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Catching CARP: Fishing for Firewall States in PFSync Traffic, (Wed, Jan 22nd)
Legend has it that in the Middle Ages, monchs raised carp to be as “round” as possible. The reason was that during Lent, one could only eat as much as fit on a plate, and the round shape of a…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9290, (Wed, Jan 22nd)
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Geolocation and Starlink, (Tue, Jan 21st)
Until now, satellite internet access has been more of a niche solution for internet access. But with the wide availability of Starlink, this is changing. Starlink's performance and price are competitive for many rural users to forgo solutions like cellular…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9288, (Tue, Jan 21st)
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Partial ZIP File Downloads, (Mon, Jan 20th)
Say you want a file that is inside a huge online ZIP file (several gigabytes large). Downloading the complete ZIP file would take too long. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 20th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9286, (Mon, Jan 20th)
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Zero Trust and Entra ID Conditional Access, (Sun, Jan 19th)
Microsoft Entra ID (Formerly Azure AD) Conditional Access (CA) policies are the key components to a Zero Trust strategy, as it provides the ability to function as the front door for users and devices. CA policies use attributes, or signals,…
New tool: immutable.py, (Sat, Jan 18th)
When performing triage on a Linux system you suspect might be compromised, there are many aspects of the system that you may want to look at. In SANS FOR577, we talk about some existing tools and even writing your own…
Leveraging Honeypot Data for Offensive Security Operations [Guest Diary], (Fri, Jan 17th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Alex Sanders, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Leveraging Honeypot Data for Offensive Security…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, January 17th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9284, (Fri, Jan 17th)
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Extracting Practical Observations from Impractical Datasets, (Thu, Jan 16th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Curtis Dibble, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS [1] program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Extracting Practical Observations from Impractical…
PacketCrypt Classic Cryptocurrency Miner on PHP Servers, (Tue, Jan 7th)
The SANS DShield project receives a wide variety of logs submitted by participants of the DShield project. Looking at the “First Seen†URLs page, I observed an interesting URL and dived deeper to investigate. The URL recorded is as follows: …
The Curious Case of a 12-Year-Old Netgear Router Vulnerability, (Wed, Jan 15th)
Routers play an essential role in networking and are one of the key components that allow users to have internet connectivity. Vulnerabilities in routers could result in reduced speeds or the possibility of vulnerable equipment being compromised and turned into…
Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Jan 14th)
This month's Microsoft patch update addresses a total of 209 vulnerabilities, including 12 classified as critical. Among these, 3 vulnerabilities have been actively exploited in the wild, and 5 have been disclosed prior to the patch release, marking them as…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9278, (Mon, Jan 13th)
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Hikvision Password Reset Brute Forcing, (Mon, Jan 13th)
One common pattern in password resets is sending a one-time password to the user to enable them to reset their password. The flow usually looks like: This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 13th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9276, (Mon, Jan 13th)
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Multi-OLE, (Sun, Jan 12th)
VBA macros and embedded files/objects are stored as OLE files inside OOXML files. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Multi-OLE, (Sun, Jan 12th)
Wireshark 4.4.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 11th)
Wireshark release 4.4.3 fixes 0 vulnerabilities and 8 bugs. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Wireshark 4.4.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 11th)
ISC Stormcast For Friday, January 10th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9274, (Fri, Jan 10th)
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Windows Defender Chrome Extension Detection, (Fri, Jan 10th)
With the recent Cyberhaven Extension(2) attack, looking for specific Chrome extensions installed can be very helpful. If you are running Defender with enhanced vulnerability management, Defender automatically catalogs installed extensions by going to Vulnerability Management -> Inventories and selecting Browser…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, January 9th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9272, (Thu, Jan 9th)
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Examining Redtail Analyzing a Sophisticated Cryptomining Malware and its Advanced Tactics [Guest Diary], (Thu, Jan 9th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Cody Hales, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Examining Redtail Analyzing a Sophisticated Cryptomining…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9270, (Wed, Jan 8th)
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PacketCrypt Classic Cryptocurrency Miner on PHP Servers, (Tue, Jan 7th)
The SANS DShield project receives a wide variety of logs submitted by participants of the DShield project. Looking at the ҠURLs page, I observed an interesting URL and dived deeper to investigate. The URL recorded is as follows: This…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9268, (Tue, Jan 7th)
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Make Malware Happy, (Mon, Jan 6th)
When I teach FOR610[1], I like to use a funny quotation with my students: “Make malware happy!†What does it mean? Yes, we like malware, and we need to treat it in a friendly way. To help the malware work…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 6th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9266, (Mon, Jan 6th)
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SwaetRAT Delivery Through Python, (Fri, Jan 3rd)
We entered a new year, but attack scenarios have not changed (yet). I found a Python script with an interesting behavior[1] and a low Virustotal score (7/61). It targets Microsoft Windows hosts because it starts by loading all libraries required…
Goodware Hash Sets, (Thu, Jan 2nd)
In the cybersecurity landscape, we all need hashes! A hash is the result of applying a special mathematical function (a “hash functionâ€) that transforms an input (such as a file or a piece of text) into a fixed-size string or…
No Holiday Season for Attackers, (Tue, Dec 31st)
While most of us are preparing the switch to a new year (If it's already the case for you: Happy New Year!), Attackers never stop and implement always new tricks to defeat our security controls. For a long time now,…
Changes in SSL and TLS support in 2024, (Mon, Dec 30th)
With the end of the year quickly approaching, it is undoubtedly a good time to take a look at what has changed during the past 12 months. One security-related area, which deserves special attention in this context, is related to…
Phishing for Banking Information, (Fri, Dec 27th)
It is again the time of the year when scammers are asking to verify banking information, whether it is credit cards, bank card, package shipping information, winning money, etc. Last night I received a text message to verify a credit…
Capturing Honeypot Data Beyond the Logs, (Thu, Dec 26th)
By default, DShield Honeypots [1] collect firewall, web and cowrie (telnet/ssh) [2] data and log them on the local filesystem. A subset of this data is reported to the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) where it can be used by…
Compiling Decompyle++ For Windows, (Wed, Dec 25th)
Occasionaly I decompile Python code, with decompilers written in Python. Recently I discovered Decompyle++, a Python disassembler & decompiler written in C++. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Compiling Decompyle++…
More SSH Fun!, (Tue, Dec 24th)
A few days ago, I wrote a diary[1] about a link file that abused the ssh.exe tool present in modern versions of Microsoft Windows. At the end, I mentioned that I will hunt for more SSH-related files/scripts. Guess what? I…
Modiloader From Obfuscated Batch File, (Mon, Dec 23rd)
My last investigation is a file called “Albertsons_payment.GZâ€, received via email. The file looks like an archive but is identified as a picture by TrID: This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original…
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…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 20th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9264, (Fri, Dec 20th)
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Command Injection Exploit For PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 [Guest Diary], (Tue, Dec 17th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Sahil Shaikh, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Command Injection Exploit For PHPUnit before…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, December 19th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9262, (Thu, Dec 19th)
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9260, (Wed, Dec 18th)
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[Guest Diary] A Deep Dive into TeamTNT and Spinning YARN, (Wed, Dec 18th)
[This is a Guest Diary by James Levija, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor's Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1].] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article:…
Python Delivering AnyDesk Client as RAT, (Tue, Dec 17th)
RATs or “Remote Access Tools†are very popular these days. From an attacker's point of view, it's a great way to search and exfiltrate interesting data but also to pivot internally in the network. Besides malicious RATs, they are legit…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, December 17th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9258, (Tue, Dec 17th)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, December 16th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9256, (Mon, Dec 16th)
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Exploit attempts inspired by recent Struts2 File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2024-53677, CVE-2023-50164), (Sun, Dec 15th)
Last week, Apache announced a vulnerability in Struts2 [1]. The path traversal vulnerability scored 9.5 on the CVSS scale. If exploited, the vulnerability allows file uploads into otherwise restricted directories, which may lead to remote code execution if a webshell…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 13th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9254, (Fri, Dec 13th)
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, December 12th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9252, (Thu, Dec 12th)
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Apple Updates Everything (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS), (Wed, Dec 11th)
Apple today released patches for all of its operating systems. The updates address 46 different vulnerabilities. Many of the vulnerabilities affect more than one operating system. None of the vulnerabilities are labeled as being already exploited. This article has been…
Vulnerability Symbiosis: vSphere?s CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 [Guest Diary], (Wed, Dec 11th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Jean-Luc Hurier, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Vulnerability Symbiosis: vSphere?s CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9250, (Wed, Dec 11th)
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: December 2024, (Tue, Dec 10th)
Microsoft today released patches for 71 vulnerabilities. 16 of these vulnerabilities are considered critical. One vulnerability (CVE-2024-49138) has already been exploited, and details were made public before today's patch release. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center,…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9248, (Tue, Dec 10th)
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, December 9th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9246, (Mon, Dec 9th)
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CURLing for Crypto on Honeypots, (Mon, Dec 9th)
I get a daily report from my honeypots for Cowrie activity [1], which includes telnet and SSH sessions attempted on the honyepot. One indicator I use to find sessions of interest is the number of commands run. Most of the…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 6th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9244, (Fri, Dec 6th)
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, December 5th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9242, (Thu, Dec 5th)
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[Guest Diary] Business Email Compromise, (Thu, Dec 5th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Chris Kobee, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor's Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1]. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article:…
Data Analysis: The Unsung Hero of Cybersecurity Expertise [Guest Diary], (Wed, Dec 4th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Robert Cao, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Data Analysis: The Unsung Hero of…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9240, (Wed, Dec 4th)
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9220, (Wed, Nov 13th)
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Microsoft November 2024 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Nov 12th)
This month, Microsoft is addressing a total of 83 vulnerabilities. Among these, 3 are classified as critical, 2 have been exploited in the wild, and another 2 have been disclosed prior to Patch Tuesday. Organizations are encouraged to prioritize these…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9218, (Tue, Nov 12th)
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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:…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, November 11th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9216, (Mon, Nov 11th)
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zipdump & Evasive ZIP Concatenation, (Sat, Nov 9th)
On Friday's Stormcast, Johannes talks about Evasive ZIP Concatenation, a technique where 2 (or more) ZIP files are concatenated together to evade detection. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: 
zipdump…
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:…
zipdump & Evasive ZIP Concatenation, (Sat, Nov 9th)
On Friday's Stormcast, Johannes talks about Evasive ZIP Concatenation, a technique where 2 (or more) ZIP files are concatenated together to evade detection. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: zipdump…
SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024, (Sat, Nov 9th)
The SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is open early this year: This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024, (Sat, Nov 9th)
ISC Stormcast For Friday, November 8th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9214, (Fri, Nov 8th)
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Steam Account Checker Poisoned with Infostealer, (Thu, Nov 7th)
I found an interesting script targeting Steam users. Steam[1] is a popular digital distribution platform for purchasing, downloading, and playing video games on personal computers. The script is called “steam-account-checker” and is available in Github[2]. Its description is: This article…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, November 7th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9212, (Thu, Nov 7th)
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[Guest Diary] Insights from August Web Traffic Surge, (Wed, Nov 6th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Trevor Coleman, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor's Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1]. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article:…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9210, (Wed, Nov 6th)
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Python RAT with a Nice Screensharing Feature, (Tue, Nov 5th)
While hunting, I found another interesting Python RAT in the wild. This is not brand new because the script was released two years ago[1]. The script I found is based on the same tool and still has a low VT score:…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9208, (Tue, Nov 5th)
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Analyzing an Encrypted Phishing PDF, (Mon, Nov 4th)
Once in a while, I get a question about my pdf-parser.py tool, not able to decode strings and streams from a PDF document. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Analyzing…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, November 4th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9206, (Mon, Nov 4th)
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qpdf: Extracting PDF Streams, (Sat, Nov 2nd)
In diary entry “Analyzing PDF Streams” I answer a question asked by a student of Xavier: “how can you export all streams of a PDF?”. I explained how to do this with my pdf-parser.py tool. This article has been indexed…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, October 31st, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9204, (Thu, Oct 31st)
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October 2024 Activity with Username chenzilong, (Thu, Oct 31st)
After reviewing the Top 10 Not So Common SSH Usernames and Passwords [1] published by Johannes 2 weeks ago, I noticed activity by one in his list that we don't really know what it is. Beginning 12 October 2024, my…
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…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9202, (Wed, Oct 30th)
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9200, (Tue, Oct 29th)
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Apple Updates Everything, (Mon, Oct 28th)
Today, Apple released updates for all of its operating systems. These updates include new AI features. For iOS 18 users, the only upgrade path is iOS 18.1, which includes the AI features. Same for users of macOS 15 Sequoia. For…
Self-contained HTML phishing attachment using Telegram to exfiltrate stolen credentials, (Mon, Oct 28th)
Phishing authors have long ago discovered that adding HTML attachments to the messages they send out can have significant benefits for them – especially since an HTML file can contain an entire credential-stealing web page and does not need to…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, October 28th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9198, (Mon, Oct 28th)
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Two currently (old) exploited Ivanti vulnerabilities, (Sun, Oct 27th)
Ivanti products have given us a rich corpus of vulnerabilities in recent months (years). Of course, we do see occasional scans attempting to exploit them. Just today, I spotted two of them. None of them is particularly new, but a…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, October 25th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9196, (Fri, Oct 25th)
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Development Features Enabled in Prodcution, (Thu, Oct 24th)
We do keep seeing attackers “poking around” looking for enabled development features. Developers often use these features and plugins to aid in debugging web applications. But if left behind, they may provide an attacker with inside to the application. In…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, October 24th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9194, (Thu, Oct 24th)
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Everybody Loves Bash Scripts. Including Attackers., (Wed, Oct 23rd)
Today our “First Seen” page displayed a number of simple URLs: This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Everybody Loves Bash Scripts. Including Attackers., (Wed, Oct 23rd)
Everybody Loves Bash Scripts. Including Attackers., (Wed, Oct 23rd)
Today our “First Seen” page displayed a number of simple URLs: This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Everybody Loves Bash Scripts. Including Attackers., (Wed, Oct 23rd)
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9192, (Wed, Oct 23rd)
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How much HTTP (not HTTPS) Traffic is Traversing Your Perimeter?, (Tue, Oct 22nd)
Back in June of 2010, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released the first beta release of the “HTTPS Everywhere” plugin [1]. Even then, most websites offered HTTPS. But unlike today, HTTP was often still the default, and HTTPS was not…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9190, (Tue, Oct 22nd)
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A Network Nerd’s Take on Emergency Preparedness, (Tue, Oct 15th)
Over the last month, two hurricanes barely missed me. Luckily, neither caused me any significant inconvenience. Sadly, others were not as lucky, and I think this is a good time to do a little “Lessons Learned” exercise. It made me…