Dissecting the Golden SAML Attack Used by Attackers Exploiting the SUNBURST Backdoor
March 5, 2021
Threat Research
How to Audit and Test for Sudo’s CVE-2021-3156 with LogRhythm
TL/DR Qualys has reported that Sudo, before 1.9.4p2, has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows privileged escalation to root via “sudoedit -s” and a command-line argument that ends with a single backslash character. Detecting a successful exploit of the…
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2021
Ransomware Prevention Panel: How to Address a Pervasive and Unrelenting Threat
Watch this on-demand webcast to dive deeper into the themes explored in the SANS white paper “How to Address a Pervasive and Unrelenting Threat,” written by SANS instructor Justin Henderson. Along with Justin, you’ll learn from a panel of cybersecurity experts about how to protect against infection vectors, the latest trends in ransomware attacks, and how defending against ransomware changes when considering remote workforces.
Read MoreNovember 23, 2020
Anatomy of a Hacker Group: APT29 (AKA Cozy Bear)
Watch the on-demand webinar now to learn from members of LogRhythm Labs’ threat research team and Randy Franklin Smith of Ultimate Windows Security, who will do a deep-dive into the APT29 threat group, their activities, and how you can automate the detection and mitigation of threats either associated with the group or that use similar techniques.
Read MoreJune 9, 2020
Insights and Included Content to Protect Your Organization During Times of Crisis
In times of crisis and uncertainty, nefarious threat actors have always preyed on the public and worked to exploit the situation for their benefit. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception, as attackers have begun to masquerade and disguise common cyberattacks…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2020
Examining the baseStriker Vulnerability
The zero-day “baseStriker” vulnerability is still widely in use, but do you know what to look out for if it finds its way into your organization? While 18 months have passed since Microsoft developed a fix for the vulnerability that…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2019
NotPetya Anniversary — Is a Version 2 Coming?
Just over a year ago, the world saw two major ransomware outbreaks in short succession. The first being WannaCry, followed by NotPetya a few weeks later. Unlike WannaCry, NotPetya infected machines on a network by exploiting the devices that were…
Read MoreJuly 5, 2018
Detecting Drupalgeddon 2.0
Despite a patch being released for the Drupal vulnerability known as Drupalgeddon 2.0, educational institutions and government entities globally are still feeling its impacts. Since its release on March 28, 2018, the bug has impacted about 1 million sites that…
Read MoreJune 27, 2018
Time to Reset Your Router? Understanding and Removing VPNFilter Malware
On May 23, 2018, Talos Group released its analysis of an ongoing malware attack it named “VPNFilter.” The Talos analysis indicates that this attack was first identified in 2016 and, as of June 2018, has compromised more than 500,000 endpoints.…
Read MoreJune 13, 2018
Catch the Next WannaCry or NotPetya Ransomware Attack Before Damage Occurs
Contributors to this blog include Nathaniel “Q” Quist and Sam Straka. On April 14, 2017, Shadow Brokers released a set of previously classified exploit tools developed by the National Security Agency. Within this cache of exploits, perhaps the most notorious…
Read MoreMay 14, 2018
