Month: August 2019

Researchers at Proofpoint discovered SystemBC, a new strain of proxy malware that is being distributed via Fallout and RIG Exploit Kits Source: SystemBC, a new proxy malware is being distributed via Fallout and RIG EK

Exploit kits come and go, rise and fall, like the ocean currents. In order to be successful they must be up-to-date and utilise the latest and greatest in consumable exploits. Virus Bulletin‘s Adrian Luca recently discovered a brand new exploit kit, which has called the Lord EK. Malwarebytes have be quick on the draw and…

Talos: Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between July 26 and Aug. 2. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioural characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are…

This BlueKeep exploit is now progressing very quickly now: A working BlueKeep exploit module is available now, at an “expensive” monthly rate: BlueKeep built into exploitation tool, sparks fear of Wannacry style infection

This is a fascinating read which acknowledges that current attacker methodologies have evolved beyond the old smash-and-grab approach to infiltrate and remain. This also highlights how far defenders actually are behind the curve, because attackers have been using these methods for a few years now and we are only just catching up. “The Cyber Kill…

A researcher said that he found a Honda ElasticSearch database exposing 40GB of internal system and device data. Source: Honda’s Security ‘Soft Spots’ Exposed in Unsecured Database

Willful negligence and deceit by Cisco…. and I thought Huawei were the bad guys. “Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of knowingly selling video surveillance system containing severe security vulnerabilities to the U.S. federal and state government agencies.” Source: Cisco ‘Knowingly’ Sold Hackable Video Surveillance…