

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)
Johannes B. Ullrich
A brief daily summary of what is important in information security. The podcast is published every weekday and designed to get you ready for the day with a brief, usually 5 minute long, summary of current network security related events. The content is late breaking, educational and based on listener input as well as on input received by the SANS Internet Stormcenter. You may submit questions and comments via our contact form at https://isc.sans.edu/contact.html .
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Jun 25, 2020 • 6min
ISC StormCast for Thursday, June 25th 2020
Using Shell Links as zero-touch downloaders and to initiate network connections
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Using+Shell+Links+as+zerotouch+downloaders+and+to+initiate+network+connections/26276/
Chrome Updates Released
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
QNAP Updates for Helpdesk
https://www.qnap.com/de-de/security-advisory/qsa-20-03
Magento Update
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb20-41.html
Attacks Against Microsoft Exchange Servers
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/06/24/defending-exchange-servers-under-attack/

Jun 24, 2020 • 6min
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, June 24th 2020
Analysis Of Traffic Targeting CyberBunker IP Space
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Cyberbunker+20+Analysis+of+the+Remnants+of+a+Bullet+Proof+Hosting+Provider/26266/
Microsoft Offering Enterprise Security Products for Linux/Android
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-atp/announcing-microsoft-defender-atp-for-android/ba-p/1480787
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-atp/microsoft-defender-atp-for-linux-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/1482344
Microsoft Safe Documents
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/safe-documents-is-generally-available/ba-p/1480401

Jun 23, 2020 • 7min
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, June 23rd 2020
Comparing Office Documents with WinMerge
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Comparing+Office+Documents+with+WinMerge/26268/
VMWare Tools and Microsoft Office Updates for macOS
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0014.html
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1225
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1226
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1229
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Bitdefender
https://palant.info/2020/06/22/exploiting-bitdefender-antivirus-rce-from-any-website/
Google Analytics Used to Exfiltrate Data
https://www.perimeterx.com/tech-blog/2020/bypassing-csp-exflitrate-data/

Jun 22, 2020 • 5min
ISC StormCast for Monday, June 22nd 2020
Sigma Rules! The Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Sigma+rules+The+generic+signature+format+for+SIEM+systems/26258/
Pi Zero Honeypot
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Pi+Zero+HoneyPot/26260/
Ransomware Operators Lurk on Your Network
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-operators-lurk-on-your-network-after-their-attack/
Discord Modified to Steal Accounts
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-modified-to-steal-accounts-by-new-nitrohack-malware/

Jun 19, 2020 • 6min
ISC StormCast for Friday, June 19th 2020
Broken Phishing Accidentially Exploiting Outlook Zero-Day
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Broken+phishing+accidentally+exploiting+Outlook+zeroday/26254/
Webcast: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/sansatmic-catch-release-phishing-techniques-good-guys-115430
Cisco Updates
Treck IP Stack: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-treck-ip-stack-JyBQ5GyC
All Advisories: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x
Netgear httpd Firmware Upload Stack-based Buffer Overflow RCE Vulnerability
https://blog.grimm-co.com/2020/06/soho-device-exploitation.html
Tech Tuesday Workshop: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/tech-tuesday-workshop-collaborating-scale-contribute-profit-internet-storm-center-115935

Jun 18, 2020 • 7min
ISC StormCast for Thursday, June 18th 2020
Odd Protest Spam (Scam?) Targeting Atlanta Police Foundation
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Odd+Protest+Spam+Scam+Targeting+Atlanta+Police+Foundation/26248/
Zoom Publishes End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper
https://github.com/zoom/zoom-e2e-whitepaper
Linux ACPI Bug Defeats UEFI Secure Boot
https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language-2.sh
Tech Tuesday Workshop: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/tech-tuesday-workshop-collaborating-scale-contribute-profit-internet-storm-center-115935

Jun 17, 2020 • 7min
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, June 17th 2020
Sextortion to the Next Level
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Sextortion+to+The+Next+Level/26244/
TMobile Outage Due to Configuration Error
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/outages-draw-speculation-of-ddos-attack-on-u-s-but-reality-likely-more-boring/
Vulnerability Analysis of 2500 Docker Hub Images
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.02932.pdf
Track IP Stack Contains Multiple Vulnerabilities
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/257161

Jun 16, 2020 • 7min
ISC StormCast for Tuesday, June 16th 2020
HTML Based Phishing Run
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/HTML+based+Phishing+Run/26242/
Major T-Mobile Outage (may affect other carriers as well)
https://twitter.com/NevilleRay/status/1272650750665953280
https://status.duo.com/incidents/txv7kq6tr0h8
Vulnerabilities in LTE and 5G Networks
https://positive-tech.com/storage/articles/gtp-2020/threat-vector-gtp-2020-eng.pdf
SANSFIRE Handler Talks
Xavier Mertens: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/sansatmic-walk-logs-hell-115420
Bojan Zdrnja: https://www.sans.org/webcasts/sansatmic-arcane-web-mobile-application-vulnerHTML Phishing

Jun 15, 2020 • 6min
ISC StormCast for Monday, June 15th 2020
Fileless Excel Malware
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Malicious+Excel+Delivering+Fileless+Payload/26232/
Windows Update Issues
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4566779/usb-printer-port-missing-after-disconnecting-printer-while-windows-10
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cumulative-updates-june-9th-2020/45a8a7f3-cb89-459e-acf1-32d9de15c099
Privnote.com Phishing
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/06/privnotes-com-is-phishing-bitcoin-from-users-of-private-messaging-service-privnote-com/
SANS @Mic Talk: ISC Handler Bojan Zdrnja
https://www.sans.org/webcasts/sansatmic-arcane-web-mobile-application-vulnerabilities-115425

Jun 12, 2020 • 7min
ISC StormCast for Friday, June 12th 2020
Anti-Debugging JavaScript Techniques
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/AntiDebugging+JavaScript+Techniques/26228/
Facebook Messenger Desktop App Vulnerability
https://blog.reasonsecurity.com/2020/06/11/persistence-method-using-facebook-messenger-desktop-app/
Outlook Massmailing Macros
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/06/11/gamaredon-group-grows-its-game/
STI Student Research: Dennis Taggard; Ebb and Flow: Network Flow Logging as a Staple of Public Cloud Visibility or a Waning Imperative?
Paper: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/cloud/ebb-flow-network-flow-logging-staple-public-cloud-visibility-waning-imperative-39580
Video: https://youtu.be/faoFx7Q3_aM


