Or, “I’m Sorry, You Said You’re from Where Again?” In a prior webinar on creating weaponized Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads, I mentioned that XSS payloads (written in JavaScript) could not change the HTTP Referer header. Malicious requests made through an XSS payload will often have an unexpected Referer header that does not generally make sense…
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Introduction Macros seem like the new hotness amongst hackers, but I thought macros were just simple scripts that some accountant in finance used to simplify their spreadsheets. How can I use and abuse these things to Hack the Planet and rule the world? How can something designed in the 90s still be relevant? In previous…
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With the release of Cobalt Strike 4.1, a new feature has been added that allows code to be run in a more OPSEC friendly manner. This is implemented through what has been termed Beacon Object Files (BOFs). In this post, I will outline some of the less obvious restrictions of BOFs and share my workflow…
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On June 29, 2020, Palo Alto released information on a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication bypass CVE-2020-2021. Palo Alto published the advisory PAN-148988 for a critical issue affecting multiple versions of PAN-OS. An Overview of the Vulnerability Description: With network access to a device running a vulnerable version of PAN-OS and configured to use…
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Today we’re going to talk about a persistence method that takes advantage of some of the wonderful telemetry that Microsoft has included in Windows versions for the last decade. The process outlined here affects Windows machines from 2008R2/Windows 7 through 2019/Windows 10. As of this posting, this persistence technique requires local admin rights to install…
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Introduction Now that I can read these macros and code snippets on stackexchange, how do I really make use of VBA? There must be more than meets the eye. How can I transform this BASIC code into something to pwn the world? I want to develop something! After learning the reason we should be looking…
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Introduction Thanks to your super spiffy explainer on macros, I know why I should go old school and start coding in VBA, but I can’t even read it, let alone hack it. Do you have Google translate for VBA or possibly a Babel fish? Great, I’ve convinced you that you need to start looking at…
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On March 10, 2020, during its monthly Patch Tuesday, Microsoft published the advisory ADV200005 for a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability on Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1.1. Microsoft released the advisory after Cisco Talos accidentally published details on the same day. Both Cisco Talos and Fortinet released advisories for the vulnerabilities on their pages…
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Today we are excited to announce the launch of the TrustedSec Sysmon Community Guide. This guide is intended to be a one-stop shop for all things Sysmon. Our goal for the project is to help empower defenders with the information they need to leverage this great tool and to help the infosec community spread the…
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Current Problem When working in an unknown network, some of the most important pieces of information to have are appraisals of current assets and information contained on them. This is important for any security professional, from tester to defender. Given the prevalence of Active Directory (AD) in most Windows environments, gaining a clear inventory of…
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