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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 Monday, October 10th 2016 October 09, 2016

First Hurricane Matthew Phish Impersonating Stripe https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/First+Hurricane+Matthew+related+Phish/21571/ Samsung Galaxy S6 "KNOXOut" Vulnerability http://media.wix.com/ugd/4e84e6_668d564cc447434a9a8fda3c13a63f6a.pdf Windows 10 Anniversary Edition Improves IE 10 XSS Protection http://mksben.l0.cm/2016/10/xss-via-referrer.html

ISC StormCast for Friday, October 7th 2016 October 06, 2016

More Honeypot Fun https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Checking+my+honeypot+day/21561/ OS X Webcam Exploit https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html iOS 10 Private Browsing https://www.intaforensics.com/2016/09/30/ios-10-private-browsing-how-private-is-it/ Hacked Steam Accounts Used to Spread Malware http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacked-steam-accounts-spreading-remote-access-trojan/ Please Report Any Hurricane Matthew Related Malware/Scams https://isc.sans.edu/contact.html

ISC StormCast for Thursday, October 6th 2016 October 06, 2016

Securing the Human Newsletter https://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201610_en.pdf "Security Fatigue" https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/10/security-fatigue-can-cause-computer-users-feel-hopeless-and-act-recklessly "Selfi Pay" Facial Recognition http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/05/mastercard_selfie_pay/ "MarsJoke" Ransomware Decrypted https://threatpost.com/researchers-break-marsjoke-ransomware-encryption/121022/

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, October 5th 2016 October 04, 2016

SSL Requests to Non-SSL Web Servers https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/SSL+Requests+to+nonSSL+HTTP+Servers/21551/ Insulin Pump Vulnerablities https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/10/04/r7-2016-07-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-animas-onetouch-ping-insulin-pump SSH Konami Codes http://pen-testing.sans.org/blog/2015/11/10/protected-using-the-ssh-konami-code-ssh-control-sequences Cyber Security Awareness Month https://securingthehuman.sans.org/blog/2016/10/02/week01-kicking-off-ncsam/ OpenJPEG Flaw http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/09/vulnerability-spotlight-jpeg2000.html

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, October 4th 2016 October 04, 2016

Password Buddies https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Password+Buddies+A+Better+Way+To+Reset+Passwords/21547/ iMessage Data Leakage http://rsmck.co.uk/blog/imessage-preview/ Exploiting HP Thin Client http://blog.malerisch.net/2016/10/pwning-thin-client-in-less-two-minutes2-cve2016-2246.html

ISC StormCast for Monday, October 3rd 2016 October 03, 2016

The Short Life of a Vulnerable DVR Connected to the Internet https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/The+Short+Life+of+a+Vulnerable+DVR+Connected+to+the+Internet/21543/ Another Day, Another Malicious Behaviour https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Another+Day+Another+Malicious+Behaviour/21539/ Capcom's Streetfighter V Anti Cheat Tool Allows Privilege Escalation https://twitter.com/TheWack0lian/status/779397840762245124/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Apple Joins Mozilla In Distrusting WoSign https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.security.policy/lWJ1zdUJPLI "Footprints" Browser Extension Demonstrate Unmasking User's Idendity https://footprints.stanford.edu

ISC StormCast for Friday, September 30th 2016 September 29, 2016

Turning the lights off with SNMP https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/SNMP+Pwn3ge/21533/ Yahoo! Anwers Used in Command and Control Networks http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/09/unit42-confucius-says-malware-families-get-further-by-abusing-legitimate-websites/ Dlink Router Includes Stupid Simple UDP Backdoor https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2016-09-28-dlink-dwr-932b-lte-routers-vulnerabilities.html Hikvision XXE Vulnerability https://medium.com/@iraklis/an-unlikely-xxe-in-hikvisions-remote-access-camera-cloud-d57faf99620f#.qukzihoew

ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 29th 2016 September 28, 2016

Rig Exploit Kit Used to Spread Locky Ransomware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Rig+Exploit+Kit+from+the+Afraidgate+Campaign/21531/ Facebook Releases osquery for Windows https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/09/27/windows-network-security-now-easier-with-osquery/ Update Cowrie and "New" Default Password used in Internet Wide Scans https://isc.sans.edu/ssh.html?pw=xc3511 BIND Name Server Update https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775%3A-A-query-name-which-is-too-long-can-cause-a-segmentation-fault-in-lwresd.html Various Cisco DoS Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x?product=NonCisco#~Vulnerabilities

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 28th 2016 September 27, 2016

Back in Time Memory Forensics https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Back+in+Time+Memory+Forensics/21527/ Cameras Responsible For Large DDoS Attacks https://twitter.com/olesovhcom/status/779297257199964160 Google Releases CSP Support Tools https://csp-evaluator.withgoogle.com https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/csp-mitigator Microsoft Launches "fuzzing-as-a-service" https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/springfield/

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, September 27th 2016 September 26, 2016

Decompiling P-Code https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VBA+and+Pcode/21521/ Lenovo To Add FIDO Compliant Fingerprint Reader http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/26/intel_and_lenovo_give_the_finger_to_passwords_with_fido/ More Details On Simpler Password Hasing in iOS 10 https://twitter.com/thorsheim/status/779207177416351744 Mozilla to Remove WoSign and StartCom From Trusted List https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6BlmbeQfn4a9zydVi2UvjBGv6szuSB4sMYUcVrR8vQ/preview

ISC StormCast for Monday, September 26th 2016 September 26, 2016

Analyzing Malicious .PUB files https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/PUB+Analysis/21517/ iOS 10 Backup Passwords Easier to Crack http://blog.elcomsoft.com/2016/09/ios-10-security-weakness-discovered-backup-passwords-much-easier-to-break/ Windows 10 Certificate Pinning of Microsoft Domains http://hexatomium.github.io/2016/09/24/hidden-w10-pins/ IBM Geoblocking Fail For Australian Census http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=124f22ba-caaa-46ff-899d-7d96851fee3e&subId=414127 97% Of Fortune 1000 Companies Have Leaked Credentials http://info.digitalshadows.com/rs/457-XEY-671/images/CompromisedCredentials-LearnFromtheExposureoftheWorlds1000BiggestCompanies-Download.pdf

ISC StormCast for Friday, September 23rd 2016 September 22, 2016

OpenSSL Security Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/OpenSSL+Update+Released/21509/ ATM Skimmer Prototypes To Collect Fingerprints https://securelist.com/files/2016/09/16_09_en.pdf Yahoo! Breach Leaks 500M User's Data https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/150781911849/an-important-message-about-yahoo-user-security

ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 22nd 2016 September 21, 2016

Those never-ending waves of Locky Malspam https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Those+neverending+waves+of+Locky+malspam/21505/ Windows Anti Malware Scan Interface (AMSI) http://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2016/09/amsi.html Cloudflare Intorducing SSL Re-Write https://blog.cloudflare.com/opportunistic-encryption-bringing-http-2-to-the-unencrypted-web/ Australian Police Warns of Malicious USB Sticks https://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/news/harmful-usb-drives-found-in-letterboxes

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 21st 2016 September 20, 2016

MacOS Sierra and Safari 10 Released https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Getting+Ready+for+macOS+Sierra+Upgrade+Securely/21465/ BackConnect BGP Hijacks http://research.dyn.com/2016/09/backconnects-suspicious-bgp-hijacks/ Metasploit Vulnerablity https://github.com/justinsteven/advisories/blob/master/2016_metasploit_rce_static_key_deserialization.md

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, September 20th 2016 September 19, 2016

Taking Over Facebook Pages http://arunsureshkumar.me/index.php/2016/09/16/facebook-page-takeover-zero-day-vulnerability/ Exchange Auto-Discovery Vulnerability http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/19/ms_exchange_alleged_bug/ Spyware Apps Targeting Travelers Removed From Goolge App Store https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2016/09/16/embassy-spyware-google-play/ Firefox Will Patch HSTS Vulnerability https://threatpost.com/mozilla-patching-firefox-certificate-pinning-vulnerability/120694/ OpenSSL Patch Pre-Announcement https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2016-September/000076.html

ISC StormCast for Monday, September 19th 2016 September 18, 2016

Cisco Issues Advisories for IKEv1 "heartbleed like" Vulnerability https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1 Intercepting OS X Passwords https://www.scriptjunkie.us/2016/09/intercepting-passwords-to-escalate-privileges-on-os-x/ Vulnerabilities Introduced By Converting 32 Bit to 64 Bit https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/Medien-DB/sec/pubs/2016-ccs.pdf HSTS Preload Database and Webservices https://hstspreload.com

ISC StormCast for Friday, September 16th 2016 September 15, 2016

Locky Ransomware Updates https://blog.avira.com/locky-ransomware-goes-autopilot/ https://blogs.forcepoint.com/security-labs/locky-distributor-uses-newly-released-quant-loader-sold-russian-underground https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Is+2+out+of+3+good+enough+for+AntiMalware/21485/ Critical Update For Cisco WebEx Server https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160914-wem Dualtoy Malware Attacks iOS and Android http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/09/dualtoy-new-windows-trojan-sideloads-risky-apps-to-android-and-ios-devices/ Certificate Pinning Issue in Firefox/Tor Browser https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95#.9jnte0u52

ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 15th 2016 September 14, 2016

Exploit Attempts for Drupal RESTWS Module Vulnerablity https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Exploit+Attempts+for+Drupal+RESTWS+x+Module+Vulnerability/21481/ Google France XSS Vulnerability https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-09-12-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-found-on-www-google-fr/ Pokemon Go Continues to Lead to Malware https://securelist.com/blog/mobile/76081/rooting-pokemons-in-google-play-store/ VMWare Update Fixes Escape Vulnerablity https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, September 14th 2016 September 14, 2016

Microsoft Patches https://isc.sans.edu/mspatchdays.html?viewday=2016-09-13 Adobe Air Patches https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/air/apsb16-31.html iOS 10 Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Apple+iOS+10+and+1001+Released/21473/

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, September 13th 2016 September 12, 2016

If it's Free, YOU are the Product https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/If+its+Free+YOU+are+the+Product/21469/ Weak MySQL Configurations Can Lead To Privilege Escalation http://legalhackers.com/advisories/MySQL-Exploit-Remote-Root-Code-Execution-Privesc-CVE-2016-6662.html Full Disk Encryption Ransomware https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mamba-new-full-disk-encryption-ransomware-family-member-marinho?trk=prof-post

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