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What s My File Name Malware may use the GetModuleFileName API to detect if it was renamed to a name typical for analysis, like sample.exe or malware.exe https://isc.sans.edu/diary/What%27s%20My%20%28File%29Name%3F/32084 Atomic macOS infostealer adds backdoor for persistent attacks Malware analyst discovered a new version of the Atomic macOS info-stealer (also known as ‚AMOS‘) that comes with a […]

Interesting ssh/telnet usernames Some interesting usernames observed in our honeypots https://isc.sans.edu/diary/A%20few%20interesting%20and%20notable%20ssh%20telnet%20usernames/32080 More sudo trouble The host option in Sudo can be exploited to execute commands on unauthorized hosts. https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-host CitrixBleed2 PoC Posted (CVE-2025-5777) WatchTwer published additional details about the recently patched CitrixBleed vulnerability, including a PoC exploit. https://labs.watchtowr.com/how-much-more-must-we-bleed-citrix-netscaler-memory-disclosure-citrixbleed-2-cve-2025-5777/ Instagram Using Six Day Certificates Instagram changes […]

Sudo chroot Elevation of Privilege The sudo chroot option can be leveraged by any local user to elevate privileges to root, even if no sudo rules are defined for that user. https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot Polymorphic ZIP Files A zip file with a corrupt End of Central Directory Record may extract different data depending on the tool used […]

Scattered Spider Update The threat actor known as Scattered Spider is in the news again, this time focusing on airlines. But the techniques used by Scattered Spider, social engineering, are still some of the most dangerous techniques used by various threat actors. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc3944-proactive-hardening-recommendations?e=48754805 AMI BIOS Vulnerability Exploited CVE-2024-54085 A vulnerability in the Redfish remote access […]

Open-VSX Flaw Puts Developers at Risk A flaw in the open-vsx extension marketplace could have let to the compromise of any extension offered by the marketplace. https://blog.koi.security/marketplace-takeover-how-we-couldve-taken-over-every-developer-using-a-vscode-fork-f0f8cf104d44 Bluetooth Vulnerability Could Allow Eavesdropping A vulnerability in the widely used Airoha Bluetooth chipset can be used to compromise devices and use them for eavesdropping. https://insinuator.net/2025/06/airoha-bluetooth-security-vulnerabilities/ Critical Cisco […]

NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2025-6543 Citrix patched a memory overflow vulnerability leading to unintended control flow and denial of service. https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX694788 Remote code execution in CentOS Web Panel – CVE-2025-48703 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the user (not admin) part of Web Panel can be used to execute arbitrary code […]

Quick Password Brute Forcing Evolution Statistics After collecting usernames and passwords from our ssh and telnet honeypots for about a decade, I took a look back at how scans changed. Attackers are attempting more passwords in each scans than they used to, but the average length of passwords did not change. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Quick%20Password%20Brute%20Forcing%20Evolution%20Statistics/32068 Introducing FileFix A […]

Scans for Ichano AtHome IP Cameras A couple days ago, a few sources started scanning for the username super_yg and the password 123. This is associated with Ichano IP Camera software. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Scans%20for%20Ichano%20AtHome%20IP%20Cameras/32062 Critical Netscaler Security Update CVE-2025-5777 CVE 2025-5777 is a critical severity vulnerability impacting NetScaler Gateway, i.e. if NetScaler has been configured as Gateway […]

ADS & Python Tools Didier explains how to use his tools cut-bytes.py and filescanner to extract information from alternate data streams. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/ADS%20%26%20Python%20Tools/32058 Enhanced security defaults for Windows 365 Cloud PCs Microsoft announced more secure default configurations for its Windows 365 Cloud PC offerings. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/enhanced-security-defaults-for-windows-365-cloud-pcs/4424914 CVE-2025-34508: Another File Sharing Application, Another Path Traversal Horizon3 reveals details […]

How Long Until the Phishing Starts? About Two Weeks After setting up a Google Workspace and adding a new user, it took only two weeks for the new employee to receive somewhat targeted phishing emails. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/How%20Long%20Until%20the%20Phishing%20Starts%3F%20About%20Two%20Weeks/32052 Scammers hijack websites of Bank of America, Netflix, Microsoft, and more to insert fake phone numbers Scammers are placing […]