Microsoft Azure Bastion and Azure Container Registry have each been found to have one potentially “dangerous” security flaw that, if taken advantage of, may have resulted in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack being carried out on the affected service. XSS attacks take occur when threat actors insert arbitrary code into a website that would otherwise […]
Cybersecurity researchers have decoded the mechanism by which the versatile Qakbot banking trojan handles the insertion of encrypted configuration data into the Windows Registry. Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, has been observed in the wild since 2007. Although mainly fashioned as an information-stealing malware, Qakbot has since shifted its goals and acquired […]
A new malware with highly-capable JavaScript RAT, which is paired with a C# keylogger has been discovered by the security analysts at Prevailion that recently emerged in the cybercrime underground. This new stealthy and lightweight malware is dubbed as ‘DarkWatchman,’ and it is operated by the threat actors based in Russia, which primarily targets the […]
Prevailion security specialists report that a newly identified spear phishing campaign is distributing a new remote access Trojan (RAT) capable of manipulating Windows Registry in order to evade the most advanced security measures on the affected system. Identified as DarkWatchman, this Trojan uses the registry on Windows systems for almost all temporary storage on an […]
A new JavaScript-based remote access Trojan (RAT) propagated via a social engineering campaign has been observed employing sneaky “fileless” techniques as part of its detection-evasion methods to elude discovery and analysis. Dubbed DarkWatchman by researchers from Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT), the malware uses a resilient domain generation algorithm (DGA) to identify its command-and-control (C2) […]
Just a nice persistence trick to confuse DFIR investigation. Uses NtSetValueKey native API to create a hidden (null terminated) registry key. This works by adding a null byte in front of the UNICODE_STRING key valuename.More info about this technique can be found in the following whitepaper: https://github.com/ewhitehats/InvisiblePersistence/blob/master/InvisibleRegValues_Whitepaper.pdfThe tool uses the following registry path in which […]
fingerprint Monitoring Registry and File Changes in Windows – forensic analytics for windows registry and files “fingerprint” records the state of a windows system, in terms of files and registry. Such fingerprints can be compared to find all changed data. The data can be narrowed with procmon logfiles, in order to see which process caused […]
SharpHide Just a nice persistence trick to confuse DFIR investigation. Uses NtSetValueKey native API to create a hidden (null-terminated) registry key. This works by adding a null byte in front of the UNICODE_STRING key… The post SharpHide: Tool to create hidden registry keys appeared first on Penetration Testing.
If you’re a Windows user, chances are quite less you haven’t opened Windows Registry after tweaking some values just the way a tutorial told you about. Windows Registry opens the doors to various low-level settings that could make your PC gasp for air if configured in the wrong way. One of the most important aspects […]
Domain registration and management involves multiple parties with different roles, like Registry, Registrar, Reseller & Registrant (Domain Name Hierarchy). On top of those 3, there’s also ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). We’ll quickly cover all these roles. ICANN ICANN is non-profit entity comprised of individuals, government, law enforcement, intellectual property law and […]
Windows Digital Signature check is a mechanism included in Microsoft Windows to make sure that the software or driver you’re trying to install is signed by a trusted entity, and the integrity of its binary file is preserved. This digital frisking is done with the help of their home-grown code-signing tech called Authenticode. It’s possible […]
Nowadays Hackers Distributing Advanced Fileless Malware with Evasion capabilities which are very Difficult to Detect. These types of malware sit in the system registry and making hard for Antivirus hard to identify the infection. The security researchers from Quick Heal Security Labs detected as Fileless malware which uses PowerShell scripts stored in the windows registry. […]
In recent months, we have started to receive various reports about suspicious and malicious registry keys that had been created on users’ equipment. ESET’s Diego Perez explores.
Short Bytes: Registry Cleaners are the software which does the job of removing outdated registry entries from Windows registry. These registry entries are left by some uninstalled programs or created by other Windows services. Here is a list of the top 10 free registry cleaners which you can use to keep your windows registry neat […]
Short Bytes: The Windows Registry could be considered a big collection of all the details about your computer. It has information about the installed programs, DLLs, your shortcuts and icons, user information, driver configurations etc. If you need to make any changes to your Windows Registry, you are advised to make a backup and then […]
Short Bytes: If you are willing to reinstall your Windows operating system, it’s possible that you’ll be stuck at some point due to lost Windows key. However, using some simple methods that involve PowerShell, Command Prompt, and Windows Registry, you can easily find Windows product key. These methods are a lifesaver for every Windows user […]
Flaw allowed anyone to edit & take control over .as domains. A British security researcher that goes online only by the name of InfoSec Guy revealed today that American Samoa domain registry ASNIC was using an outdated domain name management system that contained a bug allowing anyone to view the personal details of any .as domain […]
Kovter Trojan can hide in Windows registry and does not need to be stored on the computer’s hard drive- claims Symantec — Research reveals that Kovter’s security evading feature is akin to Poweliks malware. The malware was discovered firstly in 2013. Symantec’s researchers detected the malware’s version 2.0.3 in May 2015. It happens to be the […]
Symantec’s researchers have discovered a new version of the Kovter trojan, which now mimics the Poweliks malware and is able to live on your computer’s registry, without needing to be stored on your hard drive. Kovter, first spotted in 2013, has been one of the most updated malware families around, constantly changing its MO, adapting […]
A telemarketing company has been hit with a $7.5m fine for repeatedly contacting people on the Do Not Call Registry – the largest civil penalty ever issued in a Do Not Call case.