Attackers can execute arbitrary code without authentication if Oracle’s Identity or Web Services Managers are exposed to the Web.
Credential theft soared in the second half of 2025, thanks in part to the industrialization of infostealer malware and AI-enabled social engineering.
In a recent attack, the group showcased stealthier cross-network activity, thanks to its use of a new BYOVD technique and other tools.
A social engineering campaign impersonating PayPal and Amazon uses customer support interactions to acquire sensitive info.
Etay Maor, a cybersecurity strategist and professor, shares his journey, insights, and advice on breaking into the diverse and ever-evolving field of cybersecurity.
Honeypot Requests for Code Repository Attackers continue to scan websites for source code repositories. Keep your repositories outside your document root and proactively scan your own sites. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Honeypot%3A%20Requests%20for%20%28Code%29%20Repositories/32460 Malicious NuGet Packages Deliver Time-Delayed Destructive Payloads Newly discovered malicious .NET packages attempt to deliver a time-delayed attack targeting ICS systems. https://socket.dev/blog/9-malicious-nuget-packages-deliver-time-delayed-destructive-payloads Side Channel Leaks in Encrypted […]
Scans for ESAFENET CDG V5 We do see some increase in scans for the Chinese secure document management system, ESAFENET. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Heads%20Up%3A%20Scans%20for%20ESAFENET%20CDG%20V5%20/32364 Investigating targeted payroll pirate attacks affecting US universities Microsoft wrote about how payroll pirates redirect employee paychecks via phishing. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/10/09/investigating-targeted-payroll-pirate-attacks-affecting-us-universities/ Attacks against Edge via IE Mode Microsoft Edge offers an IE legacy mode to […]
Mass Internet Scanning from ASN 43350 Our undergraduate intern Duncan Woosley wrote up aggressive scans from ASN 43350 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Mass+Internet+Scanning+from+ASN+43350+Guest+Diary/32180/#comments HTTP/1.1 Desync Attacks Portswigger released details about new types of HTTP/1.1 desync attacks it uncovered. These attacks are particularly critical for organizations using middleboxes to translate from HTTP/2 to HTTP/1.1 https://portswigger.net/research/http1-must-die Microsoft Warns of Exchange Server […]