Tag: SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green

Christmas “Gift” Delivered Through SSH, (Fri, Dec 20th)

Christmas is at our doors and Attackers use the holiday season to deliver always more and more gifts into our mailboxes! I found this interesting file this morning: “christmas_slab.pdf.lnk”[1]. Link files (.lnk) are a classic way to execute something malicious…

PDF Object Streams, (Mon, Nov 11th)

The first thing to do, when analyzing a potentially malicious PDF, is to look for the /Encrypt name as explained in diary entry Analyzing an Encrypted Phishing PDF. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green…

zipdump & PKZIP Records, (Sun, Nov 10th)

In yesterday's diary entry “zipdump & Evasive ZIP Concatenation” I showed how one can inspect the PKZIP records that make up a ZIP file. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article:…

Scans for RDP Gateways, (Wed, Oct 30th)

RDP is one of the most prominent entry points into networks. Ransomware actors have taken down many large networks after initially entering via RDP. Credentials for RDP access are often traded by “initial access brokers”. This article has been indexed…

Wireshark 4.4.1 Released, (Sun, Oct 13th)

Wireshark release 4.4.1 fixes 2 vulnerabilities and 27 bugs. One of these bugfixes is for the missing IP address plugin on Windows, see “Wireshark 4.4's IP Address Functions”. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green…