Category: SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green

Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Jan 14th)

This month's Microsoft patch update addresses a total of 209 vulnerabilities, including 12 classified as critical. Among these, 3 vulnerabilities have been actively exploited in the wild, and 5 have been disclosed prior to the patch release, marking them as…

Multi-OLE, (Sun, Jan 12th)

VBA macros and embedded files/objects are stored as OLE files inside OOXML files. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Multi-OLE, (Sun, Jan 12th)

Wireshark 4.4.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 11th)

Wireshark release 4.4.3 fixes 0 vulnerabilities and 8 bugs. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Wireshark 4.4.3 Released, (Sat, Jan 11th)

Windows Defender Chrome Extension Detection, (Fri, Jan 10th)

With the recent Cyberhaven Extension(2) attack, looking for specific Chrome extensions installed can be very helpful. If you are running Defender with enhanced vulnerability management, Defender automatically catalogs installed extensions by going to Vulnerability Management -> Inventories and selecting Browser…

Make Malware Happy, (Mon, Jan 6th)

When I teach FOR610[1], I like to use a funny quotation with my students: “Make malware happy!” What does it mean? Yes, we like malware, and we need to treat it in a friendly way. To help the malware work…

SwaetRAT Delivery Through Python, (Fri, Jan 3rd)

We entered a new year, but attack scenarios have not changed (yet). I found a Python script with an interesting behavior[1] and a low Virustotal score (7/61). It targets Microsoft Windows hosts because it starts by loading all libraries required…

Goodware Hash Sets, (Thu, Jan 2nd)

In the cybersecurity landscape, we all need hashes! A hash is the result of applying a special mathematical function (a “hash function”) that transforms an input (such as a file or a piece of text) into a fixed-size string or…