Skip to content
/dev/random

/dev/random

"If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in." – Sun Tzu

  • About Me
    • About Me
    • Online Presentations
    • PGP Public Key
  • Disclaimer
  • Tools
    • alerts2afterglow
    • hoover
    • inotes.py
    • known_hosts_bruteforcer
    • pastemon
    • oplb
    • ossec_dashboard
    • ossec2dshield
    • twittermon
    • rrhunter
    • syslog2loggly

Tag: Cuckoo

SANS ISC

[SANS ISC Diary] IOC’s: Risks of False Positive Alerts Flood Ahead

January 26, 2017 MISP, SANS Internet Storm Center 3 comments

I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “IOC’s: Risks of False Positive Alerts Flood Ahead“. Yesterday, I wrote a blog post which explained how to interconnect a Cuckoo sandbox and the MISP sharing platform. MISP has a nice REST API that allows you to extract useful IOC’s in different formats.

Continue reading »
MISP/Cuckoo

Quick Integration of MISP and Cuckoo

January 25, 2017 Cuckoo, Malware, MISP, Security 18 comments

With the number of attacks that we are facing today, defenders are looking for more and more IOC’s (“Indicator of Compromise) to feed their security solutions (firewalls, IDS, …). It becomes impossible to manage all those IOC’s manually and automation is the key. There are two main problems with this

Continue reading »

Offline Malware Analysis with Host-Only VirtualBox Networks

July 15, 2014 Cuckoo, Malware, Security 3 comments

Following the presentation that I made at the RMLL 2014 last week, I slightly changed my malware analysis setup. The goal is to make it fully operational “offline“. Indeed, today we are always “on“, Internet is everywhere and it’s easy to get a pipe. However, sometimes it’s better to not send packets

Continue reading »

Book Review: Cuckoo Malware Analysis

March 3, 2014 Book Review, Cuckoo, Malware, Security, Software 5 comments

I’m a Cuckoo user for a long time therefore it was a good opportunity to read the book “Cuckoo Malware Analysis” and write a quick review (The book is published by Packt Publishing). For the readers who don’t know what Cuckoo is, here is a brief introduction… Malwares are a

Continue reading »

Cuckoo 0.5 on OS X Mountain Lion

December 31, 2012 Apple, Cuckoo, Malware, Security, Software 23 comments

Claudio Guarnieri and his developers gave us a great gift to finish the year. A few days before Christmas, they released the version 0.5 of Cuckoo, the open source malware analysis system. What’s new in this release? Plenty of nice stuffs! I won’t review there here, have a look at

Continue reading »

Cuckoo: Increasing the Power of Malware Behavior Reporting With Signatures

July 27, 2012 Cuckoo, Malware, Security, Software 5 comments

The new version (0.4) of Cuckoo, the open source  malware analysis system has been released this week. That’s a great news! The list of changes and new features is very impressive. So big that an upgrade is not recommended. In my case, I just installed a brand new Cuckoo instance.

Continue reading »

CuckooMX: Automating Email Attachments Scanning with Cuckoo

June 20, 2012 Security, Software 19 comments

Today,  classic anti-virus protections are not enough reliable to protect against modern malwares. To have a better understanding and, if possible, block them, it’s best to execute the code in a safe environment and to analyze its behaviour. Does it create new processes or files, are outbound connections performed via

Continue reading »

Upcoming Events

Here is a list of events that I will attend and cover via Twitter and wrap-ups. Ping me if you want to meet! The list is regularly updated.

SANS Munich 2023

Recent Articles

  • [SANS ISC] A Backdoor with Smart Screenshot Capability
  • This Blog Has 20 Years!
  • [SANS ISC] A First Malicious OneNote Document
  • [SANS ISC] Do you collect “Observables” or “IOCs”?
  • [SANS ISC] Another Script-Based Ransomware

Time Machine

Popular Articles

  • Keep an Eye on SSH Forwarding! 44.2k views
  • Show me your SSID’s, I’ll Tell Who You Are! 42k views
  • Sending Windows Event Logs to Logstash 35.8k views
  • Check Point Firewall Logs and Logstash (ELK) Integration 32.9k views
  • Socat, Another Network Swiss Army Knife 30.8k views
  • Forensics: Reconstructing Data from Pcap Files 29.3k views
  • dns2tcp: How to bypass firewalls or captive portals? 26.7k views
  • Bruteforcing SSH Known_Hosts Files 23.7k views
  • Vulnerability Scanner within Nmap 21.4k views
  • Bash: History to Syslog 20.9k views

Recent Tweets

  • I joined to the 1st beta with @mathias_fuchs and highly recommended! Especially in you attended #FOR610 already! twitter.com/tazwake/status/164…

    March 30, 2023 07:17

  • I hate printers not only for being the worst devices in the world but also their manufacturers for the price of cartridges! #MafiaInk

    March 29, 2023 15:12

  • It has been a while! UDF malicious files are back? pic.twitter.com/j9KE4zPk3l

    March 28, 2023 16:57

  • Q for my Belgian followers... Anyone has a spare #Fujistu NAS that I could borrow a few days? A #Q815 (or any other… twitter.com/i/web/status/16404…

    March 27, 2023 18:42

  • After a training week, a good MTB ride ‍♂️… I think that this one can be renamed “Apocalypse Mud”! ️ pic.twitter.com/RAfEk5kPbj

    March 26, 2023 11:11

RSS NVD Vulnerabilities Feed

  • CVE-2022-48357 (emui, harmonyos) March 27, 2023
    Some products have the double fetch vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause denial of service (DoS) attacks to the kernel.
  • CVE-2023-1079 (linux_kernel) March 27, 2023
    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the work_struct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a […]
  • CVE-2023-0494 (enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus, enterprise_linux_desktop, enterprise_linux_eus, enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems, enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus, enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian, enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian, enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus, enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing, enterprise_linux_server, enterprise_linux_server_aus, enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions, enterprise_linux_server_tus, enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions, enterprise_linux_server_workstation, fedora, x_server) March 27, 2023
    A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.
  • CVE-2022-48428 (teamcity) March 27, 2023
    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.10.3 stored XSS on the SSH keys page was possible
  • CVE-2022-48427 (teamcity) March 27, 2023
    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2022.10.3 stored XSS on “Pending changes� and “Changes� tabs was possible
  • CVE-2023-0823 (cookie_notice_&_compliance_for_gdpr_/_ccpa) March 27, 2023
    The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
  • CVE-2023-1400 (modern_events_calendar_lite) March 27, 2023
    The Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin through 5.16.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
  • CVE-2023-1069 (complianz) March 27, 2023
    The Complianz WordPress plugin before 6.4.2, Complianz Premium WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 do not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Copyright Xavier Mertens © 2003-2023 | Powered by Xameco.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Accept Learn more
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT