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Critical Outlook Vulnerability: In-Depth Technical Analysis and Recommendations (CVE-2023-23397)

Threat Overview Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch for Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-23397, which has been actively exploited for almost an entire year. This exploit has caught the attention of a hacking group linked to Russian military intelligence that is using it to target European organizations. CVE-2023-23397 allows threat actors to steal NTLM credentials of...

ESXiArgs: What you need to know and how to protect your data

Threat Overview Around February 03, 2023, a ransomware campaign called “ESXiArgs” emerged that targeted Internet-facing VMware ESXi servers running versions older than 7.0. Though not confirmed, it has been reported by the French CERT (CERT-FR), BleepingComputer, and other sources that the campaign leverages CVE-2021-21974, which is a three-year-old vulnerability in the OpenSLP component of the...

A Primer on Cloud Logging for Incident Response

Overview This blog post will provide an overview of common log sources in Azure and AWS, along with associated storage and analysis options. At a high level, cloud-based incidents can be categorized into host-based compromises (that is, compromises primarily involving virtual machines hosted in the cloud) and identity-based or resource-based compromises (compromises primarily involving cloud-native...

How Your Team’s Culture Determines the Value of Your Tabletop Exercise

A tabletop exercise (TTX) measures more than an organization’s technical capabilities and adherence to an incident response plan—it facilitates the confluence of personalities and team cultures, in turn revealing friction not only in processes but also in team dynamics. The success of an organization’s response in both a TTX scenario and, more importantly, a real-world...

TrustedSec Okta Breach Recommendations

TrustedSec’s Incident Response Team sent urgent communications to all IR retainer clients after the discovery of the compromise of Okta. Below are the recommendations provided with additional updates after reviewing more information on 03/23/2022. On March 22, 2022, the threat group LAPSUS$ announced a successful compromise of Okta, a heavily used identity and access management...

Back to Basics: The TrustedSec Guide to Strong Cyber Hygiene

Every day, new challenges, attacks, and vulnerabilities are publicized. Just as attackers and the threat landscape are constantly changing, adapting, and evolving, so too must the Blue Teams and defenders who protect organizations against these threats. While the old adage may have been that attacks are rare and unlikely to happen, a new mentality of...