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Tor IP Renewal For The Win

November 30, 2021 Pentesting, Security, Software, Websites Leave a comment

I’m using Tor for so long that I can’t remember! The main reasons to use it are to access some websites while preserving my anonymity (after all that’s the main purpose of Tor) but also to access dangerous resources like command & control servers or sites delivering malicious content. The

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What’s Hosted Behind ngrok.io?

January 7, 2021 Security Leave a comment

A few weeks ago I wrote an ISC diary about a piece of malicious code that used ngrok.io to communicate with the C2 server. Just a quick reminder about this service: it provides a kind of reverse-proxy for servers or applications that people need to publish on the Internet. I

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[SANS ISC] Mirai-alike Python Scanner

October 20, 2020 Python, SANS Internet Storm Center, Security Leave a comment

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Mirai-alike Python Scanner“: Last week, I found an interesting Python script that behaves like a Mirai bot. It scans for vulnerable devices exposing their telnet (TCP/23) interface in the wild, then tries to connect using a dictionary of credentials. The script has been uploaded to

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[SANS ISC] New Waves of Scans Detected by an Old Rule

April 4, 2019 SANS Internet Storm Center, Security Leave a comment

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “New Waves of Scans Detected by an Old Rule“: Who remembers the famous ShellShock (CVE-2014-6271)? This bug affected the bash shell in 2014 and was critical due to the facts that it was easy to exploit and that bash is a widespread shell

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Show me your SSID’s, I’ll Tell Who You Are!

January 12, 2012 Privacy, Security 33 comments

The idea of this article came from a colleague of mine. He wrote a first version of the script described below. I found it very useful and asked his permission to re-use it and to write this blog article. Thanks to him! In the mean time, during my researches, I

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Suspicious WordPress Plugins Scan

July 8, 2011 Security, Software 6 comments

Here is an interesting example I would like to share with you. It proves how log management is important. If you read my blog, you already know that I’m addicted to logs. They can be very useful to trace incidents or suspicious activities. Today I received several alerts from my

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You said “Goolag”?

February 21, 2008 Security, Software Leave a comment

The Cult of the Death Cow team is back with a new toy called Goolag. One more time, the Google search engine power is diverted to help webmasters to find security breaches in their web site(s). Of course, as a good boy, you will always use Goolag against your own

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RSS NVD Vulnerabilities Feed

  • CVE-2019-25053 (sage_frp_1000) January 27, 2023
    A path traversal vulnerability exists in Sage FRP 1000 before November 2019. This allows remote unauthenticated attackers to access files outside of the web tree via a crafted URL.
  • CVE-2021-41231 (magento) January 27, 2023
    OpenMage LTS is an e-commerce platform. Prior to versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19, an administrator with the permissions to upload files via DataFlow and to create products was able to execute arbitrary code via the convert profile. Versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19 contain a patch for this issue.
  • CVE-2021-41143 (magento) January 27, 2023
    OpenMage LTS is an e-commerce platform. Prior to versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19, Magento admin users with access to the customer media could execute code on the server. Versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19 contain a patch for this issue.
  • CVE-2021-41144 (magento) January 27, 2023
    OpenMage LTS is an e-commerce platform. Prior to versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19, a layout block was able to bypass the block blacklist to execute remote code. Versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19 contain a patch for this issue.
  • CVE-2021-39217 (magento) January 27, 2023
    OpenMage LTS is an e-commerce platform. Prior to versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19, Custom Layout enabled admin users to execute arbitrary commands via block methods. Versions 19.4.22 and 20.0.19 contain patches for this issue.
  • CVE-2020-36659 (apache::session::browsable, debian_linux) January 27, 2023
    In Apache::Session::Browseable before 1.3.6, validity of the X.509 certificate is not checked by default when connecting to remote LDAP backends, because the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl is used. NOTE: this can, for example, be fixed in conjunction with the CVE-2020-16093 fix.
  • CVE-2020-36658 (apache::session::ldap, debian_linux) January 27, 2023
    In Apache::Session::LDAP before 0.5, validity of the X.509 certificate is not checked by default when connecting to remote LDAP backends, because the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl is used. NOTE: this can, for example, be fixed in conjunction with the CVE-2020-16093 fix.
  • CVE-2022-22462 (security_verify_governance) January 26, 2023
    IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance component 10.0.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 225078.
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