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ISC StormCast for Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Linux Kernel Maintainer Calls Out "hypocrite commits" by University of Minnesota https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210421130105.1226686-38-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/ https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/clarifications-hc.pdf QNAP QLocker uses 7-Zip https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-qlocker-ransomware-attack-uses-7zip-to-encrypt-qnap-devices/ Chrome O-Day Fixed https://thehackernews.com/2021/04/update-your-chrome-browser-immediately.html
ISC StormCast for Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Linux Kernel Maintainer Calls Out "hypocrite commits" by University of Minnesota https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210421130105.1226686-38-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org/ https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/clarifications-hc.pdf QNAP QLocker uses 7-Zip https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-qlocker-ransomware-attack-uses-7zip-to-encrypt-qnap-devices/ Chrome O-Day Fixed https://thehackernews.com/2021/04/update-your-chrome-browser-immediately.html
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
Pulse Secure VPN 0-Day Exploited https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/04/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day.html https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/ SonicWall Vulnerabilities https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/security-notice-sonicwall-email-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/210416112932360/ Synology Vulnerability https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/04/vuln-spotlight-synology-dsm.html#more Air Fryer Vulnerability https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/04/vuln-spotlight-co.html
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
Pulse Secure VPN 0-Day Exploited https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/04/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day.html https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/ SonicWall Vulnerabilities https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/security-notice-sonicwall-email-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/210416112932360/ Synology Vulnerability https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/04/vuln-spotlight-synology-dsm.html#more Air Fryer Vulnerability https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/04/vuln-spotlight-co.html
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Hunting Phishing Websites with Favicon Hashes https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hunting+phishing+websites+with+favicon+hashes/27326/ Nagios XI Vulnerability Exploited by Cryptominers https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/nagios-xi-vulnerability-cryptomining/ XCSSET Malware Adapting to MacOS 11 and M1 https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/d/xcsset-quickly-adapts-to-macos-11-and-m1-based-macs.html QNAP Patches https://www.qnap.com/de-de/security-advisories?ref=security_advisory_details Juniper Updates https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&channel=SECURITY_ADVISORIES
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Hunting Phishing Websites with Favicon Hashes https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hunting+phishing+websites+with+favicon+hashes/27326/ Nagios XI Vulnerability Exploited by Cryptominers https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/nagios-xi-vulnerability-cryptomining/ XCSSET Malware Adapting to MacOS 11 and M1 https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/d/xcsset-quickly-adapts-to-macos-11-and-m1-based-macs.html QNAP Patches https://www.qnap.com/de-de/security-advisories?ref=security_advisory_details Juniper Updates https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&channel=SECURITY_ADVISORIES
ISC StormCast for Monday, April 19th, 2021
Decoding Cobalt Strike Traffic https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Decoding+Cobalt+Strike+Traffic/27322/ Codecov Breach https://about.codecov.io/security-update/ Google Project Zero Tweaks Disclosure Rules https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com EIPStackGroup OpENer Ethernet/IP https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-105-02 DNS Problems with Windows 10 Security Update https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/mandatory-windows-10-update-causing-dns-and-shared-folder-issues/
ISC StormCast for Monday, April 19th, 2021
Decoding Cobalt Strike Traffic https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Decoding+Cobalt+Strike+Traffic/27322/ Codecov Breach https://about.codecov.io/security-update/ Google Project Zero Tweaks Disclosure Rules https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com EIPStackGroup OpENer Ethernet/IP https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-105-02 DNS Problems with Windows 10 Security Update https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/mandatory-windows-10-update-causing-dns-and-shared-folder-issues/
ISC StormCast for Friday, April 16th, 2021
Why and How You Should be Using an Internal Certificate Authority https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Why+and+How+You+Should+be+Using+an+Internal+Certificate+Authority/27314/ Vulnerabilities Used By Russian Foreign Intelligence Service https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/Feature-Stories/Article-View/Article/2573391/russian-foreign-intelligence-service-exploiting-five-publicly-known-vulnerabili/ Insecurity URL Handling https://positive.security/blog/url-open-rce SANS Research Paper: Bryan Scarbrough; Malware Detection in Encrypted TLS Traffic Through Machine Learning https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/artificialintelligence/malware-detection-encrypted-tls-traffic-machine-learning-40185
ISC StormCast for Friday, April 16th, 2021
Why and How You Should be Using an Internal Certificate Authority https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Why+and+How+You+Should+be+Using+an+Internal+Certificate+Authority/27314/ Vulnerabilities Used By Russian Foreign Intelligence Service https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/Feature-Stories/Article-View/Article/2573391/russian-foreign-intelligence-service-exploiting-five-publicly-known-vulnerabili/ Insecurity URL Handling https://positive.security/blog/url-open-rce SANS Research Paper: Bryan Scarbrough; Malware Detection in Encrypted TLS Traffic Through Machine Learning https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/artificialintelligence/malware-detection-encrypted-tls-traffic-machine-learning-40185
ISC StormCast for Thursday, April 15th, 2021
April 2021 Forensics Quiz Solution https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/April+2021+Forensic+Quiz+Answers+and+Analysis/27308/ Adobe Patch Tuesday https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Chrome 90 Released (and 0-Day Exploits) https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html https://github.com/avboy1337/1195777-chrome0day https://github.com/r4j0x00/exploits/tree/master/chrome-0day SAP Updates https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=573801649 Linux/Mac Malware included in npm Module https://blog.sonatype.com/damaging-linux-mac-malware-bundled-within-browserify-npm-brandjack-attempt Congratulations to the SANS.edu National Cyber League Teams! https://twitter.com/SANS_EDU/status/1382453652602941440
ISC StormCast for Thursday, April 15th, 2021
April 2021 Forensics Quiz Solution https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/April+2021+Forensic+Quiz+Answers+and+Analysis/27308/ Adobe Patch Tuesday https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Chrome 90 Released (and 0-Day Exploits) https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html https://github.com/avboy1337/1195777-chrome0day https://github.com/r4j0x00/exploits/tree/master/chrome-0day SAP Updates https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=573801649 Linux/Mac Malware included in npm Module https://blog.sonatype.com/damaging-linux-mac-malware-bundled-within-browserify-npm-brandjack-attempt Congratulations to the SANS.edu National Cyber League Teams! https://twitter.com/SANS_EDU/status/1382453652602941440
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+April+2021+Patch+Tuesday/27306/ NAME:WRECK DNS Vulnerabilities https://www.forescout.com/research-labs/namewreck/
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+April+2021+Patch+Tuesday/27306/ NAME:WRECK DNS Vulnerabilities https://www.forescout.com/research-labs/namewreck/
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Example of Cleartext Cobalt Strike Traffic https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Example+of+Cleartext+Cobalt+Strike+Traffic+Thanks+Brad/27300/ ASA 5506 Series Security Appliances Field Notice https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/720/fn72019.html Expired Certificate for PulseSecure VPN Devices https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB44781/?kA13Z000000fzbR Pwn2Own Summary https://thehackernews.com/2021/04/windows-ubuntu-zoom-safari-ms-exchange.html Tesla Exploited Via Google Chrome Vulnerability https://leethax0.rs/2021/04/ElectricChrome/