A major part of why I find #wh40k Adeptus Mechanicus so fascinating is because they are technologists in a reality where critical parts of technological knowledge is lost, and this resonates really well to what we're observing in this day and age[1][2][3]:

https://youtu.be/xCGKPRiJp84?si=M8o4zBlHh_YueCr_&t=1553

[1] https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cyber-security-pre-war-reality-check/
[2] https://bsd.network/@cynicalsecurity/112468795879743909
[3] https://infosec.place/notice/Ai3X2gievLP2m9YRns

New assessment for topic: CVE-2024-22729

Topic description: "NETIS SYSTEMS MW5360 V1.0.1.3031 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the password parameter on the login page. ..."

"[metadata only] ..."

Link: https://attackerkb.com/assessments/1671c0a1-d996-4224-8034-3782acdb3bad

My Saturday in a nutshell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1dtmzqnCU

CVE-2024-23803 - Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
https://zeifan.my/siemens_tecnomatix_oobw/?s=09

Migrated my vim config to Lua-based neovim+Lazy.nvim. I feel violated.

"[REDACTED] is a modern, Rust-based terminal with AI built in"

WHY?!?!?!

[RSS] QNAP QTS - QNAPping At The Wheel (CVE-2024-27130 and friends)

https://labs.watchtowr.com/qnap-qts-qnapping-at-the-wheel-cve-2024-27130-and-friends/

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/ssh-backdoor-has-infected-400000-linux-servers-over-15-years-and-keeps-on-spreading/

Kernel.org folks never provided the postmortem they promised in 2011 after finding their infrastructure had been rooted. They also didn't bother to respond to my email earlier this week seeking comment on new information that, in fact, their servers had been rooted 2 years earlier by a 2nd, even more sophisticated piece of malware.

While no one responded to me, here's Linux Foundation member Konstantin Ryabitsev responding elsewhere to my post that the breach was the subject of an FBI investigation, and later of a lawsuit. This says lots about the obligation kernel.org, an organization entrusted with huge responsibility, feels toward transparency. If Microsoft did this, people would be apoplectic.

lmaooooo https://vxtwitter.com/yifever/status/1790941768617439339

Three years ago, #FDroid had a similar kind of attempt as the #xz #backdoor. A new contributor submitted a merge request to improve the search, which was oft requested but the maintainers hadn't found time to work on. There was also pressure from other random accounts to merge it. In the end, it became clear that it added a #SQLinjection #vuln. In this case, we managed to catch it before it was merged. Since similar tactics were used, I think its relevant now

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/merge_requests/889

Is there a legislation in #Berlin requiring every bar to have a disco globe? They seem to obey this rule pretty strictly.

Booting with Caution - Dissecting Secure Boot’s Third-Party Attack Surface

https://nbviewer.org/github/microsoft/MSRC-Security-Research/blob/master/presentations/2024_05_OffensiveCon/OffensiveCon24_Booting_With_Caution_BDemirkapi.pdf?ref=blog.exploits.club

#OffensiveCon24

Microsoft out-of-band zero-day: CVE-2024-30060 - Security Update Guide
CVE-2024-30060 (7.8 high, disclosed 16 May 2024 by Microsoft) Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability with CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Is marked publicly disclosed, but Not Exploited, Exploitation LESS likely.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An authenticated attacker would be able to delete targeted files on a system which could result in them gaining SYSTEM privileges.

What actions do customers need to take to protect themselves from this vulnerability?
We released CVE-2024-30060 to help keep customers protected. Customers who have installed the latest updates, or have automatic updates enabled, are already protected. Customers who have disabled Automatic Extension Upgrades or would like to upgrade an extension immediately must manually update their Azure Monitor Agent to the latest version. For more information on how to perform a manual update, see Manage Azure Monitor Agent.

cc: @serghei @campuscodi @mttaggart @GossiTheDog

#CVE_2024_30060 #zeroday #vulnerability #Microsoft

I *am* cheating but also really proud of this one :)

#IBMi

Infrastructure used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel was infected for two years, starting in 2009, by sophisticated malware that managed to get a hold of one of the developers’ most closely guarded resources: the /etc/shadow files that stored encrypted password data for more than 550 system users, researchers said Tuesday.

The unknown attackers behind the compromise infected at least four servers inside kernel.org, the Internet domain underpinning the sprawling Linux development and distribution network, the researchers from security firm ESET said. After obtaining the cryptographic hashes for 551 user accounts on the network, the attackers were able to convert half into plaintext passwords, likely through password-cracking techniques and the use of an advanced credential-stealing feature built into the malware. From there, the attackers used the servers to send spam and carry out other nefarious activities. The four servers were likely infected and disinfected at different times, with the last two being remediated at some point in 2011.

An infection of kernel.org came to light in 2011, when kernel maintainers revealed that 448 accounts had been compromised after attackers had somehow managed to gain unfettered, or “root,” system access to servers connected to the domain. Maintainers reneged on a promise to provide an autopsy of the hack, a decision that has limited the public’s understanding of the incident.

In 2014, ESET researchers said the 2011 attack likely infected kernel.org servers with a second piece of malware they called Ebury. The malware, the firm said, came in the form of a malicious code library that, when installed, created a backdoor in OpenSSH that provided the attackers with a remote root shell on infected hosts with no valid password required. In a little less than 22 months, starting in August 2011, Ebury spread to 25,000 servers. Besides the four belonging to the Linux Kernel Organization, the infection also touched one or more servers inside hosting facilities and an unnamed domain registrar and web hosting provider.

A 47-page report summarizing Ebury's 15-year history said that the infection hitting the kernel.org network began in 2009, two years earlier than the domain was previously thought to have been compromised. The report said that since 2009, the OpenSSH-dwelling malware has infected more than 400,000 servers, all running Linux except for about 400 FreeBSD servers, a dozen OpenBSD and SunOS servers, and at least one Mac.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/ssh-backdoor-has-infected-400000-linux-servers-over-15-years-and-keeps-on-spreading/

[MS-SMB] Message Signing Example

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-smb/8b80e60b-7514-442b-baf4-eb785d0b0e2c

h/t @eckes

2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade.

2023: Microsoft's emissions are 30% higher than in 2020.

Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires new data centers built out of carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/microsoft-s-ai-investment-imperils-climate-goal-as-emissions-jump-30

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