Tshark and Malware Analysis https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Quickie+tshark+Malware+Analysis/27076/ Barcode Scanner Going Bad https://blog.malwarebytes.com/android/2021/02/barcode-scanner-app-on-google-play-infects-10-million-users-with-one-update/ Morse Code Obfuscation https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-phishing-attack-uses-morse-code-to-hide-malicious-urls/ Firefox Update https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-06/ Water Treatment Facility Compromised https...
Feb 09, 2021•6 min•Ep 7364•Transcript available on Metacast VBA Macro Trying to Alter the Application Menus https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VBA+Macro+Trying+to+Alter+the+Application+Menus/27068/ The Great Suspender Going Malicious https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-kills-the-great-suspender-heres-what-you-should-do-next/ https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender/issues/1263 Google Chrome Zero Day https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html Plex Media SSDP Amplication DDoS https://www.netscout.com/b...
Feb 08, 2021•6 min•Ep 7362•Transcript available on Metacast Abusing Google Chrome Extension Syncing For Data Exfiltration and C&C https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Abusing+Google+Chrome+extension+syncing+for+data+exfiltration+and+CC/27066/ Microsoft Defender ATP Google Chrome False Positive https://twitter.com/itquartz/status/1356940218138509312 Social Engineering Attacks against Security Researchers Used IE 0 day https://enki.co.kr/blog/2021/02/04/ie_0day.html# https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-also-used-an-ie-zero-day-against...
Feb 05, 2021•6 min•Ep 7360•Transcript available on Metacast Excel Spreadsheets Push SystemBC Malware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Excel+spreadsheets+push+SystemBC+malware/27060/ SolarWinds Vulnerability https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=28389 SolarWinds SANS Lightning Summit https://www.sans.org/webcasts/solarwinds-lightning-summit-118550 SonicWall Patch https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/urgent-patch-available-for-sma-100-series-10-x-firmware-zero-day-vulnerability-updated-feb-...
Feb 04, 2021•6 min•Ep 7358•Transcript available on Metacast New Example of XSL Script Processing aka "Mitre T1220" https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/New+Example+of+XSL+Script+Processing+aka+Mitre+T1220/27056/ Camerfirma Certificate Authority Revocation https://groups.google.com/g/mozilla.dev.security.policy/c/jif4zWNgGPw Kobalos HPC Linux Malware https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/02/02/kobalos-complex-linux-threat-high-performance-computing-infrastructure/ Agent Tesla Overwries Windows AMSI https://threatpost.com/agent-tesla-microsoft-asmi/163581/...
Feb 03, 2021•6 min•Ep 7356•Transcript available on Metacast MacOS 11.2 Update https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147 Objective-See Tools Now Open Sources https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1356149073045143553 iMessage Blastdoor https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-look-at-imessage-in-ios-14.html SonicWall Update https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/urgent-security-notice-sonicwall-confirms-sma-100-series-10-x-zero-day-vulnerability-feb-1-2-p-m-cst/210122173415410/...
Feb 02, 2021•6 min•Ep 7354•Transcript available on Metacast Perl.com Domain Hijacked https://www.ehackingnews.com/2021/01/perlcom-official-site-for-perl.html Spamcop Domain Expired https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spamcop-anti-spam-service-suffers-an-outage-after-its-domain-expired/ libgcrypt vulnerability https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000456.html Fingerprinting QUIC https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.11871.pdf...
Feb 01, 2021•5 min•Ep 7352•Transcript available on Metacast New Cryptojacking Malware https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/pro-ocean-rocke-groups-new-cryptojacking-malware/ SlipStreaming https://www.armis.com/resources/iot-security-blog/nat-slipstreaming-v2-0-new-attack-variant-can-expose-all-internal-network-devices-to-the-internet/ Shadowsocks https://shadowsocks.org/en/index.html...
Jan 29, 2021•6 min•Ep 7350•Transcript available on Metacast Emotet vs. Windows Attack Surface Reduction https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Emotet+vs+Windows+Attack+Surface+Reduction/27036/ Go Lang Vulnerability https://blog.golang.org/path-security Azure Docker Escape https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/how-we-hacked-azure-functions-and-escaped-docker/...
Jan 28, 2021•6 min•Ep 7348•Transcript available on Metacast Critical sudo Vulnerability https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-research/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo-baron-samedit Quakbot (QBot) Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/TA551+Shathak+Word+docs+push+Qakbot+Qbot/27030/ Targeting Security Researchers https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers/ Apple Updates iOS, iPad, tvOS, watchOS, Xcode and iCloud for Windows https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222...
Jan 27, 2021•7 min•Ep 7346•Transcript available on Metacast Fun With nmap nse Scripts and DoH (DNS over HTTPS) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Fun+with+NMAP+NSE+Scripts+and+DOH+DNS+over+HTTPS/27026/ Malicious NPM Module Stealing Discord Passwords https://blog.sonatype.com/cursedgrabber-strikes-again-sonatype-spots-new-malware-campaign-against-software-supply-chains Mitigating the $I30 Bug https://www.osr.com/blog/2021/01/21/mitigating-the-i30bitmap-ntfs-bug/ https://github.com/OSRDrivers/i30Flt ProtonVPN BSOD https://protonstatus.com/incidents/124...
Jan 26, 2021•5 min•Ep 7344•Transcript available on Metacast Another File Extension to Block: JNLP https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Another+File+Extension+to+Block+in+your+MTA+jnlp/27018/ SonicWall Vulnerability Used to Breach SonicWall https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/urgent-security-notice-netextender-vpn-client-10-x-sma-100-series-vulnerability-updated-jan-23-2021/210122173415410/ iObit Forum Breached / Used for Ransomware Distribution https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/741190/derohe-ransomware-distributed-through-fake-iob...
Jan 25, 2021•6 min•Ep 7342•Transcript available on Metacast Powershell Ropping REvil Ransomware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Powershell+Dropping+a+REvil+Ransomware/27012/ SAP Exploit Circulating https://onapsis.com/blog/new-sap-exploit-published-online-how-stay-secure Oracle Critical Patch Update https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html RDP Used for DDoS https://www.netscout.com/blog/asert/microsoft-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-reflectionamplification Billy Wilson: Mitigating Attacks Against Supercomputers with KRSI https://www.sans.org...
Jan 22, 2021•14 min•Ep 7340•Transcript available on Metacast SolarWinds Updates https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/01/20/deep-dive-into-the-solorigate-second-stage-activation-from-sunburst-to-teardrop-and-raindrop/ https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/01/malwarebytes-targeted-by-nation-state-actor-implicated-in-solarwinds-breach-evidence-suggests-abuse-of-privileged-access-to-microsoft-office-365-and-azure-environments/ Cisco Advisories https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-bufovulns...
Jan 21, 2021•7 min•Ep 7338•Transcript available on Metacast Qakbot Activity Resumes After Holiday Break https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Qakbot+activity+resumes+after+holiday+break/27008/ Multiple dnsmasq Vulnerabilities https://www.jsof-tech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DNSpooq_Technical-Whitepaper.pdf FreakOut Malware https://blog.checkpoint.com/2021/01/19/linux-users-should-patch-now-to-block-new-freakout-malware-which-exploits-new-vulnerabilities/ Kids Break Screensaver https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354...
Jan 20, 2021•6 min•Ep 7336•Transcript available on Metacast Doc And RTF Malicious Document https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Doc+RTF+Malicious+Document/26996/ Center for Internet Security Cisco NX-OS Benchmark https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/ Exploit for Shazam Geolocation Vulnerablity https://ash-king.co.uk/blog/Shazlocate-abusing-CVE-2019-8791-CVE-2019-8792 Voice Phishing and Internal Messaging Systems Used to Escalate Privileges https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2021/210115.pdf...
Jan 19, 2021•6 min•Ep 7334•Transcript available on Metacast Scans for DNS over HTTPs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Obfuscated+DNS+Queries/26992/ https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/01/15/nsa-releases-guidance-encrypted-dns-enterprise-environments Netlogon Domain Controller Enforcement Mode Starting February 9th https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/01/14/netlogon-domain-controller-enforcement-mode-is-enabled-by-default-beginning-with-the-february-9-2021-security-update-related-to-cve-2020-1472/ Apple Removing ContentFilterExclusionList...
Jan 18, 2021•5 min•Ep 7332•Transcript available on Metacast Dynamically Analzying A Heavily Obfuscted Excel 4 Macro Malicious File https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Dynamically+analyzing+a+heavily+obfuscated+Excel+4+macro+malicious+file/26986/ Odd Filename Corrupts NTFS Disks https://twitter.com/jonasLyk/status/1347900440000811010 Cisco Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x...
Jan 15, 2021•5 min•Ep 7330•Transcript available on Metacast Hancitor Activity Resumes After a Holiday Break https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hancitor+activity+resumes+after+a+hoilday+break/26980/ Intel Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Protections https://www.cybereason.com/blog/cybereason-and-intel-introduce-hardware-enabled-ransomware-protections-for-businesses Making Clouds Rain: RCE in Microsoft Office 365 https://srcincite.io/blog/2021/01/12/making-clouds-rain-rce-in-office-365.html#fn:1 SAP Security Patch Day https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage...
Jan 14, 2021•6 min•Ep 7328•Transcript available on Metacast MSFT January 2021 Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+January+2021+Patch+Tuesday/26978/ Adobe Patches https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html MimeCast Cert Stolen https://www.mimecast.com/blog/important-update-from-mimecast/ Leaking Silhouettes of Cross-Origin Images https://blog.mozilla.org/attack-and-defense/2021/01/11/leaking-silhouettes-of-cross-origin-images/...
Jan 13, 2021•6 min•Ep 7326•Transcript available on Metacast Using the NVD Database API Part 3/3 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Using+the+NVD+Database+and+API+to+Keep+Up+with+Vulnerabilities+and+Patches+Tool+Drop+CVEScan+Part+3+of+3/26974/ Sysinternals Update https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ Ubiquiti Breach https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/networking-giant-ubiquiti-alerts-customers-of-potential-data-breach/ Run-Only AppleScript Reversing https://labs.sentinelone.com/fade-dead-adventures-in-reversing-malicious-run-only-apples...
Jan 12, 2021•6 min•Ep 7324•Transcript available on Metacast Maldoc Strings Analysis https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Maldoc+Strings+Analysis/26966/ CVSS Reliablity Survey https://user-surveys.cs.fau.de/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=248857 Fake Trump Video Malware https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/updated-qnode-rat-downloader-distributed-as-trump-video-scandal/ SMS Phishing (Smishing) https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55563748 dnsren vulnerability https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49394...
Jan 11, 2021•6 min•Ep 7322•Transcript available on Metacast Using the NIST Database and API to Keep Up with Vulnerabilities https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Using+the+NIST+Database+and+API+to+Keep+Up+with+Vulnerabilities+and+Patches+Part+1+of+3/26958/ Titan Security Key https://ninjalab.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a_side_journey_to_titan.pdf The Great Suspender Google Chrome Extension https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/07/great_suspender_malware/ Brian Nishida: Ubuntu Artifacts Generated by Gnome Desktop Environment https://www.sans.org/reading-room/...
Jan 08, 2021•16 min•Ep 7320•Transcript available on Metacast Zyxel Exploitation Under Way https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Scans+for+Zyxel+Backdoors+are+Commencing/26954/ Fortinet Patches https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt?date=01-2021 Foxit PhantomPDF Patches https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html Firefox Android Updates https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-01/...
Jan 07, 2021•4 min•Ep 7318•Transcript available on Metacast Netfox Detective: An Alternative Open-Source Packet Analysis Tool https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Netfox+Detective+An+Alternative+OpenSource+Packet+Analysis+Tool/26950/ ElectroRAT Drains Cryptocurrency Accounts https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/operation-ElectroRAT-attacker-creates-fake-companies-to-drain-your-crypto-wallets/ Chrome Will Prefer HTTPS over HTTP By Default https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/2568448 Android January Patch Day https://source.android.com/s...
Jan 06, 2021•6 min•Ep 7316•Transcript available on Metacast From a Small BAT File to Mass Logger Infostealer https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/From+a+small+BAT+file+to+Mass+Logger+infostealer/26946/ Citrix Releases Updates Addressing DTLS Flaw https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX289674 Zend Framework Deserialization Flaw https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3007 https://github.com/Ling-Yizhou/zendframework3-/blob/main/zend%20framework3%20 %20rce.md...
Jan 05, 2021•5 min•Ep 7314•Transcript available on Metacast Traffic Analysis Quiz https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/End+of+Year+Traffic+Analysis+Quiz/26940/ Zyxel Backdoor https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/undocumented-user-account-in-zyxel-products.html Microsoft Source Code Accessed As a Result of SolarWinds Backdoor https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/31/microsoft-internal-solorigate-investigation-update/...
Jan 04, 2021•4 min•Ep 7312•Transcript available on Metacast Accessing Restricted Directory Listings via Your AV Solution https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Want+to+know+whats+in+a+folder+you+dont+have+a+permission+to+access+Try+asking+your+AV+solution/26932/ Coin Miner Malware Written in Go https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-golang-worm-drops-xmrig-miner-on-servers/?fbclid=IwAR3eFiHCNoqr5mc2UAOcm8nocjUOjZn0cpcAiSoYmn__JtJfBbjqUUT1OwQ AutoHotKey Credential Stealer https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/20/l/stealth-credential-stealer-targets-us-c...
Dec 30, 2020•4 min•Ep 7310•Transcript available on Metacast Extending Android Device Compatibility for Let's Encrypt Certificates https://letsencrypt.org/2020/12/21/extending-android-compatibility.html Insufficient Patch for Windows 8.1/10 Print Spooler https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2096 Google Docs Vulnerability https://savebreach.com/stealing-private-documents-through-a-google-docs-bug/ CCC Conferences Virtual https://streaming.media.ccc.de/rc3...
Dec 29, 2020•5 min•Ep 7308•Transcript available on Metacast base64dump.py Supported Encodings https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/base64dumppy+Supported+Encodings/26924/ String Analysis and Maldocs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Quickie+String+Analysis+Maldocs/26922/ Malicious Word Document Delivering an Octopus Backdoor https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malicious+Word+Document+Delivering+an+Octopus+Backdoor/26918/ Analysis Dridex Dropper, IoC extraction https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Analysis+Dridex+Dropper+IoC+extraction+guest+diary/26920/ AT&T Out...
Dec 28, 2020•6 min•Ep 7306•Transcript available on Metacast 
