SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Disaster Recovery Automation Using Public DNS APIs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/DR+Automation+Using+Public+DNS+APIs/28146/ Office 2021: VBA Project Version https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Office+2021+VBA+Project+Version/28150/ Log4j Updates https://www.blumira.com/analysis-log4shell-local-trigger/ https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html

How the "Contact Forms" Campaign Tricks People https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/How+the+Contact+Forms+campaign+tricks+people/28142/ Bluetooth Used to Extract WiFi Secrets https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05719.pdf Lenovo Privilege Escalation Vulnerability https://support.lenovo.com/cy/en/product_security/len-75210 https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/12/15/technical-advisory-lenovo-imcontroller-local-pri...

Undetected Powershell Backdoor https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Simple+but+Undetected+PowerShell+Backdoor/28138/ Adobe Security Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Remote Deserialization Bug in Microsoft RDP Client Through Smart Card Extension https://thalium.github.io/blog/posts/deserialization-bug-through-rdp-smart-card-extension/ Webkit Bug Exploitable in PS4 https://arstechnica.com/...

Microsoft Patches https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+December+2021+Patch+Tuesday/28132/ Log4j Updates https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Log4j+2150+and+previously+suggested+mitigations+may+not+be+enough/28134/ Log4j Scanner https://github.com/dtact/divd-2021-00038--log4j-scanner Apple Updates https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

Log4Shell Becoming Part of the Day to Day Grind https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Log4Shell+exploited+to+implant+coin+miners/28124/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2PZB5D3Ys Google Chrome Update https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html Malicious PyPi Packages https://medium.com/ochrona/3-new-malicious-packages-found-on-pypi-a6bbb14b5e2

Remote Code Execution in log4j2 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/RCE+in+log4j+Log4Shell+or+how+things+can+get+bad+quickly/28120/ Log4j Zero Day https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ Log4j2/Log4Shell Followup: What we see and how to defend and how to access our data https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Log4j+Log4Shell+Followup+What+we+see+and+how+to+defend+and+how+to+access+our+data/28122/...

Phishing Direct Messages via Discord https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Phishing+Direct+Messages+via+Discord/28114/ Vulnerable Microtik Routers https://eclypsium.com/2021/12/09/when-honey-bees-become-murder-hornets/ log4j RCE 0-day https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ Sonicwall SMA 100 Patch https://www.sonicwall.com/support/product-notification/product-security-notice-sma-100-series-vu...

December 2021 Forensic Challenge https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/December+2021+Forensic+Challenge/28108/ Microsoft and GitHub OAuth Implementation Vulnerabilities Lead to Redirection Attacks https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/cloud-security/microsoft-and-github-oauth-implementation-vulnerabilities-lead-redirection Android Patch Day https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-12-01?hl=en

Webshells, Webshells everywhere! https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Webshells+Webshells+everywhere/28106/ AWS Outage https://status.aws.amazon.com Misconfigured Kafdrop Puts Companies' Apache Kafka Completely Exposed https://spectralops.io/blog/misconfigured-kafdrop-puts-companies-apache-kafka-completely-exposed/ Windows 10 RCE: The exploit is in the link https://positive.security/blog/ms-officecmd...

The Importance of Out of Band Networks https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/The+Importance+of+OutofBand+Networks/28102/ Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance Updates https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961 Is KAX17 Performing De-Anonymization Attacks Against Tor Users? https://nusenu.medium.com/is-kax17-performing-de-anonymization-attacks-against-tor-users-42e566defce8 Google Chrome U...

The UPX Packer will never die https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/The+UPX+Packer+Will+Never+Die/28096/ Survey of Airgap Attacks https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/12/01/jumping-air-gap-15-years-nation-state-effort/ Ubiquity Victim of Insider Extortion https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-technology-company-charged-stealing-confidential-data-and-extorting

TA551 (Shathak) Pushes IcedID (Bokbot) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/TA551+Shathak+pushes+IcedID+Bokbot/28092/ pip-audit scanning Python packages for known vulnerabilities https://pypi.org/project/pip-audit/ Wifi Router Flaws https://www.iot-inspector.com/blog/router-security-check-2021/ SANS Holiday Hack Challenge https://www.sans.org/mlp/holiday-hack-challenge/

Info-Stealer Using webhook.site to Exfiltrate Data https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/InfoStealer+Using+webhooksite+to+Exfiltrate+Data/28088/ Mozilla NSS Library Vulnerability https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2237 EwDoor Botnet is Attacking AT&T Customers https://blog.netlab.360.com/warning-ewdoor-botnet-is-attacking-att-customers/ JAMF Pro 10.32 Patch https://community.jam...

Hunting for PHPUnit Installed via Composer https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hunting+for+PHPUnit+Installed+via+Composer/28084/ Microsoft Defender Scares Admins with Emotet False Positivies https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-scares-admins-with-emotet-false-positives/ Printing Shellz HP Printer Vulnerabilities https://blog.f-secure.com/hp-printer-vulnerabilities/?_ga=...

Wireshark 3.6.0 Released https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Wireshark+360+Released/28076/ Google Cloud Security Report https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/gcat_threathorizons_full_nov2021.pdf Zoom Patch https://explore.zoom.us/en/trust/security/security-bulletin/ Slack DNSSEC Experience Reports https://slack.engineering/what-happened-during-slacks-dnssec-rollout/

Phishing Pages Hiding Itself Using Dynamically Adjusted IP Based Allow List https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Phishing+page+hiding+itself+using+dynamically+adjusted+IPbased+allow+list/28070/ Trickbot Phishing Checks Screen Resolution to Evade Researchers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trickbot-phishing-checks-screen-resolution-to-evade-researchers/ QNAP QVR Patch https://www.qnap.c...

YARA Rule for OOXML Maldocs: Less False Positives https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/YARA+Rule+for+OOXML+Maldocs+Less+False+Positives/28066/ Zero-Day Windows Installer Exploit https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-now-trying-to-exploit-new-windows-installer-zero-day/ VMWare VCenter Vulnerability and Patch https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0027.html

Simple YARA Rules for Office Maldocs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Simple+YARA+Rules+for+Office+Maldocs/28062/ Retailers Urged to Patch Magento https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/ncsc_magento_updates_black_friday_reminder/ PoC of CVE-2021-42321: pop mspaint.exe on the target https://gist.github.com/testanull/0188c1ae847f37a70fe536123d14f398 BeC Via Exchange Flaws https://www.trendmicro.com...

Hikvision Security Cameras Potentially Exposed to Remote Code Execution https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hikvision+Security+Cameras+Potentially+Exposed+to+Remote+Code+Execution/28056/ Detecting PAM Backdoors https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Backdooring+PAM/28058/ Rusted Anchors: A National Client-Side View of Hidden Root CAs in the Web PKI Ecosystem https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.348...

JavaScript Downloader Delivers Agent Tesla Trojan https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/JavaScript+Downloader+Delivers+Agent+Tesla+Trojan/28050/ Exposed Firefox cookies.sqlite Databases https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/18/firefox_cookies_github/ FBI Warns of Fatpipe VPN Exploits https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2021/211117-2.pdf Abusing ClouDNS https://blog.netlab.360.com/the-pitfall-of-threat-intell...

DDS Protocol Implementation Vulnerabilities https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02 Siemens TCP/IP Flaws https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-vulnerabilities-found-on-nucleus-tcp-ip-stack/ Netgear UPNP Stack Based Buffer Overflow https://blog.grimm-co.com/2021/11/seamlessly-discovering-netgear.html

Emotet Returns https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Emotet+Returns/28044/ GitHub Improves npm Security https://github.blog/2021-11-15-githubs-commitment-to-npm-ecosystem-security/ Intel CPU Debug Vulnerability https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/about/news/positive-technologies-discovers-vulnerability-in-intel-processors-used-in-laptops-cars-and-other-devices/ https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/sec...

Microsoft Emergency Update fixes AD Authentication Problems https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-14-2021-kb5008601-os-build-14393-4771-out-of-band-c8cd33ce-3d40-4853-bee4-a7cc943582b9 Using Copy Paste to Change Microsoft AD Password https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Changing+your+AD+Password+Using+the+Clipboard+Not+as+Easy+as+Youd+Think/28036/ Parking Pages Used to Distrbute Malware...

Not So Fake FBI E-Mails https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-incident-involving-fake-emails https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/External+Email+System+FBI+Compromised+Sending+Out+Fake+Warnings/28034/ https://twitter.com/spamhaus/status/1459450061696417792 Reversing Obfuscated Maldoc with BASE64 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Obfuscated+Maldoc+Reversed+BASE64/28030/ Zoo...

In Memory of Alan Paller. Cyber Security Industry Titan and SANS Institute Founder https://www.sans.org/press/announcements/alan-paller-cyber-security-industry-titan-and-sans-institute-founder-passes-away/ https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/In+Memory+of+Alan+Paller/28026/