I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Cryptominer Delivered Though Compromized JavaScript File“: Yesterday I found an interesting compromised JavaScript file that contains extra code to perform crypto mining activities. It started with a customer’s IDS alerts on the following URL: hxxp://safeyourhealth[.]ru/wp-content/themes/wp-trustme/js/jquery.prettyphoto.js This website is not referenced as malicious and the
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Are Your Hunting Rules Still Working?“: You are working in an organization which implemented good security practices: log events are collected then indexed by a nice powerful tool. The next step is usually to enrich this (huge) amount of data with external sources. You
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “PowerShell: ScriptBlock Logging… Or Not?“: Here is an interesting piece of PowerShell code which is executed from a Word document (SHA256:Â eecce8933177c96bd6bf88f7b03ef0cc7012c36801fd3d59afa065079c30a559). The document is a classic one. Nothing fancy, spit executes the macro and spawns a first PowerShell command… [Read more]
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “A Bunch of Compromized WordPress Sites“: A few days ago, one of our readers contacted reported an incident affecting his website based on WordPress. He performed quick checks by himself and found some pieces of evidence: The main index.php file was modified and some
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Converting PCAP Web Traffic to Apache Log“: PCAP data can be really useful when you must investigate an incident but when the amount of PCAP files to analyse is counted in gigabytes, it may quickly become tricky to handle. Often, the first protocol
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Malicious Post-Exploitation Batch File“: Here is another interesting file that I found while hunting. It is a malicious Windows batch file (.bat) which helps to exploit a freshly compromised system (or… to be used by a rogue user). I don’t have a lot of
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Antivirus Evasion? Easy as 1,2,3“: For a while, ISC handlers have demonstrated several obfuscation techniques via our diaries. We always told you that attackers are trying to find new techniques to hide their content to not be flagged as malicious by antivirus products.
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Blocked Does Not Mean Forget It“: Today, organisations are facing regular waves of attacks which are targeted… or not. We deploy tons of security controls to block them as soon as possible before they successfully reach their targets. Due to the amount of
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Malware Distributed via .slk Files“: Attackers are always trying to find new ways to infect computers by luring not only potential victims but also security controls like anti-virus products. Do you know what SYLK files are? SYmbolic LinK files (they use the .slk
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Malicious Powershell Targeting UK Bank Customers”: I found a very interesting sample thanks to my hunting rules… It is a PowerShell script that was uploaded on VT for the first time on the 16th of May from UK. The current VT score is still
