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,
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9278, (Mon, Jan 13th)
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Continue ReadingHikvision 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: User Requests a password reset The user enters an e-mail
Continue ReadingISC Stormcast For Monday, January 13th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9276, (Mon, Jan 13th)
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Continue ReadingMulti-OLE, (Sun, Jan 12th)
VBA macros and embedded files/objects are stored as OLE files inside OOXML files. You can have .docm files with many OLE files, like this one, analyzed with zipdump.py: If you analyze this with oledump.py, each OLE
Continue ReadingWireshark 4.4.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 11th)
Wireshark release 4.4.3 fixes 0 vulnerabilities and 8 bugs. Didier Stevens Senior handler blog.DidierStevens.com (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Continue ReadingISC Stormcast For Friday, January 10th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9274, (Fri, Jan 10th)
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Continue ReadingWindows 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 ->
Continue ReadingISC Stormcast For Thursday, January 9th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9272, (Thu, Jan 9th)
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Continue ReadingExamining 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] Introduction From August to November 2024, my honeypot has captured a wide array of malicious content. In this
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