SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Johannes B. Ullrich
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Nov 17, 2016 • 6min

ISC StormCast for Thursday, November 17th 2016

Russian Malspam Distributing Troldesh Ransomware https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malspam+distributing+Troldesh+ransomware/21717/ Poisontap Exploits USB Ethernet Adapters https://samy.pl/poisontap/ Symantec Patches Untrusted DLL Loading Vulnerability https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20161115_00 VMWare Patches VM Escape Vulnerablity http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html Some Android Phones Leak Data To China http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kryptowire-discovered-mobile-phone-firmware-that-transmitted-personally-identifiable-information-pii-without-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html Jacksonville ISC2 Meeting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isc2-ne-florida-chapter-meeting-november-2016-tickets-29050701430
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Nov 16, 2016 • 6min

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, November 16th 2016

Vulnerability in LUKS Can Be used to Boot Encrypted Linux Systems http://betanews.com/2016/11/15/linux-security-bug-cryptsetup-luks/ Shazam Keeps Microphone Turned on Even While not "Listening" https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x13.html nginx Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Debian Only) http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html
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Nov 15, 2016 • 5min

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, November 15th 2016

Indictment for the theft of FIFA Game Coins https://regmedia.co.uk/2016/11/14/fifafraudindictment.pdf Crysis Ransomware Master Encryption Key Released http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/master-decryption-keys-and-decryptor-for-the-crysis-ransomware-released-/ Adult Friend Finder Breached https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/friendfinder Lightbulb Web Application Firewall Auditing Framework http://seclist.us/lightbulb-is-an-open-source-python-framework-for-auditing-web-applications-firewalls.html
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Nov 14, 2016 • 5min

ISC StormCast for Monday, November 14th 2016

EMET Will Defeat Shell Code Executing Inside Word https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/VBA+Shellcode+and+EMET/21705/ Bitcoin Miners Distributed via FTP Exploits https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Bitcoin+Miner+File+Upload+via+FTP/21707/ 5 Russian Banks Suffer DoS Attack https://www.rt.com/news/366172-russian-banks-ddos-attack/ Wifi May Reveal Mobile Phone Passwords http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2978397
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Nov 11, 2016 • 6min

ISC StormCast for Friday, November 11th 2016

ICMP Unreachable DoS Attacks https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/ICMP+Unreachable+DoS+Attacks+aka+Black+Nurse/21699/ OpenSSL 1.1.0 Patch https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20161110.txt OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Version 3.0.0 Release https://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-modsecurity-core-rule-set/2016-November/002265.html
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Nov 9, 2016 • 5min

ISC StormCast for Thursday, November 10th 2016

DoS Attack Turns off Heat for More then a Week http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1478495966653 (finish only) DLink HNAP Vulnerability https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/dlink-hnap-login.txt PoC Exploits Available for Two MSFT Vulnerabilities https://github.com/tinysec/public/tree/master/CVE-2016-7255 https://g-laurent.blogspot.com/2016/11/ms16-137-lsass-remote-memory-corruption.html OpenSSL Patch Pre-Announced https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2016-November/000085.html Hue Lightbulb Exploit/Worm http://iotworm.eyalro.net (Sophos labels this link as "Spam", but appears to be harmless)
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Nov 8, 2016 • 7min

ISC StormCast for Wednesday, November 9th 2016

Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/November+2016+Microsoft+Patch+Day/21689/ Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/connect/apsb16-35.html https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-37.html
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Nov 8, 2016 • 6min

ISC StormCast for Tuesday, November 8th 2016

Tesco Bank Limits Online Banking After Online Criminal Activity https://yourcommunity.tescobank.com/t5/News/Message-for-Current-Account-customers/td-p/6599 Belkin WeMo Devices Used To Attack Mobile Devices https://www.blackhat.com/eu-16/briefings/schedule/index.html#breaking-bhad-abusing-belkin-home-automation-devices-4640 Fake Retail Apps Flooding Apple App Store http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/technology/more-iphone-fake-retail-apps-before-holidays.html?_r=0 Netflix Password Recovery via Phone Call Vulnerability https://slashcrypto.org/2016/11/07/Netflix/ Webcast: 8 Ways To Watch The Invisible: Analyzing Encrypted Network Traffic https://www.sans.org/webcasts/8-ways-watch-invisible-analyzing-encrypted-network-traffic-103277
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Nov 7, 2016 • 6min

ISC StormCast for Monday, November 7th 2016

Hancitor Maldoc Bypasses Application Whitelisting https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Hancitor+Maldoc+Bypasses+Application+Whitelisting/21683/ Microsoft Extends EMET Support Deadline https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2016/11/03/beyond-emet/ Wifi Based IMSI Catcher https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-16/materials/eu-16-OHanlon-WiFi-IMSI-Catcher.pdf
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Nov 3, 2016 • 7min

ISC StormCast for Friday, November 4th 2016

Reconstruct Binaries Sent via Telnet https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Extracting+Malware+Transmitted+Via+Telnet/21673/ Wix.com DOM Based XSS https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/dom-xss-in-wix.com DNS Based Mail Security https://nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building_blocks/secured_email Web of Trust Plugin Released Anonymized User Data https://www.mywot.com/en/forum/70396--virus-spyware-do-not-install-uninstall-as-soon-as-possible

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