Category: SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green

Scans for “adminer”, (Wed, Mar 18th)

A very popular target of attackers scanning our honeypots is “phpmyadmin”. phpMyAdmin is a script first released in the late 90s, before many security concepts had been discovered. It's rich history of vulnerabilities made it a favorite target. Its alternative, “adminer”,…

IPv4 Mapped IPv6 Addresses, (Tue, Mar 17th)

Yesterday, in my diary about the scans for “/proxy/” URLs, I noted how attackers are using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to possibly obfuscate their attack. These addresses are defined in RFC 4038. These addresses are one of the many transition mechanisms…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2026, (Tue, Mar 10th)

Microsoft today released patches for 93 vulnerabilities, including 9 vulnerabilities in Chromium affecting Microsoft Edge. 8 of the vulnerabilities are rated critical. 2 were disclosed prior to today but have not yet been exploited. This update addresses no already-exploited vulnerabilities. …

YARA-X 1.14.0 Release, (Sat, Mar 7th)

YARA-X's 1.14.0 release brings 4 improvements and 2 bugfixes. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: YARA-X 1.14.0 Release, (Sat, Mar 7th)