One of my hunting rules triggered some suspicious Python code, and, diving deeper, I found an interesting example of DLL side-loading. This technique involves placing a malicious DLL with the same name and export structure as a
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Continue ReadingStatic Analysis of GUID Encoded Shellcode, (Mon, Mar 17th)
I wanted to figure out how to statically decode the GUID encoded shellcode Xavier wrote about in his diary entry "Shellcode Encoded in UUIDs". Here is the complete Python script: I use re-search.py to select the
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Continue ReadingMirai Bot now incroporating (malformed?) DrayTek Vigor Router Exploits, (Sun, Mar 16th)
Last October, Forescout published a report disclosing several vulnerabilities in DrayTek routers. According to Forescount, about 700,000 devices were exposed to these vulnerabilities [1]. At the time, DrayTek released firmware updates for affected routers [2]. Forescout
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Continue ReadingFile Hashes Analysis with Power BI from Data Stored in DShield SIEM, (Wed, Mar 12th)
I previously used Power BI [2] to analyze DShield sensor data and this time I wanted to show how it could be used by selecting certain type of data as a large dataset and export it
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Continue ReadingScans for VMWare Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) API (Brutefording Credentials?), (Wed, Mar 12th)
Today, I noticed increased scans for the VMWare Hyprid Cloud Extension (HCX) "sessions" endpoint. These endpoints are sometimes associated with exploit attempts for various VMWare vulnerabilities to determine if the system is running the extensions or
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