comment: Systems should be configured to take advantage of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware security chips to secure their systems' boot image and firmware, where available. Secure boot is also a viable option to mitigate against attacks that would patch, reconfigure, or flash existing UEFI firmware to implant malicious code.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Pre-OS Boot - T1542 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Obfuscation - T1001 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encoding - T1132 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation of Remote Services - T1210 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Remote Services - T1021 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Shared Modules - T1129 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline | APT 41 APT 28 | |
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2022-01-24 08:15:09 | CVE-2021-24976 (lien direct) | The Smart SEO Tool WordPress plugin before 3.0.6 does not sanitise and escape the search parameter before outputting it back in an attribute when the TDK optimisation setting is enabled, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | Tool Guideline | ||
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2022-01-23 17:15:41 | CFRipper – CloudFormation Security Scanning & Audit Tool (lien direct) |  CFRipper is a Python-based Library and CLI security analyzer that functions as an AWS CloudFormation security scanning and audit tool, it aims to prevent vulnerabilities from getting to production infrastructure through vulnerable CloudFormation scripts.
You can use CFRipper to prevent deploying insecure AWS resources into your Cloud environment. You can write your own compliance checks by adding new custom plugins.
CFRipper should be part of your CI/CD pipeline. It runs just before a CloudFormation stack is deployed or updated and if the CloudFormation script fails to pass the security check it fails the deployment and notifies the team that owns the stack.
Read the rest of CFRipper – CloudFormation Security Scanning & Audit Tool now! Only available at Darknet.
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2022-01-20 00:00:00 | Rapport WatchGuard Threat Lab : 2021, l\'année de l\'explosion du nombre de malwares et ransomwares ciblant les endpoints (lien direct) | Paris, le 19 janvier 2022 - WatchGuard® Technologies, leader mondial en matière de sécurité et d\'intelligence réseau, de Wi-Fi sécurisé, d\'authentification multifacteur et de protection avancée des postes de travail, publie aujourd\'hui les résultats de son dernier rapport trimestriel sur la sécurité Internet. Ce rapport met en évidence les principales tendances en matière de malwares et menaces pour la sécurité réseau au troisième trimestre 2021, analysées par les chercheurs du Threat Lab de WatchGuard. Les données indiquent que si le volume total de détections de malwares dans le périmètre a diminué par rapport aux sommets atteints au trimestre précédent, les détections de malwares sur les endpoints ont quant à elles déjà dépassé le volume total observé en 2020 (les données du quatrième trimestre 2021 n\'ayant pas encore été communiquées). En outre, un pourcentage important de malwares continue de mettre à profit des connexions chiffrées, confirmant la tendance des trimestres précédents. Les rapports de recherche trimestriels de WatchGuard sont basés sur des données anonymisées provenant d\'appliances Firebox actives chez les clients WatchGuard et dont les propriétaires ont choisi de partager les données pour soutenir directement les efforts de recherche du Threat Lab. Au troisième trimestre 2021, WatchGuard a bloqué plus de 16,6 millions de variantes de malwares et près de 4 millions de menaces réseau. Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer chez WatchGuard commente : " Alors que le volume total d\'attaques réseau a légèrement diminué au troisième trimestre, le nombre de malwares détectés par terminal a progressé pour la première fois depuis le début de la pandémie. Mais il est important que les entreprises voient plus loin que les fluctuations à court terme pour se concentrer sur les tendances persistantes et préoccupantes telles que l\'utilisation accélérée des connexions chiffrées dans les attaques Zero-Day ". Parmi ses conclusions les plus notables, le rapport sur la sécurité Internet du troisième trimestre 2021 de WatchGuard révèle ce qui suit : Près de la moitié des malwares Zero-Day sont désormais diffusés via des connexions chiffrées – Alors que le nombre total de malwares 0-Day a connu une augmentation modeste de 3 % pour atteindre 67,2 % de l\'ensemble des malwares au troisième trimestre, le pourcentage de malwares diffusés via le protocole TLS (Transport Layer Security) a grimpé de 31,6 % à 47 %. Même si une moindre proportion des attaques Zero-Day chiffrées sont considérées comme avancées, la situation reste préoccupante d\'après les données de WatchGuard : celles-ci montrent en effet qu\'un grand nombre d\'organisations ne déchiffrent pas ces connexions et ont donc une mauvaise visibilité sur la quantité de malwares qui pénètrent leurs réseaux. Les cybercriminels ciblent les nouvelles vulnérabilités au fur et à mesure que les utilisateurs passent à des versions plus récentes de Microsoft Windows et Office – Si les vulnérabilités non corrigées des anciens logiciels restent un terrain de chasse prisé des cybercriminels, ces derniers cherchent également à exploiter les faiblesses des toutes dernières versions des produits Microsoft les plus répandus. Au troisième trimestre, CVE-2018-0802, qui exploite une vulné | Ransomware Tool Threat | ★★★ | |
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2022-01-19 22:45:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Russia-Sponsored Cyber Threats, China-Based Earth Lusca Active in Cyberespionage and Cybertheft, BlueNoroff Hunts Cryptocurrency-Related Businesses, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, HTTP Stack, Malspam, North Korea, Phishing, Russia 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.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Earth Lusca Employs Sophisticated Infrastructure, Varied Tools and Techniques
(published: January 17, 2022)
The Earth Lusca threat group is part of the Winnti cluster. It is one of different Chinese groups that share aspects of their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) including the use of Winnti malware. Earth Lusca were active throughout 2021 committing both cyberespionage operations against government-connected organizations and financially-motivated intrusions targeting gambling and cryptocurrency-related sectors. For intrusion, the group tries different ways in including: spearphishing, watering hole attacks, and exploiting publicly facing servers. Cobalt Strike is one of the group’s preferred post-exploitation tools. It is followed by the use of the BioPass RAT, the Doraemon backdoor, the FunnySwitch backdoor, ShadowPad, and Winnti. The group employs two separate infrastructure clusters, first one is rented Vultr VPS servers used for command-and-control (C2), second one is compromised web servers used to scan for vulnerabilities, tunnel traffic, and Cobalt Strike C2.
Analyst Comment: Earth Lusca often relies on tried-and-true techniques that can be stopped by security best practices, such as avoiding clicking on suspicious email/website links and or reacting on random banners urging to update important public-facing applications. Don’t be tricked to download Adobe Flash update, it was discontinued at the end of December 2020. Administrators should keep their important public-facing applications (such as Microsoft Exchange and Oracle GlassFish Server) updated.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Drive-by Compromise - T1189 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploit Public-Facing Application - T1190 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Scheduled Task - T1053 | [MITRE ATT&CK] System Services - T1569 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Account Manipulation - T1098 | [MITRE ATT&CK] BITS Jobs - T1197 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create Account - T1136 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Create or Modify System Process - T1543 | [MITRE ATT&CK] External Remote Services - T1133 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow |
Ransomware Malware Tool Vulnerability Threat Patching Guideline | APT 41 APT 38 APT 29 APT 28 APT 28 | |
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2022-01-19 21:15:08 | CVE-2021-23843 (lien direct) | The Bosch software tools AccessIPConfig.exe and AmcIpConfig.exe are used to configure certains settings in AMC2 devices. The tool allows putting a password protection on configured devices to restrict access to the configuration of an AMC2. An attacker can circumvent this protection and make unauthorized changes to configuration data on the device. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the device\'s configuration or make it unresponsive in the local network. The attacker needs to have access to the local network, typically even the same subnet. | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-01-19 10:00:00 | Reducing Security Risks in Open Source Software at Scale: Scorecards Launches V4 (lien direct) |  Posted by Laurent Simon and Azeem Shaikh, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST) Since our July announcement of Scorecards V2, the Scorecards project-an automated security tool to flag risky supply chain practices in open source projects-has grown steadily to over 40 unique contributors and 18 implemented security checks. Today we are proud to announce the V4 release of Scorecards, with larger scaling, a new security check, and a new Scorecards GitHub Action for easier security automation.The Scorecards Action is released in partnership with GitHub and is available from GitHub's Marketplace. The Action makes using Scorecards easier than ever: it runs automatically on repository changes to alert developers about risky supply-chain practices. Maintainers can view the alerts on GitHub's code scanning dashboard, which is available for free to public repositories on GitHub.com and via GitHub Advanced Security for private repositories. Additionally, we have scaled our weekly Scorecards scans to over one million GitHub repositories, and have partnered with the Open Source Insights website for easy user access to the data. For more details about the release, including the new Dangerous-Workflow security check, visit the OpenSSF's official blog post here.
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2022-01-19 06:39:32 | Russian Hackers Heavily Using Malicious Traffic Direction System to Distribute Malware (lien direct) | Potential connections between a subscription-based crimeware-as-a-service (Caas) solution and a cracked copy of Cobalt Strike have been established in what the researchers suspect is being offered as a tool for its customers to stage post-exploitation activities. Prometheus, as the service is called, first came to light in August 2021 when cybersecurity company Group-IB disclosed details of | Malware Tool | ||
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2022-01-19 00:00:00 | Quelles tendances émergentes de cybersécurité devraient-elles être conscientes? Alors que le monde devient plus connecté numériquement, les entreprises doivent être conscientes des risques croissants de cybersécurité. What Emerging Cybersecurity Trends Should Enterprises Be Aware Of?As the world becomes more digitally connected, enterprises need to be aware of the growing cybersecurity risks.Read More (lien direct) |
As the world becomes more digitally connected every year â and with the pandemic further accelerating digital transformation â all types of enterprises need to be aware of the growing cybersecurity risks that come with this shift. In Europe, for example, significant attacks on critical sectors more than doubled in 2020 compared to 2019, according to data from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, as reported by CNN. In 2021, the picture arguably became even bleaker around the world, with major ransomware attacks causing disruption to companies in industries ranging from energy to meat processing.In the first six months of 2021 alone, ransomware-related reported activity in the U.S. had a higher total value ($590 million) than all ransomware-related reported suspicious activity in the U.S. in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury\'s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The total number of suspicious events filed in the first six months of 2021 in the U.S. also exceeded all of what occurred in the country in 2020 by 30%, the agency reports. Yet itâs not just ransomware thatâs wreaking havoc. Enterprises also need to be prepared for cyber threats like denial of service (DoS) attacks, where a flood of network activity can interrupt servers, thereby causing business interruption. Cisco predicts that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks (a subset of DoS, which involves using multiple devices to send a flood of traffic, as opposed to just using one device with a DoS attack) globally will roughly âdouble from 7.9 million in 2018 to 15.4 million by 2023.âIn addition to preparing for these types of cyberattacks, enterprises will also increasingly need to be aware of and comply with privacy-related regulations. As governments around the world try to bolster their cybersecurity responses, they are passing or at least considering new rules and guidance around how companies need to handle sensitive data and privacy issues. Amidst this preparation, enterprises also need to recognize that cybersecurity plans arenât foolproof, especially as attacks evolve. That means assets could be at risk even with solid defenses in place. So, enterprises increasingly need to think about not just how to prevent cyber attacks but also consider the dollar-value cost of risk, given that events will inevitably occur. This process, known as cyber risk quantification â a form of financial quantification â helps enterprises think about and discuss cyber risk in definitive business terms. Knowing how much money is at stake and how different cyber events could affect revenue and profit can help businesses prioritize defenses and take mitigating action like securing cyber insurance. In this report, weâll take a closer look at these emerging cybersecurity trends that enterprises should be aware of. Understanding these areas can help organizations potentially improve their risk management, both from a cybersecurity and overall governance standpoint. ââEvolving Ransomware RisksWhile ransomware is not a new type of threat, the scale and intensity of ransomware continue to broaden. Enterprises large and small, across all types of industries, need to be prepared for these cyber attacks.For one, ransomware-as-a-service, âwhere ransomware variants are licensed to individuals and accomplices to execute attacks,â as Reuters explains, has been on the rise. Based on suspicious activity reports, FinCEN identified 68 ransomware variants in the first half of 2021.âThe resulting emergence of new attackers has led to increased uncertainty and volatility for companies in responding to attacks due to the lack of information on the growing number of ransomware threat actors,â adds Reuters.Part of the problem is also that ransomware attacks arenât just being launched on an ad-hoc basis by individuals. Instead, thereâs in | Ransomware Tool Threat Prediction Cloud | ★★★ | |
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2022-01-18 23:15:08 | CVE-2022-21690 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions The path parameter of the requested URL is not sanitized before being passed to the QT frontend. This path is used in all components for displaying the server access history. This leads to a rendered HTML4 Subset (QT RichText editor) in the Onionshare frontend. | Tool Guideline | ||
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2022-01-18 23:15:08 | CVE-2022-21694 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. The website mode of the onionshare allows to use a hardened CSP, which will block any scripts and external resources. It is not possible to configure this CSP for individual pages and therefore the security enhancement cannot be used for websites using javascript or external resources like fonts or images. | Tool | ||
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2022-01-18 23:15:08 | CVE-2022-21692 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions anyone with access to the chat environment can write messages disguised as another chat participant. | Tool | ||
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2022-01-18 22:15:08 | CVE-2022-21693 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions an adversary with a primitive that allows for filesystem access from the context of the Onionshare process can access sensitive files in the entire user home folder. This could lead to the leaking of sensitive data. Due to the automatic exclusion of hidden folders, the impact is reduced. This can be mitigated by usage of the flatpak release. | Tool Guideline | ★★★★★ | |
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2022-01-18 22:15:08 | CVE-2022-21695 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions authenticated users (or unauthenticated in public mode) can send messages without being visible in the list of chat participants. This issue has been resolved in version 2.5. | Tool | ★★★ | |
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2022-01-18 22:15:08 | CVE-2022-21691 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions chat participants can spoof their channel leave message, tricking others into assuming they left the chatroom. | Tool | ★★ | |
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2022-01-18 22:15:07 | CVE-2022-21689 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions the receive mode limits concurrent uploads to 100 per second and blocks other uploads in the same second, which can be triggered by a simple script. An adversary with access to the receive mode can block file upload for others. There is no way to block this attack in public mode due to the anonymity properties of the tor network. | Tool | ★★ | |
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2022-01-18 22:15:07 | CVE-2022-21688 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. Affected versions of the desktop application were found to be vulnerable to denial of service via an undisclosed vulnerability in the QT image parsing. Roughly 20 bytes lead to 2GB memory consumption and this can be triggered multiple times. To be abused, this vulnerability requires rendering in the history tab, so some user interaction is required. An adversary with knowledge of the Onion service address in public mode or with authentication in private mode can perform a Denial of Service attack, which quickly results in out-of-memory for the server. This requires the desktop application with rendered history, therefore the impact is only elevated. This issue has been patched in version 2.5. | Tool Vulnerability Guideline | ||
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2022-01-18 20:15:07 | CVE-2022-21696 (lien direct) | OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions it is possible to change the username to that of another chat participant with an additional space character at the end of the name string. An adversary with access to the chat environment can use the rename feature to impersonate other participants by adding whitespace characters at the end of the username. | Tool | ||
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2022-01-18 17:23:12 | \'White Rabbit\' Ransomware May Be FIN8 Tool (lien direct) | It's a double-extortion play that uses the command-line password 'KissMe' to hide its nasty acts and adorns its ransom note with cutesy ASCII bunny art. | Ransomware Tool | ||
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2022-01-13 00:37:23 | Iranian Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Deploy PowerShell Backdoor (lien direct) | An Iranian state-sponsored actor has been observed scanning and attempting to abuse the Log4Shell flaw in publicly-exposed Java applications to deploy a hitherto undocumented PowerShell-based modular backdoor dubbed "CharmPower" for follow-on post-exploitation. "The actor's attack setup was obviously rushed, as they used the basic open-source tool for the exploitation and based their operations | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-01-12 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: FluBot, iOS, Ransomware, Zloader, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Data breach, Phishing, Ransomware 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.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Attack Misuses Google Docs Comments to Spew Out “Massive Wave” of Malicious Links
(published: January 7, 2022)
Security researchers have seen a very large number of attacks leveraging the comment features of Google Docs to send emails to users containing malicious content. The attackers can create a document, sheet, or slides and add comments tagging any user's email address. Google then sends an email to the tagged user account. These emails come from Google itself and are more likely to be trusted than some other phishing avenues.
Analyst Comment: Phishing education can often help users identify and prevent phishing attacks. Specific to this attack method, users should verify that any unsolicited comments that are received come from the user indicated, and if unsure, reach out separately to the user that appears to have sent the comment to verify that it is real. Links in email should be treated with caution.
MITRE ATT&CK:[MITRE ATT&CK] Masquerading - T1036 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1156
Tags: Google, Impersonation, Phishing
Finalsite Ransomware Attack Forces 5,000 School Websites Offline
(published: January 7, 2022)
Finalsite, a firm used by schools for website content management, design, and hosting, has been hit by an unknown strain of ransomware that affected approximately 5,000 of their 8,000 customers. The company has said in a statement that many of the affected sites were preemptively shut down to protect user's data, that there is no evidence of that data was breached (although they did not confirm that they had the needed telemetry in place to detect that), and that most of the sites and services have been restored.
Analyst Comment: Verified backup and disaster recovery processes are an important aspect of protecting organizations and allowing for remediation of successful attacks. Monitoring and telemetry can aid in detection and prevention from attacks, and provide evidence as to whether data has been exfiltrated.
MITRE ATT&CK:[MITRE ATT&CK] Web Service - T1102 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Encrypted for Impact - T1486
Tags: Education, Finalsite, Ransomware, Web hosting
FluBot’s Authors Employ Creative and Sophisticated Techniques to Achieve Their Goals in Version 5.0 and Beyond
(published: January 6, 2022)
Security researchers have analyzed a new and more sophisticated version of the FluBot Android malware first detected in early 2020. Once installed on a device, the malware can full |
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2022-01-10 10:00:00 | Qu'est-ce qui est mieux que l'intelligence des menaces libres? What\\'s Better Than Free Threat Intelligence? (lien direct) |
Beaucoup diraient que la sécurité efficace n'est pas basée sur les contrôles de sécurité déployés, mais l'expertise et les renseignements derrière ces contrôles.Pour répondre à la question critique: «Notre organisation est-elle à risque?»nécessite un aperçu approfondi de l'évolution du paysage des menaces.Les praticiens de la sécurité doivent savoir qui sont les acteurs de menace les plus prolifiques, les outils qu'ils utilisent et les indicateurs et tactiques, techniques et procédures (TTP) associés à leurs attaques.
Pour aider les organisations de toutes tailles à répondre à beaucoup de ces questions, Mandiant propose un abonnement gratuit et gratuit de
Many would say that effective security is not based on the security controls deployed, but the expertise and the intelligence behind those controls. To answer the critical question, “Is our organization at risk?” requires deep insight into the evolving threat landscape. Security practitioners need to know who the most prolific threat actors are, the tools they are using, and the indicators and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with their attacks. To help organizations of all sizes better address many of these questions, Mandiant offers a limited, free subscription of |
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2022-01-07 22:36:52 | Digital Tool Estimates Software Firewall Credits for Your Environment (lien direct) | Our handy Software NGFW Credit Estimator tool can easily figure out when to dial up and down these instances of our industry-leading NGFWs. | Tool Guideline | ||
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2022-01-06 12:15:08 | CVE-2021-44564 (lien direct) | A security vulnerability originally reported in the SYNC2101 product, and applicable to specific sub-families of SYNC devices, allows an attacker to download the configuration file used in the device and apply a modified configuration file back to the device. The attack requires network access to the SYNC device and knowledge of its IP address. The attack exploits the unsecured communication channel used between the administration tool Easyconnect and the SYNC device (in the affected family of SYNC products). | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2022-01-05 19:55:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: $5 Million Breach Extortion, APTs Using DGA Subdomains, Cyberespionage Group Incorporates A New Tool, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, Cyberespionage, Data breach, DGA, Infostealer, Phishing, Rootkit, 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.
Trending Cyber News and Threat Intelligence
Fintech Firm Hit by Log4j Hack Refuses to Pay $5 Million Ransom
(published: December 29, 2021)
The Vietnamese crypto trading, ONUS, was breached by unknown threat actor(s) by exploiting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) vulnerability between December 11 and 13. The exploited target was an AWS server running Cyclos, which is a point-of-sale software provider, and the server was only intended for sandbox purposes. Actors were then able to steal information via the misconfigured AWS S3 buckets containing information on approximately two million customers. Threat actors then attempted to extort five million dollars (USD).
Analyst Comment: Although Cyclos issued a warning to patch on December 13, the threat actors had already gained illicit access. Even though Log4Shell provided initial access to the compromised server, it was the misconfigured buckets the actors took advantage of to steal data.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203
Tags: ONUS, Log4Shell, CVE-2021-44228,
Strategically Aged Domain Detection: Capture APT Attacks With DNS Traffic Trends
(published: December 29, 2021)
Palo Alto Networks Unit42 researchers have published a report based on their tracking of strategically-aged malicious domains (registered but not used until a specific time) and their domain generation algorithm (DGA) created subdomains. Researchers found two Pegasus spyware command and control domains that were registered in 2019 and were not active until July 2021. A phishing campaign using DGA subdomains that were similar to those used during the SolarWinds supply chain attack was also identified.
Analyst Comment: Monitor your networks for abnormal DNS requests, and have bandwidth limitations in place, if possible, to prevent numerous connections to DGA domains. Knowing which DGAs are most active in the wild will allow you to build a proactive defense by detecting any DGA that is in use. Anomali can detect DGA algorithms used by malware to assist in defending against these types of threats.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Dynamic Resolution - T1568 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Phishing - T1566 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Application Layer Protocol - T1071
Tags: DGA , Pegasus, Phishing
Implant.ARM.iLOBleed.a
(published: December 28, 2021)
Amnpardaz researchers discovered a new rootkit that has been targeting Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) server managemen |
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2022-01-05 17:24:24 | How to deploy the Portainer container management tool with persistent storage (lien direct) | Looking for a powerful web-based Docker container manager? Jack Wallen shows you how to deploy one of the best on the market. | Tool | ||
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2022-01-05 09:55:56 | CredNinja – Test Credential Validity of Dumped Credentials or Hashes (lien direct) |  CredNinja is a tool to quickly test credential validity of dumped credentials (or hashes) across an entire network or domain very efficiently.
At the core of it, you provide it with a list of credentials you have dumped (or hashes, it can pass-the-hash) and a list of systems on the domain (the author suggests scanning for port 445 first, or you can use ââscanâ). It will tell you if the credentials you dumped are valid on the domain, and if you have local administrator access to a host.
Read the rest of CredNinja – Test Credential Validity of Dumped Credentials or Hashes now! Only available at Darknet.
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2022-01-03 13:15:08 | CVE-2021-24973 (lien direct) | The Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 5.17.3 does not sanitise and escape the site-reviews parameter of the glsr_action AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and any authenticated users), allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the Tool dashboard of the plugin | Tool | ||
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2021-12-30 14:15:07 | CVE-2021-43861 (lien direct) | Mermaid is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. Prior to version 8.13.8, malicious diagrams can run javascript code at diagram readers' machines. Users should upgrade to version 8.13.8 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading. | Tool | ||
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2021-12-30 12:11:04 | GUEST ESSAY: Here\'s how \'WFM\' tools can boost productivity - and security - of remote workers (lien direct) | Workforce management software (WFM) is an essential tool companies across industries can use to organize their workforce, track employee work and performance, forecast labor demand, and create schedules for employees. Related: Turning workers into security security sensors Most, … (more…) | Tool | ||
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2021-12-29 17:05:47 | assetfinder – Find Related Domains and Subdomains (lien direct) |  assetfinder is a Go-based tool to find related domains and subdomains that are potentially related to a given domain from a variety of sources including Facebook, ThreatCrowd, Virustotal and more.
assetfinder uses a variety of sources including those in the infosec space and social networks which can give relevant info:
crt.sh
certspotter
hackertarget
threatcrowd
wayback machine
dns.bufferover.run
facebook â Needs FB_APP_ID and FB_APP_SECRET environment variables set (https://developers.facebook.com/) and you need to be careful with your appâs rate limits
virustotal â Needs VT_API_KEY environment variable set (https://developers.virustotal.com/reference)
findsubdomains â Needs SPYSE_API_TOKEN environment variable set (the free version always gives the first response page, and you also get â25 unlimited requestsâ) â (https://spyse.com/apidocs)
Sources to be implemented:
http://api.passivetotal.org/api/docs/
https://community.riskiq.com/ (?)
https://riddler.io/
http://www.dnsdb.org/
https://certdb.com/api-documentation
Usage of assetfinder to Find Related Domains and Subdomains
The usage is very simple with only one option basically, to limit the search to subdomains only â by default it will scan for all associated domains and subdomains.
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2021-12-29 16:00:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Equation Group\'s Post-Exploitation Framework, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Protocol Exploited, Third Log4j Vulnerability, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: Apache Log4j 2, APT, Malspam, Ngrok relay, Phishing, Sandbox evasion, Scam, 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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A Deep Dive into DoubleFeature, Equation Group’s Post-Exploitation Dashboard
(published: December 27, 2021)
Check Point researchers have published their findings on the Equation Group’s post-exploitation framework DanderSpritz — a major part of the “Lost in Translation” leak — with a focus on its DoubleFeature logging tool. DoubleFeature (similar to other Equation Group tools) employs several techniques to make forensic analysis difficult: function names are not passed explicitly, but instead a checksum of it; strings used in DoubleFeature are decrypted on-demand per function and they are re-encrypted once function execution completes. DoubleFeature also supports additional obfuscation methods, such as a simple substitution cipher and a stream cipher. In its information gathering DoubleFeature can monitor multiple additional plugins including: KillSuit (also known as KiSu and GrayFish) plugin that is running other plugins, providing a framework for persistence and evasion, MistyVeal (MV) implant verifying that the targeted system is indeed an authentic victim, StraitBizarre (SBZ) cross-platform implant, and UnitedRake remote access tool (UR, EquationDrug).
Analyst Comment: It is important to study Equation Group’s frameworks because some of the leaked exploits were seen exploited by other threat actors. Defense-in-depth (layering of security mechanisms, redundancy, fail-safe defense processes) is the best way to ensure safety from APTs, including a focus on both network and host-based security. Prevention and detection capabilities should also be in place.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Modify Registry - T1112 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Rootkit - T1014 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion - T1497 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140
Tags: Equation Group, DanderSpritz, DoubleFeature, Shadow Brokers, EquationDrug, UnitedRake, DiveBar, KillSuit, GrayFish, StraitBizarre, MistyVeal, PeddleCheap, DiceDealer, FlewAvenue, DuneMessiah, CritterFrenzy, Elby loader, BroughtHotShot, USA, Russia, APT
Dridex Affiliate Dresses Up as Scrooge
(published: December 23, 2021)
Days before Christmas, an unidentified Dridex affiliate is using malspam emails with extremely emotion-provoking lures. One malicious email purports that 80% of the company’s employees have tested positive for Omicron, a variant of COVID-19, another email claims that the recipient was just terminated from his or her job. The attached malicious Microsoft Excel documents have two anti-sandbox features: they are password protected, and the macro doesn’t run until a user interacts with a pop-up dialog. If the user makes the macro run, it will drop an .rtf f |
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2021-12-28 21:00:00 | New Apache Log4j Update Released to Patch Newly Discovered Vulnerability (lien direct) | The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Tuesday rolled out fresh patches to contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in Log4j that could be abused by threat actors to run malicious code on affected systems, making it the fifth security shortcoming to be discovered in the tool in the span of a month. Tracked as CVE-2021-44832, the vulnerability is rated 6.6 in severity on a scale of 10 and | Tool Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2021-12-28 19:23:29 | Researchers Dive Into Equation Group Tool \'DoubleFeature\' (lien direct) | Security researchers at Check Point are publicly documenting the Equation Group APT's DoubleFeature, a component of DanderSpritz post-exploitation framework. | Tool | ||
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2021-12-28 14:18:05 | DoubleFeature, post-exploitation dashboard used by Equation Group APT (lien direct) | Researchers analyzed the DoubleFeature logging tool of DanderSpritz Framework that was used by the Equation Group APT group. Check Point researchers have published a detailed analysis of the DoubleFeature tool used to log post-exploitation activities in attacks conducted by the Equation Group and involving the DanderSpritz malware framework. DanderSpritz made the headlines on April 14, […] | Malware Tool | ||
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2021-12-28 01:47:25 | Experts Detail Logging Tool of DanderSpritz Framework Used by Equation Group Hackers (lien direct) | Cybersecurity researchers have offered a detailed glimpse into a system called DoubleFeature that's dedicated to logging the different stages of post-exploitation stemming from the deployment of DanderSpritz, a full-featured malware framework used by the Equation Group. DanderSpritz came to light on April 14, 2017, when a hacking group known as the Shadow Brokers leaked the exploit tool, among | Malware Tool | ||
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2021-12-27 17:28:38 | Mortar Loader: New tool for Process Hollowing written in Pascal (lien direct) | Mortar Loader is a new process hollowing tool that can be leveraged by threat actors. Process Hollowing is a well-known evasion technique used by adversaries to defeat detection and prevention by security products. Mortar Loader is implemented as an open-source tool for red teamers in the Pascal programming language.A loader is malicious code or program used for loading the actual payload on the infected machine.What is Process Hollowing?Process Hollowing is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process. It is commonly performed by creating a process in a suspended state then unmapping its memory, which can then be replaced with malicious code. Adversaries may inject malicious code into suspended and hollowed processes in order to evade process-based defenses.How does Mortar Loader work?Mortar has two components, the payload encryptor and the loader itself.The encryptor runs on the attacker's machine to prepare the selected PE payload. It encrypts it with the blowfish symmetric encryption algorithm and encodes the ciphertext with base64.The Loader uses memory stream objects to reverse the operations and decode and decrypt the payload using a hardcoded key. It can be compiled as a standalone executable or a DLL. The plaintext payload is executed using the vanilla Process Hollowing technique without writing it to a file on diskWhat is the Status of Coverage?FortiEDR detects and blocks payloads executed by Mortar Loader out-of-the-box as it detects Process Hollowing from the operating system's perspective.Depending on the enabled set of policies, FortiEDR can block creation of such malicious processes (pre-execution) or malicious operations performed by the payload (post-infection). | Tool Threat | ||
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2021-12-23 09:21:00 | CISA Releases Free Scanner to Spot Log4j Exposure (lien direct) | Tool will help security teams root out unpatched instances | Tool | ||
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2021-12-22 12:28:37 | CrowdStrike Launches Free Targeted Log4j Search Tool (lien direct) | The recently discovered Log4j vulnerability has serious potential to expose organizations across the globe to a new wave of cybersecurity risks as threat actors look to exploit this latest vulnerability to execute their malicious payloads using remote code execution (RCE). An immediate challenge that every organization faces is simply trying to understand exactly where you […] | Tool Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2021-12-21 23:01:52 | Active Directory Bugs Could Let hackers Take Over Windows Domain Controllers (lien direct) | Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities - tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 - have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum of 10 and concern a privilege escalation flaw affecting the | Tool | ||
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2021-12-21 17:37:20 | PYSA ransomware behind most double extortion attacks in November (lien direct) | Security analysts from NCC Group report that ransomware attacks in November 2021 increased over the past month, with double-extortion continuing to be a powerful tool in threat actors' arsenal. [...] | Ransomware Tool Threat | ||
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2021-12-21 16:46:02 | Two Active Directory Bugs Lead to Easy Windows Domain Takeover (lien direct) | Microsoft is urging customers to patch two Active Directory domain controller bugs after a PoC tool was publicly released on Dec. 12. | Tool | ||
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2021-12-20 22:15:07 | CVE-2021-43844 (lien direct) | MSEdgeRedirect is a tool to redirect news, search, widgets, weather, and more to a user's default browser. MSEdgeRedirect versions before 0.5.0.1 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via specifically crafted URLs. This vulnerability requires user interaction and the acceptance of a prompt. With how MSEdgeRedirect is coded, parameters are impossible to pass to any launched file. However, there are two possible scenarios in which an attacker can do more than a minor annoyance. In Scenario 1 (confirmed), a user visits an attacker controlled webpage; the user is prompted with, and downloads, an executable payload; the user is prompted with, and accepts, the aforementioned crafted URL prompt; and RCE executes the payload the user previously downloaded, if the download path is successfully guessed. In Scenario 2 (not yet confirmed), a user visits an attacked controlled webpage; the user is prompted with, and accepts, the aforementioned crafted URL prompt; and a payload on a remote, attacker controlled, SMB server is executed. The issue was found in the _DecodeAndRun() function, in which I incorrectly assumed _WinAPI_UrlIs() would only accept web resources. Unfortunately, file:/// passes the default _WinAPI_UrlIs check(). File paths are now directly checked for and must fail. There is no currently known exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild. A patched version, 0.5.0.1, has been released that checks for and denies these crafted URLs. There are no workarounds for this issue. Users are advised not to accept any unexpected prompts from web pages. | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2021-12-20 20:35:28 | How to access a remote computer with iDrive\'s Remote Desktop (lien direct) | iDrive offers its own remote desktop tool to help you connect to other computers on your network. | Tool | ||
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2021-12-20 00:00:00 | 7 Rapports qui peuvent vous aider à comprendre l'assurance contre le paysage de cyber-assurance continue de faire face à des marges d'érodage, les assureurs ayant du mal à quantifier les risques 7 Reports That Can Help You Understand the Cyber Insurance LandscapeCyber insurance continues to face eroding margins, with insurers having trouble quantifying the risks enterprises faceRead More (lien direct) |
The explosion of ransomware attacks and cybersecurity risk as a whole have made life tough for so many organizations across industries globally. Enterprises need to face these risks in whatâs often a challenging business market anyway, and turning to potential solutions like cyber insurance comes with its own difficulties. The cyber insurance market continues to harden, with insurers facing eroding margins and often struggling to quantify the risk enterprises face. But itâs not all bad news. Cyber insurance companies and other enterprises who want to know the cyber landscape better have a wide range of resources to turn to. As the market matures, many quality research reports have emerged, including several that provide overviews and predictions for what will happen within cyber insurance and cybersecurity as a whole for 2021 and beyond. But which of these research reports should you read to strengthen your cyber knowledge and feel more prepared for what may come? In this article, weâll provide a brief overview of seven of the top cyber insurance research reports for you to consider diving into more.1) Munich Re: Cyber insurance: Risks and trends 2021In the report âCyber insurance: Risks and trends 2021,â the reinsurer Munich Re shares the results of the companyâs first âGlobal Cyber Risk and Insurance Survey.âSome of the key findings include that amidst rapid digitization within companies, approximately four out of five C-suite executives do not think their company has adequate cyber threat protection. The top cyber threats feared by this group include fraud, data breaches and ransomware. The survey also finds gaps in cyber insurance knowledge, but the market could soon grow, with 35% of C-level respondents likely to soon take out a policy.Munich Re also notes the importance of cyber risk accumulation. While the company mentions its own accumulation models, âit is important to monitor the market and seek external expertise from different vendors in order to assure state of the art accumulation management,â the company says.2) Aon: Cyber Insurance Market Insights Q1 2021In one report from Aon, âCyber Insurance Market Insights Q1 2021,â the firm highlights how the cyber insurance industry is changing amidst evolving cyber risks. In particular, the company highlights how issues such as ransomware, silent cyber exposure and the SolarWinds event have affected the cyber insurance market.With SolarWinds, for example, the âtheft of investigative tools from a globally recognised cyber security and forensics firm is likely to lead to improved hacking tools in the hands of cyber criminals,â notes Aon.Amidst this backdrop, Aon sees more hardening within the market through 2021 and 2022. Insurers are looking closely at their underwriting practices while also assessing retention, limits and premiums to figure out the right mix to make cyber insurance viable. 3) Aon: 2021 Cyber Security Risk ReportAnother report by Aon, the â2021 Cyber Security Risk Report,â focuses more on the overall risk landscape from an enterprise perspective. In particular, Aon highlights four main cyber-related risks facing organizations today:Digitization: As companies rapidly digitize, particularly with Covid-19 changing the way many companies work, only 40% say they have âadequate remote work strategies to manage this risk.âThird-Party Risk: Organizations need to be aware of risks in their supply chains and among the various vendors they work with, yet only 21% have implemented âbaseline measuresâ to oversee third-party risk.Ransomware: Ransomware attacks have been prevalent and damaging recently, and many are unprepared. Less than one-third of organizations say theyâve implemented âadequate business resilience measuresâ to handle this risk.Regulation: As stronger data security laws come into place, o | Ransomware Tool Threat Prediction | ★★★ | |
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2021-12-18 02:24:47 | Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability (lien direct) | The issues with Log4j continued to stack up as the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Friday rolled out yet another patch - version 2.17.0 - for the widely used logging library that could be exploited by malicious actors to stage a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-45105 (CVSS score: 7.5), the new vulnerability affects all versions of the tool from 2.0-beta9 to 2.16.0, which | Tool Vulnerability | ||
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2021-12-18 00:00:00 | Are Endpoints at Risk for Log4Shell Attacks? (lien direct) | We created a free assessment tool for scanning devices to know whether it is at risk for Log4Shell attacks.
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2021-12-16 19:15:08 | CVE-2021-43837 (lien direct) | vault-cli is a configurable command-line interface tool (and python library) to interact with Hashicorp Vault. In versions before 3.0.0 vault-cli features the ability for rendering templated values. When a secret starts with the prefix `!template!`, vault-cli interprets the rest of the contents of the secret as a Jinja2 template. Jinja2 is a powerful templating engine and is not designed to safely render arbitrary templates. An attacker controlling a jinja2 template rendered on a machine can trigger arbitrary code, making this a Remote Code Execution (RCE) risk. If the content of the vault can be completely trusted, then this is not a problem. Otherwise, if your threat model includes cases where an attacker can manipulate a secret value read from the vault using vault-cli, then this vulnerability may impact you. In 3.0.0, the code related to interpreting vault templated secrets has been removed entirely. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. For users unable to upgrade a workaround does exist. Using the environment variable `VAULT_CLI_RENDER=false` or the flag `--no-render` (placed between `vault-cli` and the subcommand, e.g. `vault-cli --no-render get-all`) or adding `render: false` to the vault-cli configuration yaml file disables rendering and removes the vulnerability. Using the python library, you can use: `vault_cli.get_client(render=False)` when creating your client to get a client that will not render templated secrets and thus operates securely. | Tool Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2021-12-16 17:48:04 | (Déjà vu) THREAT ANALYSIS REPORT: Inside the LockBit Arsenal - The StealBit Exfiltration Tool (lien direct) |
The Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) issues Cybereason Threat Analysis reports to inform on impacting threats. The Threat Analysis reports investigate these threats and provide practical recommendations for protecting against them. |
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2021-12-16 15:01:35 | How to install the ConfigServer and Security Firewall combo on Ubuntu Server (lien direct) | If you'd like a powerful firewall for your Ubuntu Server, but one that offers a fairly straightforward configuration, Jack Wallen thinks CSF might be the right tool for the job. | Tool |
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