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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 Thursday, July 27th 2017 July 26, 2017

Malspam Pushing Emotet Malware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malspam+pushing+Emotet+malware/22650/ Broadpwn Released http://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/ Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Bug Bounty https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/07/26/announcing-the-windows-bounty-program/ Custom Map Vulnearbilty in Valve Games https://oneupsecurity.com/research/remote-code-execution-in-source-games

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, July 26th 2017 July 25, 2017

Adobe Announces End of Flash for 2020 https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2017/07/adobe-flash-update.html JA3 Hash To Fingerprint SSL/TLS Connections https://github.com/salesforce/ja3 https://engineering.salesforce.com/open-sourcing-ja3-92c9e53c3c41 New Wave of Apple iCloud Ransom Attacks https://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/meldung/Erneut-iCloud-Erpressungswelle-ueber-Meinen-Mac-suchen-und-Mein-iPhone-suchen-3782075.html

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, July 25th 2017 July 24, 2017

Uber Drivers Targeted in Social Engineering Scam https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Uber+drivers+new+threat+the+passenger/22626/ Mac Malware FruitFly2 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmv79w/mysterious-mac-malware-has-infected-hundreds-of-victims-for-years Exploit Released for Critical Netscaler SD WAN 9.1.2 Vulnerability http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-6316

ISC StormCast for Monday, July 24th 2017 July 23, 2017

Malicious .iso Attachments https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malicious+iso+Attachments/22636/ Maldoc with .lnk File https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Another+lnk+File/22640/ Large Ethereum Hack http://hackingdistributed.com/2017/07/22/deep-dive-parity-bug/

ISC StormCast for Friday, July 21st 2017 July 20, 2017

Symantec Sloppy Key Verification Leads To Revocation of Certificates https://blog.hboeck.de/archives/888-How-I-tricked-Symantec-with-a-Fake-Private-Key.html Gnome Thumbnailer Executes Code http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html

ISC StormCast for Thursday, July 20th 2017 July 19, 2017

Bots Searching for Keys and Config Files https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Bots+Searching+for+Keys+Config+Files/22630/ Apple Updates Everything https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 Trend Micro Sees SambaCry Exploits http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/linux-users-urged-update-new-threat-exploits-sambacry/ Google Increases Developer Scrutiny https://developers.googleblog.com/2017/05/updating-developer-identity-guidelines.html

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, July 19th 2017 July 18, 2017

Oracle Quarterly Critical Patch Update http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017verbose-3236625.html Cisco WebEx Plugin Update https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170717-webex https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1324&desc=2 Node.JS DoS Vulnerability https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2017-security-releases/ Bitdefender Remote Stack Buffer Overflow https://landave.io/2017/07/bitdefender-remote-stack-buffer-overflow-via-7z-ppmd/ Coindash Hack https://twitter.com/coindashio/status/886936799695818752 https://www.coindash.io DowJones Leaks Customer Data via S3 Buckets https://www.upguard.com/breaches/cloud-leak-dow-jones

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, July 18th 2017 July 17, 2017

SMS Phishing Asks Victims to Upload Picture of Token Card https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/SMS+Phishing+induces+victims+to+photograph+its+own+token+card/22616/ Critical FreeRADIUS Update https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/11-remote-vulnerabilities-inc-2x-rce-in-freeradius-packet-parsers/ OS X Malware Installs Crypto Messenger Signal https://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/07/13/osxdok-refuses-go-away-money/

ISC StormCast for Monday, July 17th 2017 July 16, 2017

NemucodAES UPS Malspam https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/NemucodAES+and+the+malspam+that+distributes+it/22614/ Analyzing Malicious Office Document With LNK https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Office+maldoc+lnk/22618/ Gandi Breach Leads to Domain Compromise https://news.gandi.net/en/2017/07/detailed-incident-report/ iSmart Alarm Vulnerabilities http://dojo.bullguard.com/blog/burglar-hacker-when-a-physical-security-is-compromised-by-iot-vulnerabilities/

ISC StormCast for Friday, July 14th 2017 July 13, 2017

Malware Loads ffmpeg For Video Recording Features https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2017/07/malware-abusing-ffmpeg/ Password Managers and Cloud Storage https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/76956/can-i-still-buy-standalone-license-for-the-1password-no-longer-being-marketed/p8 SAP Point of Sales Express Patch https://erpscan.com/press-center/blog/sap-cyber-threat-intelligence-report-july-2017/ Roderick Currie: Car Hacking Developments https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/internet/developments-car-hacking-36607

ISC StormCast for Thursday, July 13th 2017 July 12, 2017

Simple File Integrity Monitoring With Backup Scripts https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Backup+Scripts+the+FIM+of+the+Poor/22606/ Ethereum Wallet Services Targeted By Scammers http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ethereum-under-siege-scammers-make-700000-6-days-slack-reddit-phishing-attacks-1629866 MongoDB Security Surprises For Shared Hosting https://medium.com/@alexbyk/mongodb-at-shared-hosting-security-surprises-c441ecb84b54 Trend Micro Vulnerabilities https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/trend-micro-deep-discovery-director-multiple-vulnerabilities

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, July 12th 2017 July 11, 2017

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/diary//22602 AT&T Cell Phone Takeover https://carpeaqua.com/2017/07/07/hack-the-planet/ Systemd Invalid Username Bug To Be Fixed https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/6300

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, July 11th 2017 July 10, 2017

Takeover of .io TLD https://thehackerblog.com/the-io-error-taking-control-of-all-io-domains-with-a-targeted-registration/ Malwarebytes Quarterly Malware Report https://www.malwarebytes.com/pdf/white-papers/CybercrimeTacticsAndTechniques-Q2-2017.pdf OpenBSD Introducing KARL To Randomize Kernel Layout at Boot https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=149732026405941&w=2

ISC StormCast for Monday, July 10th 2017 July 09, 2017

More DDoS Ransom Demands https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Adversary+hunting+with+SOFELK/22592/ Adversary Hunting With SOF-ELK https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Adversary+hunting+with+SOFELK/22592/ Petya Master Key Published https://twitter.com/JanusSecretary/status/882663988429021184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bleepingcomputer.com%2Fnews%2Fsecurity%2Fauthor-of-original-petya-ransomware-publishes-master-decryption-key%2F Template Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/07/template-injection.html

ISC StormCast for Friday, July 7th 2017 July 06, 2017

Finding Odd Domain Names https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Selecting+domains+with+random+names/22580/ BitTorrent Sync 2.0 Log Files https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Investigation+of+BitTorrent+Sync+v20+as+a+P2P+Cloud+Service+Part+2+Log+Files+artefacts/22582/ Cisco Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc2 Finding Weak Password Hashing Algorithms Via Hash Collisions https://www.netsparker.com/blog/web-security/collision-based-hashing-algorithm-disclosure/ BIND TSIG Exploit http://www.synacktiv.ninja/ressources/CVE-2017-3143_BIND9_TSIG_dynamic_updates_vulnerability_Synacktiv.pdf

ISC StormCast for Thursday, July 6th 2017 July 05, 2017

AVTest Report: Ransomware not a big deal; Android/MacOS Catching up to Windows https://www.av-test.org/fileadmin/pdf/security_report/AV-TEST_Security_Report_2016-2017.pdf Microsoft Will Prompt Users to Update Windows 10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4023814 Bithumb Bitcoin Exchange Hacked (Article in Korean) http://bithumb.cafe/archives/7329 Turkish Airlines and Emirates Remove Laptop Ban http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/05/emirates_and_turkish_airlines_lift_laptop_ban_on_us_flights/ Ukrainian Authorities Raid MeDoc (Article in Ukrainian) https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/prykryttyam-najmasshtabnishoyi-kiberataky-v-istoriyi-ukrayiny-stav-virus-diskcoderc-881/

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, July 5th 2017 July 04, 2017

Microsoft Patches Skype Vulnerability https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2071 SystemD Invalid Username Bug Not Considered a Vulnerability (or Bug) https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6237 Cisco Fixes SNMP Vulnerability in IOS and IOS XE https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170629-snmp Smartphones Can Be Compromised with shady replacement parts https://iss.oy.ne.ro/Shattered Siemens Fixes Intel AMT Bug https://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-874235.pdf Update For libgcrypt https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/zesty/main/updates/libgcrypt20-dev

ISC StormCast for Friday, June 30th 2017 June 29, 2017

Catching up With Blank Slate https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Catching+up+with+Blank+Slate+a+malspam+campaign+still+going+strong/22570/ Azure AD Connect Vulnerability https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/4033453.aspx#ID0EN Exploit Available For Stack Clash Vulnerability https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/ Paul Herschberger: Data Breach Impact Estimation https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/dlp/data-breach-impact-estimation-37502

ISC StormCast for Thursday, June 29th 2017 June 28, 2017

Petya Ransomware Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Petya+I+hardly+know+ya+an+ISC+update+on+the+20170627+ransomware+outbreak/22566/ Ubuntu systemd Vulnerability https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3341-1/ Microsoft Will Include EMET in Windows 10 https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/06/27/whats-new-in-windows-defender-atp-fall-creators-update/ BGB Attacks Against Bitcoin https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/06/27/hijacking-bitcoin-routing-attacks-on-cryptocurrencies/

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, June 28th 2017 June 27, 2017

Petya/Goldeneye Variant Makes the Rounds https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Checking+out+the+new+Petya+variant/22562/

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