On May 25, 2021, the campaign escalated as NOBELIUM, the same group behind the 2020 SolarWinds attacks, leveraged the legitimate mass-mailing service, Constant Contact, to masquerade as a US-based development organization and distribute malicious URLs to a wide variety of organizations and industry verticals. Using the legitimate mass mailing service Constant Contact, NOBELIUM ... READ MORE
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Combating Ransomware for Tomorrow – The Other Pandemic
Another year and another record topping year of even higher ransomware payments; something has to change if we want this to get any better. Some stats first: 51% of all businesses in 2020 were targets of ransomware Overall 40% surge in global ransomware hits in 2020 Average ransomware payments in Q3 of 2020 were over $233,000. A new 2021 report shows that average is up ... READ MORE
Colonial Pipeline Ransomware
Ransomware attacks are no longer simply a malware infection. Today’s ransomware threat actor groups are comprised of skilled hackers who are well-versed in infiltrating their victims’ networks. Once inside the target network, these attackers perform reconnaissance to identify critical accounts, systems and even sensitive data stored within the network. Since the mid-2010s, we ... READ MORE
Microsoft Exchange – CVE-2021-26855+
On March 2, 2021, Microsoft released several security updates to address at least seven critical vulnerabilities in supported versions of on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server. These vulnerabilities were observed being used in limited targeted attacks; however, due to the critical nature and publication of these vulnerabilities, Microsoft released guidance that all customers ... READ MORE
Cisco Smart Install for Penetration Testing
Cisco Systems Inc. developed a widely used protocol to perform zero touch deployment of new infrastructure. This can include devices such as switches and routers and many other devices running Cisco IOS. This technology is called Smart Install. Smart Install runs on TCP port 4786 and requires no authentication to connect to the remote service. This protocol is very useful for ... READ MORE
Building a Vulnerable Box: RemoteMouse
At the start of every year, I review my lab repository of intentionally vulnerable machines and do my best to add new ones to the list. I recently came across a particularly interesting flaw, from a teaching perspective, and thought it would be worth capturing. RemoteMouse is Windows/Linux/Mac compatible software that can be used in conjunction with a mobile app to turn your ... READ MORE
How to have effective Enterprise Identity & Access Management (EIAM)
Your business operations can be complex and require multiple technologies such as applications, platforms, services and infrastructure. Effectively overseeing and controlling who has access to what across this landscape can be a daunting challenge. Unfortunately, there are numerous horror stories of failed IAM projects and many companies continue to struggle with effective IAM ... READ MORE
Investigating SolarWinds Impact
The recent disclosure of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack is just the latest widespread vulnerability that has targeted clients across the globe. This issue is still in the early stages of analysis by the cybersecurity community, and RSM is actively monitoring the situation and providing updated information on our War Room blog ... READ MORE
SolarWinds Orion Supply Chain Attack
On December 13, 2020, FireEye reported a major intrusion into several high-visibility targets stemming from malicious code inserted into SolarWinds Orion software update packages. An external nation-state-level threat actor compromised the network of the SolarWinds IT management software company, allowing them to insert their own code into legitimate digitally signed update ... READ MORE
FireEye Intrusion – Red Team Tools Stolen
There is a saying in the security community that it is not if an organization will suffer a cybersecurity event but when. Current events prove that this statement stands true even for sophisticated security firms such as FireEye. We are closely monitoring the situation and wanted to share our perspective at this point. I share the opinion of at least a few of my peers who ... READ MORE