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Johannes Ullrich

A brief daily summary of what is important in information security. The podcast is published every weekday and designed to get you ready for the day with a brief, usually 5 minute long, summary of current network security related events. The content is late breaking, educational and based on listener input as well as on input received by the SANS Internet Stormcenter.

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ISC StormCast for Friday, November 17th 2017 November 16, 2017

A Domain Dashboard For Splunk https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Suspicious+Domains+Tracking+Dashboard/23046/ Oracle Critical PeopleSoft Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-10269-4021872.html#AppendixFMW GitHub Introducing Security Alerts for Dependencies https://github.com/blog/2470-introducing-security-alerts-on-github Exposing IP Addresses For Hidden Services http://sh1ttykids.hateblo.jp/entry/2017/11/16/182001

ISC StormCast for Thursday, November 16th 2017 November 15, 2017

Malicious Document Turns Off Word Macro Protections https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/If+you+want+something+done+right+do+it+yourself/23042/ Blueborne Affects Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices (now patched) http://go.armis.com/hubfs/BlueBorne%20Technical%20White%20Paper.pdf More Malicious Apps In Google's Play Store https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-play-store-sees-sudden-surge-of-malicious-apps/ OnePlus Phones Found With Preinstalled Debug App https://twitter.com/fs0c131y https://twitter.com/__Tux/status/754085708843786240

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, November 15th 2017 November 14, 2017

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Adobe Patches https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Abusing Anti-Virus Quarantine Folders for Priv. Escalation https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-quarantine/

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, November 14th 2017 November 13, 2017

FaceID Beaten By Mask http://www.bkav.com/d/top-news/-/view_content/content/103968/face-id-beaten-by-mask-not-an-effective-security-measure Various URL Validation and HTTP Request Libraries Allow SSRF https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Tsai-A-New-Era-Of-SSRF-Exploiting-URL-Parser-In-Trending-Programming-Languages.pdf Using Heart Rythm As Biometric ID http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2017/09/034.html

ISC StormCast for Monday, November 13th 2017 November 12, 2017

Auditing TLS Root Certificates on Windows https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Keep+An+Eye+on+your+Root+Certificates/23030/ How Google Accounts Are Hijacked https://security.googleblog.com/2017/11/new-research-understanding-root-cause.html Battling E-Mail Phishing https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Battling+email+phishing/23028/ Hacking Airplanes http://www.aviationtoday.com/2017/11/08/boeing-757-testing-shows-airplanes-vulnerable-hacking-dhs-says/

ISC StormCast for Friday, November 10th 2017 November 09, 2017

Twilio Credentials Found in Mobile Apps (requires registration) http://info.appthority.com/-q4-2017-mtr-download-eavesdropper Drive By Cryto Currency Mining Keeps Increasing https://go.malwarebytes.com/rs/805-USG-300/images/Drive-by_Mining_FINAL.pdf Intel's Management Engine Firmware Decoded https://twitter.com/h0t_max https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/09/chipzilla_come_closer_closer_listen_dump_ime/

ISC StormCast for Thursday, November 9th 2017 November 08, 2017

Mantistek Gaming Keyboard Cloud Driver Exfiltrates Keystroke Data https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html Logitech Will Discontinue Harmony Link Device and Brick it via Firmware Update in March 2018 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/8/16623076/logitech-harmony-link-discontinued-bricked Amazon Is Introducing Additional Security Features for S3 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-s3-encryption-security-features/

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, November 8th 2017 November 07, 2017

Interesting RTF Maldoc VBA Dropper https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Interesting+VBA+Dropper/23016/ Multiple Linux USB Flaws Made Public http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/06/8 Google Android November Patches https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01#media-framework Ethereum Multi Signature Wallet Bug Cause Loss of $280 Million https://paritytech.io/blog/security-alert.html https://github.com/paritytech/parity/issues/6995

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, November 7th 2017 November 06, 2017

Fake WhatsApp App in Google Play Store https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7ahujw/psa_two_different_developers_under_the_same_name/ Crunchyroll.com Redirect Leads to Malware https://blog.ellation.com/crunchyroll-com-update-a2a593cf9155 https://bartblaze.blogspot.com.au/2017/11/crunchyroll-hack-delivers-malware.html Recovering Previously Encrypted iOS Backups https://www.gillware.com/forensics/blog/digital-forensics-case-study/new-solution-encrypted-backups/

ISC StormCast for Monday, November 6th 2017 November 05, 2017

PDF Parser for URLs and Text Content of PDFs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Extracting+the+text+from+PDF+documents/23008/ https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/PDF+documents+URLs/23006/ Mobile Pwn2Own Contest 2017 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog OpenSSL Patch https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20171102.txt IEEE P1735 Standard Leads to Weak Crypto https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/828.pdf

ISC StormCast for Friday, November 3rd 2017 November 02, 2017

Certified Malware: Measuring Breaches of Trust in the Windows Code-Signing PKI http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~tdumitra/papers/CCS-2017.pdf Half of Most Popular Free iOS Apps do not use TLS correctly http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2017-10/iphone-ios-apps-hacker-verschluesselung/komplettansicht#comments Image Downloader Chrome Extension Includes Adware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/psa-beware-the-image-downloader-chrome-adware-extension/ Employees Pay Up Ransomware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/59-percent-of-employees-hit-by-ransomware-at-work-paid-ransom-out-of-their-own-pockets/

ISC StormCast for Thursday, November 2nd 2017 November 01, 2017

Configuring SSH Properly on Cisco IOS https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Securing+SSH+Services+Go+Blue+Team/22992/ Ethereum Miners Hijacked via Default SSH Credentials https://labs.bitdefender.com/2017/11/ethereum-os-miners-targeted-by-ssh-based-hijacker/ Crypto Shuffler Steals Bitcoin From Clipboard https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/cryptoshuffler-bitcoin-stealer/19976/ Google Calender Event Injection Added To Mail Snipper https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/google-calendar-event-injection-mailsniper/ November Ouch! Newsletter released: Shopping Security Online https://securingthehuman.sans.org/resources/newsletters/ouch/2017?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=OUCH+Nov+2017+all+languages+&utm_campaign=STH+Ouch+#november2017

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, November 1st 2017 October 31, 2017

Malicious Powershell Code https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Some+Powershell+Malicious+Code/22988/ Apple Updates Everything https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201222 Internet Draft To Update IoT Devices https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-moran-suit-architecture-00

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, October 31st 2017 October 30, 2017

Google Chrome Moving Away from HTTPS Public Key Pinning (HPKP) https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/blink-dev/he9tr7p3rZ8/eNMwKPmUBAAJ Effort To Remove Trust From Dutch CA Over New Intercept Law https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408647 Crypto Coin Mining Feature Found in Google App Store Downloads http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/coin-miner-mobile-malware-returns-hits-google-play/

ISC StormCast for Monday, October 30th 2017 October 29, 2017

Critical New Oracle Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-10151-4016513.html CatchAll Google Chrome Plugins https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/CatchAll+Google+Chrome+Malicious+Extension+Steals+All+Posted+Data/22976/ ACE Files Used For Malware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Remember+ACE+files/22978/

ISC StormCast for Friday, October 27th 2017 October 26, 2017

Results of Kaspersky's Internal Investigation https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/internal-investigation-preliminary-results/19894/ Infineon Bug Testing Tool https://gist.githubusercontent.com/marcan/fc87aa78085c2b6f979aefc73fdc381f/raw/526bc2f2249a2e3f5d4450c7c412e0dbf57b2288/roca_test.py https://github.com/ThomasHabets/simple-tpm-pk11/blob/master/check-srk/check-srk.cc Micropatch Available for "DDE Vulnerability" https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/10/0patching-office-dde-ddeauto.html Finding Cryptocurrency Miners https://medium.com/@s3yfullah/hacking-cryptocurrency-miners-with-osint-techniques-677bbb3e0157

ISC StormCast for Thursday, October 26th 2017 October 25, 2017

Coinhive Domain Compromise https://coinhive.com/blog/dns-breach Dell Loses Control of Backup and Recovery Cloud Storage Domain https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/10/dell-lost-control-of-key-customer-support-domain-for-a-month-in-2017/#more-41267 Google ReCaptcha Broken https://github.com/ecthros/uncaptcha Users in Iran Targeted by Cryptoransomware Masquerading as VPN https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tyrant-ransomware-spreads-in-iran-disguised-as-popular-vpn-app/ Crypto Currency Phishing https://www.dearbytes.com/blog/cryptocurrency-phishing/

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, October 25th 2017 October 24, 2017

Stop Relying on File Extensions https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Stop+relying+on+file+extensions/22962/ BadRabbit New Ransomware Wave Hitting Russia and Ukraine https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/BadRabbit+New+ransomware+wave+hitting+RU+UA/22964/ https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/10/24/kiev-metro-hit-new-variant-infamous-diskcoder-ransomware/ Over 70% Of Web Traffic Now via TLS https://transparencyreport.google.com/https/overview?hl=en Static RNG Seeds in Fortinet Devices https://duhkattack.com

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, October 24th 2017 October 23, 2017

Is a Telco in Brazil Hosing An Epidemic of Open SOCKS Proxies? https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Is+a+telco+in+Brazil+hosting+an+epidemic+of+open+SOCKS+proxies/22956/ Android May Be Adding DNS Over TLS https://www.xda-developers.com https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858 Fake Crypto Currency Trading Applications https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/10/23/fake-cryptocurrency-apps-google-harvesting-credentials/

ISC StormCast for Sunday, October 22nd 2017 October 22, 2017

IoT "Reaper" Botnet http://blog.netlab.360.com/iot_reaper-a-rappid-spreading-new-iot-botnet-en/ https://research.checkpoint.com/new-iot-botnet-storm-coming/ Elmedia Player and Folx Infected with Proton Malware https://www.eltima.com/blog/2017/10/elmedia-player-and-folx-malware-threat-neutralized.html Google Expands Bug Bounty To Popular Android Apps https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/play-rewards/index.html Increased Use of Last Week's Flash Vulnerability https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/apt28-racing-exploit-cve-2017-11292-flash-vulnerability-patches-are-deployed

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