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ISC StormCast for Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
Two things that will never die: bash scripts and irc https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Two+things+that+will+never+die%3A+bash+scripts+and+IRC%21/28998 Malware using James Webb Telescope images https://www.securonix.com/blog/golang-attack-campaign-gowebbfuscator-leverages-office-macros-and-james-webb-images-to-infect-systems/ Malicious Chrome Extensions https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/malicious-cookie-stuffing-chrome-extensions-with-1-4-million-users/ Chromium Based Browsers Allow Access to Clipboard https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1334203
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
Two things that will never die: bash scripts and irc https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Two+things+that+will+never+die%3A+bash+scripts+and+IRC%21/28998 Malware using James Webb Telescope images https://www.securonix.com/blog/golang-attack-campaign-gowebbfuscator-leverages-office-macros-and-james-webb-images-to-infect-systems/ Malicious Chrome Extensions https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/malicious-cookie-stuffing-chrome-extensions-with-1-4-million-users/ Chromium Based Browsers Allow Access to Clipboard https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1334203
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
Update: VBA Malcode & UTF7 (APT-C-35) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Update%3A+VBA+Maldoc+%26+UTF7+%28APT-C-35%29/28994 Twilio Breach used to access 2FA Tokens https://sec.okta.com/scatterswine Popular PDF Reader Adware https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/08/adware-found-on-google-play-pdf-reader-servicing-up-full-screen-ads Google changing its VPN Ad Blocker Policy https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12253906?hl=en
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
Update: VBA Malcode & UTF7 (APT-C-35) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Update%3A+VBA+Maldoc+%26+UTF7+%28APT-C-35%29/28994 Twilio Breach used to access 2FA Tokens https://sec.okta.com/scatterswine Popular PDF Reader Adware https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/08/adware-found-on-google-play-pdf-reader-servicing-up-full-screen-ads Google changing its VPN Ad Blocker Policy https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12253906?hl=en
ISC StormCast for Monday, August 29th, 2022
Dealing With False Positives when Scanning Memory Dumps for Cobalt Strike Beacons https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Dealing+With+False+Positives+when+Scanning+Memory+Dumps+for+Cobalt+Strike+Beacons/28990 HTTP2 Packet Analysis with Wireshark https://isc.sans.edu/diary/HTTP2+Packet+Analysis+with+Wireshark/28986 Paypal Phishing/Coinbase in One Image https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Paypal+PhishingCoinbase+in+One+Image/28984 Sysinternals Updates: Sysmon v14.0 and ZoomIt v6.01 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sysinternals+Updates%3A+Sysmon+v14.0+and+ZoomIt+v6.01/28988 eth.link domain at risk https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/08/26/web3-domain-name-service-could-lose-its-web-address-because-programmer-who-can-renew-it-sits-in-jail/
ISC StormCast for Monday, August 29th, 2022
Dealing With False Positives when Scanning Memory Dumps for Cobalt Strike Beacons https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Dealing+With+False+Positives+when+Scanning+Memory+Dumps+for+Cobalt+Strike+Beacons/28990 HTTP2 Packet Analysis with Wireshark https://isc.sans.edu/diary/HTTP2+Packet+Analysis+with+Wireshark/28986 Paypal Phishing/Coinbase in One Image https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Paypal+PhishingCoinbase+in+One+Image/28984 Sysinternals Updates: Sysmon v14.0 and ZoomIt v6.01 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sysinternals+Updates%3A+Sysmon+v14.0+and+ZoomIt+v6.01/28988 eth.link domain at risk https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/08/26/web3-domain-name-service-could-lose-its-web-address-because-programmer-who-can-renew-it-sits-in-jail/
ISC StormCast for Friday, August 26th, 2022
Taking Apart URL Shorteners https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Taking+Apart+URL+Shorteners/28980 Python Developers Phished for PyPi Credentials https://twitter.com/pypi/status/1562442188285308929 Group IB Connects Twilio and Cloudflare Phishing attacks to others https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/08/25/0ktapus-twilio-cloudflare-phishers-targets/ Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html LastPass Security Incident https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/08/notice-of-recent-security-incident/ Bitbucket Vulnerability https://securityonline.info/cve-2022-36804-bitbucket-server-and-data-center-command-injection-vulnerability/
ISC StormCast for Friday, August 26th, 2022
Taking Apart URL Shorteners https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Taking+Apart+URL+Shorteners/28980 Python Developers Phished for PyPi Credentials https://twitter.com/pypi/status/1562442188285308929 Group IB Connects Twilio and Cloudflare Phishing attacks to others https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/08/25/0ktapus-twilio-cloudflare-phishers-targets/ Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html LastPass Security Incident https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/08/notice-of-recent-security-incident/ Bitbucket Vulnerability https://securityonline.info/cve-2022-36804-bitbucket-server-and-data-center-command-injection-vulnerability/
ISC StormCast for Thursday, August 25th, 2022
Monster Libra -> IcedID -> Cobalt Strike and DarkVNC https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VNC/28974/ Is Tox the New C&C Method for Coinminers? https://www.uptycs.com/blog/is-tox-the-new-cc-method-for-coinminers Carbon Black Blue Screens https://community.carbonblack.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Endpoint-Standard-Sudden-Blue-Screens-on-Windows-Devices-23rd/ta-p/114369 Gitlab Vulnerability https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/08/22/critical-security-release-gitlab-15-3-1-released/#Remote%20Command%20Execution%20via%20Github%20import
ISC StormCast for Thursday, August 25th, 2022
Monster Libra -> IcedID -> Cobalt Strike and DarkVNC https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VNC/28974/ Is Tox the New C&C Method for Coinminers? https://www.uptycs.com/blog/is-tox-the-new-cc-method-for-coinminers Carbon Black Blue Screens https://community.carbonblack.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/Endpoint-Standard-Sudden-Blue-Screens-on-Windows-Devices-23rd/ta-p/114369 Gitlab Vulnerability https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/08/22/critical-security-release-gitlab-15-3-1-released/#Remote%20Command%20Execution%20via%20Github%20import
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Who's Looking at Your security.txt File https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Who%27s+Looking+at+Your+security.txt+File%3F/28972 Assessing Python Malware Detectors with a Benchmark Dataset https://blog.chainguard.dev/taming-python-malware-scanners/ New Iranian APT Data Extraction Tool https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-iranian-apt-data-extraction-tool/ Firefox Update https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/ IBM MQ Update https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6613021
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Who's Looking at Your security.txt File https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Who%27s+Looking+at+Your+security.txt+File%3F/28972 Assessing Python Malware Detectors with a Benchmark Dataset https://blog.chainguard.dev/taming-python-malware-scanners/ New Iranian APT Data Extraction Tool https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-iranian-apt-data-extraction-tool/ Firefox Update https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/ IBM MQ Update https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6613021
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
32 or 64 Bits Malware https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32+or+64+bits+Malware%3F/28968 Proxies and Configurations Used for Credential Stuffing Attacks https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/220818.pdf DirtyCred Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerablity https://www.blackhat.com/us-22/briefings/schedule/#cautious-a-new-exploitation-method-no-pipe-but-as-nasty-as-dirty-pipe-27169 Fake DDos Pages on WordPress Sites Lead to Drive-By-Downloads https://blog.sucuri.net/2022/08/fake-ddos-pages-on-wordpress-lead-to-drive-by-downloads.html
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
32 or 64 Bits Malware https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32+or+64+bits+Malware%3F/28968 Proxies and Configurations Used for Credential Stuffing Attacks https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/220818.pdf DirtyCred Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerablity https://www.blackhat.com/us-22/briefings/schedule/#cautious-a-new-exploitation-method-no-pipe-but-as-nasty-as-dirty-pipe-27169 Fake DDos Pages on WordPress Sites Lead to Drive-By-Downloads https://blog.sucuri.net/2022/08/fake-ddos-pages-on-wordpress-lead-to-drive-by-downloads.html
ISC StormCast for Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Brazil malspam pushes Astaroth (Guildma) malware https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Brazil+malspam+pushes+Astaroth+%28Guildma%29+malware/28962 Android Ring App XSS https://checkmarx.com/blog/amazon-quickly-fixed-a-vulnerability-in-ring-android-app-that-could-expose-users-camera-recordings/ iOS in App Browser Security Issues https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser iOS in-App Browser Issues https://krausefx.com/blog/ios-privacy-instagram-and-facebook-can-track-anything-you-do-on-any-website-in-their-in-app-browser https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser