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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9368, (Tue, Mar 18th)
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Static Analysis of GUID Encoded Shellcode, (Mon, Mar 17th)
I wanted to figure out how to statically decode the GUID encoded shellcode Xavier wrote about in his diary entry “Shellcode Encoded in UUIDs“. Here is the complete Python script: I use re-search.py to select the GUIDs: I then decode the hexadecimal data with my tool hex-to-bin.py. Option -H is needed to ignore all non-hexadecimal…
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, March 17th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9366, (Mon, Mar 17th)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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Mirai Bot now incroporating (malformed?) DrayTek Vigor Router Exploits, (Sun, Mar 16th)
Last October, Forescout published a report disclosing several vulnerabilities in DrayTek routers. According to Forescount, about 700,000 devices were exposed to these vulnerabilities [1]. At the time, DrayTek released firmware updates for affected routers [2]. Forescout also noted that multiple APTs targeting devices. Interestingly, Forescout’s report used the URL “/cgi-bin/malfunction.cgi”, a URL returning a 404 status…
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, March 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9364, (Fri, Mar 14th)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, March 13th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9362, (Thu, Mar 13th)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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File Hashes Analysis with Power BI from Data Stored in DShield SIEM, (Wed, Mar 12th)
I previously used Power BI [2] to analyze DShield sensor data and this time I wanted to show how it could be used by selecting certain type of data as a large dataset and export it for analysis. This time, I ran a query in Elastic Discover and exported that data to analyze it in…
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Scans for VMWare Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) API (Brutefording Credentials?), (Wed, Mar 12th)
Today, I noticed increased scans for the VMWare Hyprid Cloud Extension (HCX) “sessions” endpoint. These endpoints are sometimes associated with exploit attempts for various VMWare vulnerabilities to determine if the system is running the extensions or to gather additional information to aid exploitation. The specific URL seen above is /hybridity/api/sessions This particular request is likely…
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9360, (Wed, Mar 12th)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: March 2025, (Tue, Mar 11th)
The March patch Tuesday looks like a fairly light affair, with only 51 vulnerabilities total and only six rated as critical. However, this patch Tuesday also includes six patches for already exploited, aka “0-Day” vulnerabilities. None of the already exploited vulnerabilities are rated as critical. Today’s most interesting vulnerability is a not-yet exploited critical vulnerability…

