Ok About 4 months ago I made a quick PHP page to be used as a custom ALARM for detecting intruders in a network. This has a quick call to a Slack Web Hook but clearly could link to anything (.e.g. DISCORD, TEAMS etc.)
Today I wanted to deploy this but I thought I’d throw it into CHATGPT to see how it summarizes code:
So here we go:
Read more “A Cyber Alarm – PoC Parrot”
You never know what you will find when you go hunting! So here’s a quick tale of an explore I did using Advanced Hunting!
I went hunting here in Advanced Hunting:
Read more “Threat hunting with some funny results!”
Everyone has a plan until they are cyber punched in the face! Or something like that!
People seem to have this misconception that you need to “do a pentest” or some other project based activity to do “security testing” or response planning.
Let’s be real here, you really don’t. But what you do need is a few things:
Working out what exploits to care about is a tough job, kill chains, availability of exploits, complexity, data flows, controls etc. all play a part in understanding a vulnerability and how it affects your organisational risk. To support this effort I’ve started to compile a list of public exploits against CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV). This may be useful for defensive and offensive security pros.
Read more “Offensive KEV Alpha 0.1”
Spotted on twitter (thanks Danny!):
CISA updates the known exploited vulnerabilities list (KEV) yesterday with another 38 updates!
That means an update is required for OFFESNIVE KEV!
Read more “Offensive KEV Updates! CISA releases 38 more CVEs to KEV”
This is a fast publish!
Confirmed all Office (ISO Install/PRO and 365) when using the Rich Text Format (RTF) method.
Office 365 has some sort of patch against the .DOCX format.
This is a fast publish
Vmware just released patches for two new vulnerabilities in Workspace One, followed by guidance from CISA to patch by May 23rd or remove the devices from the network/internet!
“All Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must complete the following actions:
By 5:00 PM EDT on Monday, May 23, 2022:
Enumerate all instances of impacted VMware products [VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager] on agency networks.
Read more “CVE-2022-22972 & CVE-2022-22973”
It’s “only” essential but it can be bloody difficult!
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Cyber Essentials is a minimum baseline standard for ensuring foundational cyber security considerations and controls are in place. It’s a good starting point, but by no means should it be “THE GOAL” and just because it has “Essentials” in its name, don’t think it’s easy to comply with. Whilst the standard isn’t outlandish with its requirements in the main, the reality between technical capabilities and being able to discover, audit and remediate security configurations in organisations is often nowhere near as simple as someone may tell you. The news here is that the standard has been extended to include some wider areas.
Read more “The Challenges of Cyber Essentials Audit and Compliance Activities”
Sir Jeremy Fleming was speaking at CyberUK, the UK’s flagship cyber security conference this week.
The full presentation is here but I’ve picked out some key highlights.
“Of course, we can count ourselves lucky compared to those caught up in wars, but we are also seeing a heightened cyber risk. Cyber criminals are consistently evolving their tactics; the lines are blurring with hostile state activity and ransomware remains a real threat.”
“Cyber clearly matters to everyone.”
“At the global level, the UK has developed as a cyber power. Alongside the more traditional forms of diplomacy and statecraft, cyber now plays a vital role in our national security and prosperity.”
Read more “The Director of GCHQ speaks at CyberUK 2022”