Cybersecurity

Earth Freybug Uses UNAPIMON for Unhooking Critical APIs

First cc.bat for reconnaissance Once the scheduled task is triggered, a previously deployed batch file, %System%cc.bat, is executed in the remote machine. Based on our telemetry, this batch file launches commands to gather system information. Among the commands executed are: powershell.exe  -command “Get-NetAdapter |select InterfaceGuid” arp  -a ipconfig  /all fsutil  fsinfo drives query  user net  […]

Cybersecurity

CVE-2023-36025 Exploited for Defense Evasion in Phemedrone Stealer Campaign

Defense evasion by exploiting CVE-2023-36025 Once the malicious .url file exploiting CVE-2023-36025 is executed, it connects to an attacker-controlled server to download and execute a control panel item (.cpl) file. Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen should warn users with a security prompt before executing the .url file from an untrusted source. However, the attackers craft a […]

Cybersecurity

DriveFS Sleuth: Open-source tool for investigating Google Drive File Stream’s disk forensic artifacts – Help Net Security

DriveFS Sleuth automates the investigation of Google Drive File Stream disk artifacts. The tool can parse the disk artifacts and build a filesystem tree-like structure enumerating the synchronized files along with their respective properties. “While engaged in a threat-hunting activity for a client to detect the misuse of file-syncing applications within their network, I identified […]

Data Center

What Is a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)? | Definition from TechTarget

What is a configuration management database (CMDB)? A configuration management database (CMDB) is a file — usually in the form of a standardized database — that contains all relevant information about the hardware and software components used in an organization’s IT services and the relationships among those components. A CMDB stores information that provides an […]