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Emotet Malware Delivery Service Update https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/One+Emotet+infection+leads+to+three+followup+malware+infections/24140/ Fedora Crypto Policy Update Causes SSH Issues https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1631970 Android Banking Trojan Impersonates QRecorder https://lukasstefanko.com/2018/09/banking-trojan-found-on-google-play-stole-10000-euros-from-victims.html Google Reverts Changes to Chrome https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/product-updates-based-your-feedback/amp/

Firefox Haveibeenpwned Monitor https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/25/introducing-firefox-monitor-helping-people-take-control-after-a-data-breach/ Chrome 69 Privacy Issues https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-69-keeps-googles-cookies-after-you-clear-browser-data/ Cisco FragmentSmack Vulnerability https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180824-linux-ip-fragment Micorsoft Bitlocker Turns itself Off During Updates https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0e48536f-40ff-4046-bd08-ed4a39b4840f/bitlocker-automatically-suspending-during-updates?forum=win10itprosecurity

More Sextortion Emails https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Sextortion+Spam+and+the+Infinite+Monkey+Theorem/24136/ MacOS 10.14 (Mojahve) Security Fixes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209139 Mojave Privacy Protection Bypass https://vimeo.com/291491984 Cloudflare Supporting Encrypted SNI https://blog.cloudflare.com/esni/

In Episode 84, Ben and Scott talk about the latest announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2018. There are so many things we could talk about, but we've focused on Office 365, the Microsoft security stack, and some of the newest services coming in Azure IaaS. Sponsors Mover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Read More

Odd DNS Requests from Firewalls https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Suspicious+DNS+Requests+Issued+by+a+Firewall/24128/ Securing API Connections https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/The+danger+of+sending+information+for+API+consumption+without+adequate+security+measures/24130/ Microsoft JET Database 0day https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1075/ Western Digital Releases Patch for MyCloud Drives https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=25952&s Job Offers With Malware Attachment https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-disguised-as-job-offers-distributed-on-freelance-sites/

Hunting for Suspicious Processes with OSSEC https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hunting+for+Suspicious+Processes+with+OSSEC/24122/ NSSLabs Sues Crowdstrike, Symantec, ESET https://www.nsslabs.com/blog/company/advancing-transparency-and-accountability-in-the-cybersecurity-industry/ Bitcoin Core Vulnerability https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/qvakp3/a-major-bug-in-bitcoin-software-could-have-crashed-the-currency?__twitter_impression=true WebAuthn Standard https://paragonie.com/blog/2018/08/security-concerns-surrounding-webauthn-don-t-implement-ecdaa-yet https://fidoalliance.org/

In Episode 83, Ben and Scott talk with Iain Foulds about his new book, Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches and how it can help those that are just getting started with Azure or the cloud get up to speed in just a month! Tweet @msclouditpro with the hashtag Read More

Adobe Releases Special Patch for Acrobat and Reader https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-34.html Akamai State of the Internet Report https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the-internet-report/global-state-of-the-internet-security-ddos-attack-reports.jsp Peekabo DVR Vulnerability https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-research-advisory-peekaboo-critical-vulnerability-in-nuuo-network-video-recorder

Certificate Transparency Tools https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Using+Certificate+Transparency+as+an+Attack+Defense+Tool/24114/ Kodi Malicious Add-Ons https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/09/13/kodi-add-ons-launch-cryptomining-campaign/ Cloudflare Making DNSSEC Adoption Easier https://blog.cloudflare.com/automatically-provision-and-maintain-dnssec/ Western Digital MyCloud Unauthenticated Admin Access https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20180102/authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-western-digital-my-cloud-allows-escalation-to-admin-privileges.html

Analyzing Office Docs https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Dissecting+Malicious+MS+Office+Docs/24108/ Apple Updates Everything but macOS https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201220 FBot Botnet https://blog.netlab.360.com/threat-alert-a-new-worm-fbot-cleaning-adbminer-is-using-a-blockchain-based-dns-en/ Related STI Paper: Botnet Reciliency via Private Blockchain (Jonathan Sweeny) https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/covert/botnet-resiliency-private-blockchains-38050

Reversing Visual Basic Shortcuts https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/2020+malware+vision/24104/ Not So Random User Agent https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/User+Agent+String+uatoolsrandom/24102/ Safari DoS https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/ce64de2760996a6c432f06d612e33aea Webroot SecureAnywhere macOS Vulnerability https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-16962--Webroot-SecureAnywhere-macOS-Kernel-Level-Memory-Corruption/ Intel Patches Management Engine Encryption Vulnerability http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2018/09/intel-me-encryption-vulnerability.html

Malicious MHT Files https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malware+Delivered+Through+MHT+Files/24096/ Improved Coldboot Attack https://blog.f-secure.com/cold-boot-attacks/ SAP Patches https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=499356993

In Episode 82, Ben and Scott are joined by Karuana Gatimu, Principal PM Manager in the Insights and Outreach team in Microsoft Engineering, where they discuss the latest happenings with Microsoft Teams - convergence with Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams governance, and the Office 365 Champions program. Don't forget to stop by Read More

So What is Going on With IPv4 Fragments these Days? https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/So+What+is+Going+on+With+IPv4+Fragments+these+Days/24092/ Magacart Javascript Injection Attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/feedify-service-compromised-with-magecart-information-stealing-script/ Bypassing CSP using Polyglot JPEGs https://portswigger.net/blog/bypassing-csp-using-polyglot-jpegs

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+September+Patch+Tuesday+Summary/24088/ Adobe Patches https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Safari/Edge URL Bar Spoofing https://www.rafaybaloch.com/2018/09/apple-safari-microsoft-edge-browser.html Exploit Search Engine https://sploitus.com

"findstr" used to extract malware from LNK files https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/What+is+dikona+or+glirote3/24084/ Tor Browser Javascript Vulnerability https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-affecting-tor-browser-burned-in-a-tweet/ Trend Micro App Leaks Data / Removed from Appstore https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/217353-get-rid-of-open-any-files-rar-support/?tab=comments#comment-1194838 Chrome removes Subdomains from URL Bar https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=881410

Crypto Mining in a Windows Headless Browser https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Crypto+Mining+in+a+Windows+Headless+Browser/24078/ MacOS Adware Doctor Stealing Browser History https://twitter.com/privacyis1st/status/1031428304543395840 https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x37.html VPN Applications with Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/09/vulnerability-spotlight-Multi-provider-VPN-Client-Privilege-Escalation.html Keybase Extension Allws Access By Scripts from Any Site https://palant.de/2018/09/06/keybase-our-browser-extension-subverts-our-encryption-but-why-should-we-care

Malware Uses Powershell to Comple C# Code on the Fly https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malicious+PowerShell+Compiling+C+Code+on+the+Fly/24072/ Stealing WiFi Credentials in Google Chrome https://www.surecloud.com/sc-blog/wifi-hijacking DNS Spoofing and Certificate Authority Domain Validation https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/06/boffins_break_cas_domain_validation/ Cisco Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x?product=Cisco&sort=-day_sir&limit=30#~Vulnerabilities

In Episode 81, Ben and Scott dive into Microsoft Intune and mobile device management (MDM). Also, we'll be at Ignite, so don't forget to come by and say "Hi!". Sponsors Mover.io - Scan, Plan, Migrate, Report. Migrations that don’t suck - with Mover! Office365Mon.com - How do you know what's Read More

MEGA Chrome Extension Replaced with Password Stealer https://serhack.me/articles/mega-chrome-extension-hacked Python Package Installer May Execute Code https://github.com/mschwager/0wned Windows Scheduler Exploit Used in the Wild https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/09/05/powerpool-malware-exploits-zero-day-vulnerability/ Where Have All My Certificates Gone? https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Where+have+all+my+Certificates+gone+And+when+do+they+expire/24066/