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ISC StormCast for Friday, September 22nd 2017
More (Likely Fake) DDoS Extortion Attempts https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Emails+threatening+DDoS+allegedly+from+Phantom+Squad/22856/ CVE-2017-8759 Used in Cyber Crime Attacks https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Email+attachment+using+CVE20178759+exploit+targets+Argentina/22850/ CCleaner Command and Control Server http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/ccleaner-c2-concern.html?m=1 Vulnerability in Intel Managment Engine Can Lead to Execution of Unsigned Code https://www.blackhat.com/eu-17/briefings/schedule/#how-to-hack-a-turned-off-computer-or-running-unsigned-code-in-intel-management-engine-8668
ISC StormCast for Friday, September 22nd 2017
More (Likely Fake) DDoS Extortion Attempts https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Emails+threatening+DDoS+allegedly+from+Phantom+Squad/22856/ CVE-2017-8759 Used in Cyber Crime Attacks https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Email+attachment+using+CVE20178759+exploit+targets+Argentina/22850/ CCleaner Command and Control Server http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/ccleaner-c2-concern.html?m=1 Vulnerability in Intel Managment Engine Can Lead to Execution of Unsigned Code https://www.blackhat.com/eu-17/briefings/schedule/#how-to-hack-a-turned-off-computer-or-running-unsigned-code-in-intel-management-engine-8668
ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 21st 2017
Newest Locky Update: RAR Attachments and "Invoice" E-Mails https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Ongoing+Ykcol+Locky+campaign/22848/ Viacom S3 Bucket Leak https://www.upguard.com/breaches/cloud-leak-viacom iOS 11 Outlook.com Bug https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208136
ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 21st 2017
Newest Locky Update: RAR Attachments and "Invoice" E-Mails https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Ongoing+Ykcol+Locky+campaign/22848/ Viacom S3 Bucket Leak https://www.upguard.com/breaches/cloud-leak-viacom iOS 11 Outlook.com Bug https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208136
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 20th 2017
Mac-Robber Python Rewrite https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/New+tool+macrobberpy/22844/ Apache Tomcat Patch https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/09/19/Apache-Releases-Security-Updates-Apache-Tomcat Apple Updates For iOS, Xcode, tvOS, watchOS and Safari https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 20th 2017
Mac-Robber Python Rewrite https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/New+tool+macrobberpy/22844/ Apache Tomcat Patch https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/09/19/Apache-Releases-Security-Updates-Apache-Tomcat Apple Updates For iOS, Xcode, tvOS, watchOS and Safari https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, September 19th 2017
CCleaner Compromise http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html http://www.piriform.com/news/release-announcements/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users Word INCLUDEPICTURE Feature Abuse https://securelist.com/an-undocumented-word-feature-abused-by-attackers/81899/ security.txt file https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-foudil-securitytxt-00.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, September 19th 2017
CCleaner Compromise http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html http://www.piriform.com/news/release-announcements/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users Word INCLUDEPICTURE Feature Abuse https://securelist.com/an-undocumented-word-feature-abused-by-attackers/81899/ security.txt file https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-foudil-securitytxt-00.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt
ISC StormCast for Monday, September 18th 2017
Bashware: Bypassing Windows Security via Linux (WSL) https://research.checkpoint.com/beware-bashware-new-method-malware-bypass-security-solutions/ Javascript Rogue Crypto Currency Miner https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/09/14/cryptocurrency-web-mining-union-profit/ NodeJS Hash Table DoS https://medium.com/@ahmadbamieh/nodejs-constant-hashtables-seeds-vulnerability-f03bf70e3593 HTTPS Interception https://blog.cloudflare.com/understanding-the-prevalence-of-web-traffic-interception/
ISC StormCast for Monday, September 18th 2017
Bashware: Bypassing Windows Security via Linux (WSL) https://research.checkpoint.com/beware-bashware-new-method-malware-bypass-security-solutions/ Javascript Rogue Crypto Currency Miner https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/09/14/cryptocurrency-web-mining-union-profit/ NodeJS Hash Table DoS https://medium.com/@ahmadbamieh/nodejs-constant-hashtables-seeds-vulnerability-f03bf70e3593 HTTPS Interception https://blog.cloudflare.com/understanding-the-prevalence-of-web-traffic-interception/
ISC StormCast for Friday, September 15th 2017
Another Webshell; Another Backdoor https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Another+webshell+another+backdoor/22826/ D-Link Vulnerability https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html Chrome To Label FTP As Insecure https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/security-dev/HknIAQwMoWo/xYyezYV5AAAJ More Google Play Store Malware https://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/09/14/expensivewall-dangerous-packed-malware-google-play-will-hit-wallet/ Elasticsearch Botnet https://mackeepersecurity.com/post/kromtech-discovers-massive-elasticsearch-infected-malware-botnet
ISC StormCast for Friday, September 15th 2017
Another Webshell; Another Backdoor https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Another+webshell+another+backdoor/22826/ D-Link Vulnerability https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html Chrome To Label FTP As Insecure https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/security-dev/HknIAQwMoWo/xYyezYV5AAAJ More Google Play Store Malware https://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/09/14/expensivewall-dangerous-packed-malware-google-play-will-hit-wallet/ Elasticsearch Botnet https://mackeepersecurity.com/post/kromtech-discovers-massive-elasticsearch-infected-malware-botnet
ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 14th 2017
No IPv6? Challenge Accepted https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/No+IPv6+Challenge+Accepted+Part+1/22820/ Exploiting CVE-2017-8759 https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/09/exploiting-cve-2017-8759-soap-wsdl-parser-code-injection/ Wordpress Plugin Found With Backdoor https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/09/11/wordpress-poor-handling-of-plugin-security-exacerbates-malicious-takeover-of-display-widgets/
ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 14th 2017
No IPv6? Challenge Accepted https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/No+IPv6+Challenge+Accepted+Part+1/22820/ Exploiting CVE-2017-8759 https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/09/exploiting-cve-2017-8759-soap-wsdl-parser-code-injection/ Wordpress Plugin Found With Backdoor https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/09/11/wordpress-poor-handling-of-plugin-security-exacerbates-malicious-takeover-of-display-widgets/
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 13th 2017
Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/09/zero-day-used-to-distribute-finspy.html https://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisories BlueBorne Bluetooth Vulnerability http://go.armis.com/hubfs/BlueBorne%20Technical%20White%20Paper.pdf