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SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Johannes B. Ullrichisc.sans.edu
A brief daily summary of what is important in information security. The podcast is published every weekday and designed to get you ready for the day with a brief, usually 5 minute long, summary of current network security related events. The content is late breaking, educational and based on listener input as well as on input received by the SANS Internet Stormcenter. You may submit questions and comments via our contact form at https://isc.sans.edu/contact.html .

Episodes

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Old TLS Versions: Gone but not Forgotten https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Old+TLS+versions+gone+but+not+forgotten+well+not+really+gone+either/27260/ Perl Netmask Vulnerability https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/ VMWare vRealize Vulnerability https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0004.html Pre-P0wned Docker Containers https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/malicious-cryptojacking-images/...

Mar 31, 20216 minEp 7436Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Jumping Into Shellcode https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Jumping+into+Shellcode/27256/ PHP git repo compromised https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113838 npm "netmask" package vulnerability https://sick.codes/universal-netmask-npm-package-used-by-270000-projects-vulnerable-to-octal-input-data-server-side-request-forgery-remote-file-inclusion-local-file-inclusion-and-more-cve-2021-28918/...

Mar 30, 20217 minEp 7434Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, March 19th, 2021

A Simple Python Keylogger https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Simple+Python+Keylogger/27216/ New macOS Malware XcodeSpy Targets Xcode Developers with EggShell Backdoor https://labs.sentinelone.com/new-macos-malware-xcodespy-targets-xcode-developers-with-eggshell-backdoor/ Zoom Screen Sharing Leak https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2020-044.txt MyBB Remote Code Execution https://blog.mybb.com/2021/03/10/mybb-1-8-26-released-security-release/...

Mar 19, 20216 minEp 7420Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, March 18th, 2021

"American Rescue Plan" Used as Theme in Phishing Lures Dropping Dridex https://cofense.com/blog/american-rescue-plan-phish/ Apple May Split Security Updates from Other Updates https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/15/ios-security-fixes-could-soon-be-delivered-separately-from-other-updates-beta-code-suggests/ Polyglot Images on Twitter https://twitter.com/David3141593/status/1371978592679309315 Magento 2 PHP Credit Card Skimmer Saves to JPG https://blog.sucuri.net/2021/03/magento-2-php-credit-card-skimmer-...

Mar 18, 20216 minEp 7418Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

One-Click Microsoft Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/03/15/one-click-microsoft-exchange-on-premises-mitigation-tool-march-2021/ Microsoft Explains Authentication Issues with Azure Active Directory https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20515443-authentication-errors-across-multiple-microsoft-services-tracking-id-ln01-p8z JavaScript Less Side-Channel Exploits https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.04952...

Mar 17, 20216 minEp 7416Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

NimzaLoader Malware Written in "nim" https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/blog/threat-insight/nimzaloader-ta800s-new-initial-access-malware Windows 10 Emergency Update to Fix Printing Crashes https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-emergency-updates-released-to-fix-printing-crashes/ Windows Azure AD Outage https://status.azure.com/status IBM DB2 Patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6427855...

Mar 16, 20215 minEp 7414Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Monday, March 15th, 2021

Wireshark Code Execution Exploit https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17232 Google Chrome Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2021-21193 Malware Installs Honeypot https://blog.netlab.360.com/new_threat_zhtrap_botnet_en/ Twitter "Memphis" Bug https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/twitter-bug-automatically-suspends-you-when-tweeting-memphis/...

Mar 15, 20215 minEp 7412Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, March 12th, 2021

Pichktochart - Phishing with Infographics https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Piktochart+Phishing+with+Infographics/27194/ ProxyLogon Public PoC https://www.praetorian.com/blog/reproducing-proxylogon-exploit/ Windows 10 Crashes After March 10th Updates https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-crashes-when-printing-due-to-microsoft-march-updates/ DNS Vulnerability Updates https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/seven-windows-wonders-critical-vulnerabilities-in-dns-dyn...

Mar 12, 202116 minEp 7410Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, March 11th, 2021

SharpRDP - PSExec with PSExec, PSRemoting without PowerShell https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/SharpRDP+PSExec+without+PSExec+PSRemoting+without+PowerShell/27188/ F5 Critical Vulnerabilities https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02566623 Netgear Updates https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/ Linux Foundation sigstore https://sigstore.dev...

Mar 11, 20215 minEp 7408Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+March+2021+Patch+Tuesday/27184/ Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Network Camera Breach https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-access-surveillance-cameras-at-tesla-cloudflare-banks-more/ git vulnerability https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/09/3...

Mar 10, 20217 minEp 7406Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

YARA and CyberChef https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/YARA+and+CyberChef/27180/ Apple Updates Everything https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 Google Adds Port 554 to "Restricted Ports" https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/refs/heads/master/net/base/port_util.cc Yet Another Intel Side Channel Attack https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.03443.pdf...

Mar 09, 20216 minEp 7404Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Monday, March 8th, 2021

Update on Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability https://github.com/microsoft/CSS-Exchange/tree/main/Security https://github.com/nccgroup/Cyber-Defence/tree/master/Intelligence/Exchange https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-the-security-update-for-microsoft-exchange-server-2019-2016-and-2013-march-2-2021-kb5000871-9800a6bb-0a21-4ee7-b9da-fa85b3e1d23b Microsoft Adding Excel 4.0 Macro Hooks to AMSI https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/03/xlm-amsi-new-runtime-defense-against...

Mar 08, 20217 minEp 7402Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, March 5th, 2021

From VBS, PowerShell, C Sharp, Process Hollowing to RAT https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/From+VBS+PowerShell+C+Sharp+Process+Hollowing+to+RAT/27168/ Cisco Patches Snort Related Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-ethernet-dos-HGXgJH8n VMWare View Planner Update https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0003.html Google's FLoC Algorithm https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-idea Supermicro Trickbot ...

Mar 05, 20216 minEp 7400Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Microsoft Exchange Followup https://blog.rapid7.com/2021/03/03/rapid7s-insightidr-enables-detection-and-response-to-microsoft-exchange-0-day/ Saltstack Vulnerability https://www.immersivelabs.com/resources/blog/why-so-salty-local-privilege-escalation-on-saltstack-minions/ GRUB2 Patches https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/189 Dependency Confusion in the Wild https://threatpost.com/malicious-code-bombs-amazon-lyft-slack-zillow/164455/...

Mar 04, 20215 minEp 7398Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021

Qakbot Infection with Cobalt Strike https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Qakbot+infection+with+Cobalt+Strike/27158/ Exchange Server 0-Day Exploits https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers/ Google Chrome 0-Day Exploits https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html...

Mar 03, 20217 minEp 7396Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

Fun with DNS over TLS and https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Fun+with+DNS+over+TLS+DoT/27150/ Gootloader Update https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/03/01/gootloader-expands-its-payload-delivery-options/ AOL Phishing https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-aol-phishing-email-states-your-account-will-be-closed/ Spectre Exploit in the Wild https://dustri.org/b/spectre-exploits-in-the-wild.html...

Mar 02, 20216 minEp 7394Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Monday, March 1st, 2021

Pretending to be an Outlook Version Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Pretending+to+be+an+Outlook+Version+Update/27144/ Geolocating Satori Botnet Scanning Port 26 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/So+where+did+those+Satori+attacks+come+from/27140/ Alexa Skill Security https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/ndss2021_5A-1_23111_paper.pdf TMobile Data Breach / SIM Swapping https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20492859-t-mobile-feb-2021-bc-data-breach...

Mar 01, 20215 minEp 7392Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, February 26th, 2021

Forensicating Azure VMs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Forensicating+Azure+VMs/27136/ FriarFox Browser Extension Targeting GMail Accounts https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta413-leverages-new-friarfox-browser-extension-target-gmail-accounts-global JSON Parser Inconsistencies https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/an-exploration-of-json-interoperability-vulnerabilities Apple MacOS Update https://www.reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/kge24m/dead_m1_mac_with_usbc_multiport_adapters/...

Feb 26, 20215 minEp 7390Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Malspam Pushes GuLoader for Remcos RAT https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malspam+pushes+GuLoader+for+Remcos+RAT/27132/ vCenter Exploit / Vulnerability Details https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/unauth-rce-vmware/#more-2477 DNS CNAME Tracking https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/large-scale-analysis-of-dns-based-tracking-evasion-broad-data-leaks-included/ Cisco MSO Vulnerability https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-mso-authbyp-bb5GmBQv...

Feb 25, 20215 minEp 7388Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Qakbot In a Response to Full Disclosure Post https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Qakbot+in+a+response+to+Full+Disclosure+post/27130/ Firefox Total Cookie Protection https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/02/23/total-cookie-protection/ VMWare ESXi / vCenter Server Update https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html Replacing Content in Signed PDFs https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/ndss2021_1B-4_24117_paper.pdf...

Feb 24, 20216 minEp 7386Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Unprotecting Malicious Documents For Inspection https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Unprotecting+Malicious+Documents+For+Inspection/27126/ Brave Browser DNS Leak https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/22/in_brief_security/ Telephony DoS https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2021/PSA210217...

Feb 23, 20216 minEp 7384Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Monday, February 22nd, 2021

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is Back in the Wild https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Dynamic+Data+Exchange+DDE+is+Back+in+the+Wild/27116/ https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/DDE+and+oledump/27122/ macOS Malware "Prototype" https://redcanary.com/blog/clipping-silver-sparrows-wings/ New Phishing Attack Identifed: Malformed URL Prefixes https://www.greathorn.com/blog-new-phishing-attack-identified-malformed-url-prefixes/ Sonicwall SMA 100 Firmware Update https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notific...

Feb 22, 20216 minEp 7382Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, February 19th, 2021

Malspam Pushes Trickbot gtag rob13 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malspam+pushing+Trickbot+gtag+rob13/27112/ AppleJeus https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa21-048a Python 3 Buffer Overflow https://bugs.python.org/issue42938 Apple Platform Security Guide https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web...

Feb 19, 20216 minEp 7380Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, February 18th, 2021

The new "LinkedInSecureMessage" Phish https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/The+new+LinkedInSecureMessage/27110/ Apple M1 Optimized Malware https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x62.html QNAP Surveilance Station Vulnerability https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-21-07 Masslogger Exfiltrates User Credentials https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/02/masslogger-cred-exfil.html...

Feb 18, 20216 minEp 7378Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

More Weirdness on TCP Port 26 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/More+weirdness+on+TCP+port+26/27106/ Microsoft Pulls Servicing Stack Update https://threatpost.com/microsoft-windows-update-patch-tuesday/163981/ Network Monitoring Company Centreon Compromised https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERTFR-2021-CTI-005.pdf SHAREit Flaw Could Lead to Remote Code Execution https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/b/shareit-flaw-could-lead-to-remote-code-execution.html VSCode NPM Extension RCE https:...

Feb 17, 20215 minEp 7376Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

Securing and Optimizing Networks Using pfSense Traffic Shaper to Combat Bufferbloat https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Securing+and+Optimizing+Networks+Using+pfSense+Traffic+Shaper+Limiters+to+Combat+Bufferbloat/27102/ Apple to Proxy Safe Browsing Requests https://twitter.com/othermaciej/status/1359736220809531393 Power Outages and Some Network Outages as a Result https://downdetector.com Phone Scam Success Rates https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/02/15/lost-money-to-phone-scams/ https://nakeds...

Feb 16, 20217 minEp 7374Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Monday, February 15th, 2021

AgentTesla Dropped Through Automatic Click in Microsoft Help File https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/AgentTesla+Dropped+Through+Automatic+Click+in+Microsoft+Help+File/27092/ Telegram used to Defraud Delivery Serivces https://thefintechtimes.com/sift-finds-new-telegram-fraud-exploiting-increasing-use-of-food-delivery-services/ Singtel Suffers Zero-DAy Cyberattack https://threatpost.com/singtel-zero-day-cyberattack/163938/ Vulnerabilities in Mobile Health Apps https://approov.io/download/all-that-w...

Feb 15, 20218 minEp 7372Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Friday, February 12th, 2021

Agent Tesla Hidden in Historical Anti-Malware Tool https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Agent+Tesla+hidden+in+a+historical+antimalware+tool/27088/ McAfee Total Protection Vulnerabilities https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/oracle/webcenter/page/scopedMD/s55728c97_466d_4ddb_952d_05484ea932c6/Page29.jspx Intel Patches https://blogs.intel.com/technology/2021/02/ipas-security-advisories-for-february-2021 Discord Used to Distribute Malware https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/discord-...

Feb 12, 20216 minEp 7370Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Thursday, February 11th, 2021

Phishing Message to the ISC Handlers E-Mail Distro https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Phishing+message+to+the+ISC+handlers+email+distro/27082/ Google Phishing Statistics https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/workspace/how-gmail-helps-users-avoid-email-scams Adobe Security Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html Apple Sudo Patch https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212177 Number:Jack ISN Generation Weaknesses https://www.forescout.com/company/resources/numberjack-wea...

Feb 11, 20216 minEp 7368Transcript available on Metacast

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+February+2021+Patch+Tuesday/27080/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/09/microsoft_patch_tuesday/ Dependency Confusion https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610 https://azure.microsoft.com/mediahandler/files/resourcefiles/3-ways-to-mitigate-risk-using-private-package-feeds/3%20Ways%20to%20Mitigate%20Risk%20When%20Using%20Private%20Package%20Feeds%20-%20v1.0.pdf...

Feb 10, 20217 minEp 7366Transcript available on Metacast