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Black Hat 2021 and the Return to Conferences
As the first major security conference prepares to take place, Tenable's chief security strategist Nathan Wenzler talks to Dan Raywood about what the conference scene could look like going forward, what people can expect from the experience and what virtual and in person delegates will be looking to gain from attending.
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Nightmare, Ransomware, Patches Everywhere
In this episode we talk to security researchers Claire Tills and Satnam Narang on a busy month in cybersecurity headlines, from an MSP facing a major ransomware situation, to Microsoft’s attempts to keep up with the PrintNightmare issue, and evaluating July’s bumper Patch Tuesday offering.
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- Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Kaseya VSA Exploited to Distribute REvil Ransomware
- Proof-of-Concept Leaked for Critical Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability
- Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Patch for PrintNightmare Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler
- Microsoft’s July 2021 Patch Tuesday Includes 116 CVEs
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Back to Reality, Ransomware and Patch Tuesday
Welcome back to the Tenable Research Podcast. In this new episode we look back at June’s Microsoft patches, and ask Tenable senior research engineer Satnam Narang what he feels the reasons are for the number of patches generally decreasing both monthly and annually.
We are also joined by director of product management Ray Carney, as we look into the increase of ransomware in 2021, what have been the causes of this increase, and what the threat landscape looks like currently.
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Show References
- Microsoft’s June 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 49 CVEs (CVE-2021-31955, CVE-2021-31956 and CVE-2021-33742)
- CVE-2021-21985: Critical VMware vCenter Server Remote Code Execution
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Learning from a No Good, Very Bad Year
As always, we discuss the latest vulnerability news and the first Patch Tuesday of the year. Then, the Security Response Team walks us through their 2020 Threat Landscape Retrospective report. The team did the tough work of looking back at everything that happened in 2020 and deriving some key lessons we can all take into 2021. Read the full report
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Show References
- Microsoft’s January 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 83 CVEs
- Solorigate: SolarWinds Orion Platform Contained a Backdoor Since March 2020 (SUNBURST)
- Webinar Recording on SolarWinds Incident
- AMNESIA:33: Researchers Disclose 33 Vulnerabilities Across Four Open Source TCP/IP Libraries
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Security Research in 2020
We’re joined by four members of the Zero Day Research team - Nick Miles, Jimi Sebree, Chris Lyne, and Evan Grant - to talk about what it’s like being a security researcher in 2020. Conferences mostly cancelled, vendor responses fluctuating, concerns about selecting targets and promoting work - it’s complicated out there for researchers. As always, Satnam breaks down the latest vulnerability news for us.
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Show References
- Microsoft’s December 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 58 CVEs including CVE-2020-25705 (SAD DNS)
- Cloudflare’s Blog Post on SAD DNS
- CVE-2020-4006: VMware Command Injection Flaw Exploited by Russian State-Sponsored Threat Actors
- CVE-2020-27125, CVE-2020-27130, CVE-2020-27131: Pre-Authentication Vulnerabilities in Cisco Security
- Manager Disclosed
- Spam warning on Cash Ash
- COVID-19 Pandemic Data: As Attack Surface Expands, Software Vendors Improve Vulnerability
- Response Times
- PsExec Local Privilege Escalation
- Hacking in Among Us
- TP-Link Takeover with a Flash Drive
- Inside Amazon’s Ring Alarm System
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Benchmarks and You: Making the Right Match
On this episode, we talk about November Patch Tuesday - Satnam highlights some of the vulnerabilities and we discuss the new, limited format for the advisories from Microsoft. Our guest this month is Grant Dobbe who gives us a crash course on compliance benchmarks and how to pick the right one for you. The key lesson: don’t try to put a jet engine on a Cessna.
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- Government Agencies Warn of State-Sponsored Actors Exploiting Publicly Known Vulnerabilities
- Webinar: Ramp-Up Your Response to Latest State Sponsored Attacks
- Microsoft’s November 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 112 CVEs including CVE-2020-17087
- CVE-2020-15999, CVE-2020-17087: Google Chrome FreeType and Microsoft Windows Kernel Zero Days Exploited in the Wild
- Google patches two more Chrome zero-days
- Apple patches iOS against 3 actively exploited 0-days found by Google
- Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2020 Addresses 402 Security Updates
- CVE-2020-14882: Oracle WebLogic Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
- Oracle Security Alert Advisory - CVE-2020-14750 (Out-of-Band)
- CVE-2020-14871: Critical Buffer Overflow in Oracle Solaris Exploited in the Wild as Zero-Day
- CVE-2020-27615: SQL Injection Vulnerability in WordPress Loginizer Plugin Affected Over One Million Sites
- CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-25592: Critical Vulnerabilities in Salt Framework Disclosed
- Webinar: How to Unlock the Security Benefits of the CIS Benchmarks
- CIS Benchmarks
- DISA STIGs
- STIG Viewer
- Single Check Audits on Github
- Github: Audit file for CVE-2020-14871
Security Advisories: the Good, the Bad, and the Weird
This month, Luke is back and he and Satnam have a lot to say about security advisories. As always, we walk through the latest vulnerability news - specifically diving into “Zerologon” and “Bad Neighbor” as well as multiple alerts from CISA. Many advisories recently were focused on chaining vulnerabilities, providing insight into how attackers are actually leveraging bugs in real attacks.
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- Microsoft’s October 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs including “Bad Neighbor” Windows TCP/IP Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16898)
- CVE-2020-1472: 'Zerologon' Vulnerability in Netlogon Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Windows Domain Controller
- CVE-2020-1472: Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Use Zerologon Vulnerability In Exploit Chain with Unpatched Vulnerabilities
- US Cybersecurity Agency CISA Alert: Foreign Threat Actors Continue to Target Unpatched Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2020-2040: Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in PAN-OS Devices Disclosed
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in CodeMeter Leave Managed Industrial Control Systems Open to Attack
- CVE-2020-6925, CVE-2020-6926, CVE-2020-6927: Multiple Vulnerabilities in HP Device Manager
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The Joys of Compliance (No Kidding)
We kick things off with this month’s vulnerability news as well as some primary research Satnam has done into questionable advertisements on TikTok. Then, we speak with Justin Brown about the joys of audit and compliance. Specifically, he talks about how his team works to develop and improve over 100,000 configuration checks.
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Show References
- Microsoft’s September 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 129 CVEs
- Critical Vulnerability in File Manager WordPress Plugin Exploited in the Wild
- CVE-2020-3566, CVE-2020-3569: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XR Software Targeted in the Wild
- CVE-2020-5776, CVE-2020-5777: Multiple Vulnerabilities in the MAGMI Magento Mass Import Plugin
- CVE-2019-0230: Apache Struts Potential Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- TikTok Ad Scams: Insufficient Moderation Leaves 'For You' Page Filled with Dubious Apps, Products and Services
Edge Week Agenda
Automate all the things
Our guest this month is Luke Tamagna-Darr and he tells us about some of the automation projects his team is working on, including predicting CVSS vectors when they are missing from vulnerability descriptions. As always, Satnam walks us through the latest vulnerability news as well as the work Tenable Research has done to identify devices impacted by Ripple20.
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Show References
- Patch Tuesday (August 2020) - 120 CVEs, 17 Critical
- Zero-Day Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in vBulletin Disclosed
- Ripple20: More Vulnerable Devices Discovered, Including New Vendors
- CVE-2020-10713: “BootHole” GRUB2 Bootloader Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-3452: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Path Traversal Vulnerability
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10/10 Would Patch Again
Satnam starts us off with a veritable parade of vulnerabilities maxing out CVSS severity. Ripple20, PAN OS, BIG-IP, SIGRed, RECON - lots to cover and Satnam breaks it all down for us. As a bit of a palate cleanser, we talk to Tony Huffman and Tyler Coumbes about how Threat Automation works in products.
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Show References
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-11896-cve-2020-11897-cve-2020-11901-ripple20-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-treck-tcpip
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-2021-palo-alto-networks-pan-os-vulnerable-to-critical-authentication-bypass
- https://twitter.com/RyanLNewington/status/1278074919092289537?s=20
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2017-7391-vulnerability-in-magento-mass-import-magmi-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-5902-critical-vulnerability-in-f5-big-ip-traffic-management-user-interface-tmui
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-6287-critical-vulnerability-in-sap-netweaver-application-server-java-disclosed-recon
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-july-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-123-cves-including-wormable-windows-dns-server
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-1350-wormable-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-windows-dns-server-sigred
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-research-discloses-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-plex-media-server
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Haunted by SMB
We kick things off this episode talking to David Wells about his work with the Zero Day Research Team. He tells about recent bugs he’s found in Signal and an interesting bypass method for User Account Control in Windows. Then we hear from Satnam Narang about the latest vulnerabilities and patches (spoiler: there’s a lot of ghosts and SMB).
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Show References
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-june-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-129-cves-including-newly-disclosed-smbv3
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/smbleed-cve-2020-1206-and-smblost-cve-2020-1301-vulnerabilities-affect-microsoft-smbv3-and
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-12695-callstranger-vulnerability-in-universal-plug-and-play-upnp-puts-billions-of
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-tcexam-f6ae38c6fb8a
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/turning-signal-app-into-a-coarse-tracking-device-643eb4298447
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/bypass-windows-10-user-group-policy-and-more-with-this-one-weird-trick-552d4bc5cc1b
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/uac-bypass-by-mocking-trusted-directories-24a96675f6e
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What's the deal with Web App Scanning?
Satnam walks us through May’s Patch Tuesday which, even at 111 vulnerabilities, was a bit calmer than prior months’ releases. We also talk about vulnerabilities in vBulletin, Cisco, Salt Framework and Sophos XG Firewall - and more. Satnam highlights primary research including flaws Tenable Research found in Instacart’s website and social media scams. To round it out, Eric Detoisien, Director of Research for WAS Content, joins us to talk about web application scanning and how his small-but-brilliant team develops WAS plugins.
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Show Notes
- SophosLabs on “Asnarök” Trojan - https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/
- Second Grader Hacks System, Shows Kids How to Access Any Student Account - https://bocanewsnow.com/2020/05/12/coronavirus-massive-palm-beach-county-school-district-student-password-breach/
- WAS SSL/TLS plugins - https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/families/SSL%2FTLS
Recently from Research:
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/scams-exploit-covid-19-giveaways-via-venmo-paypal-and-cash-app
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-may-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-111-cves
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/instacart-patches-sms-spoofing-vulnerability-discovered-by-tenable-research
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-12720-vbulletin-urges-users-to-patch-undisclosed-security-vulnerability
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cisco-patches-multiple-flaws-in-adaptive-security-appliance-firepower-threat-cve-2020-3187
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-11651-cve-2020-11652-critical-salt-framework-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/wordpress-e-learning-plugin-vulnerabilities-range-from-cheating-to-remote-code-execution
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-12271-zero-day-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sophos-xg-firewall-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/multiple-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-ios-mail-app-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/adv200004-microsoft-releases-out-of-band-advisory-to-address-flaws-in-autodesk-filmbox-fbx
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/remapping-python-opcodes-67d79586bfd5
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/getting-root-on-macos-via-3rd-party-backup-software-b804085f0c9
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Analyzing Digital Loops and Whorls: OS Fingerprinting
As per usual, we’re talking about Microsoft Patch Tuesday with the added bonus of a record-breaking Oracle Critical Patch Update. All told, the releases covered 563 CVEs! Satnam discusses vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter and Zoom, as well as some primary research the SRT has done about protecting the remote workforce. Our guests this episode are Jesus Galan, Research Manager of Vulnerability Detection and Greg Betz, Research Manager for Asset Competitiveness. They joined us to talk about OS fingerprinting.
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Show Notes
Recent SRT Blogs
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-april-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-113-cves-including-adobe-type-manager-library
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-3952-sensitive-information-disclosure-in-vmware-vcenter-server-vmsa-2020-0006
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-6819-cve-2020-6820-critical-mozilla-firefox-zero-day-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/zoom-patches-multiple-flaws-and-responds-to-security-and-privacy-concerns
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-8467-cve-2020-8468-vulnerabilities-in-trend-micro-apex-one-and-officescan-exploited-in
Tenable Research Blogs
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/pi-sniffers-travels-a0db63c1434a
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/targeting-a-macos-application-update-your-path-traversal-lists-a1055959a75a
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/more-medical-record-security-flaws-81759f673a0
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Hello EternalDarkness, My New Friend
On this episode, we talk about Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for March which covered a whopping 115 vulnerabilities! However, CVE-2020-0796 stole the show. Satnam walks us through the vulnerability, how it compares to EternalBlue and what practitioners need to know. Giuliana Carullo from the Tenable Vulnerability Database team also joined us to continue the conversation about automation and how her team models the vulnerability landscape.
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Show Notes
Recent SRT Blogs
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-0796-wormable-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-microsoft-server-message-block
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-march-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-115-cves-including-58-elevation-of-privilege
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-10189-deserialization-vulnerability-in-zoho-manageengine-desktop-central-10-patched
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-8597-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-point-to-point-protocol-daemon-pppd
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-0688-microsoft-exchange-server-static-key-flaw-could-lead-to-remote-code-execution
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-6418-google-chrome-type-confusion-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-1938-ghostcat-apache-tomcat-ajp-file-readinclusion-vulnerability-cnvd-2020-10487
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/duplicator-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild
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Automating Vulnerability Intelligence Feeds the Right Way
On this episode, we talk about February’s Patch Tuesday, the release of a PoC for CVE-2020-0618, and exploitation of a vulnerability in the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin for WordPress. We also speak with Ryan Hoy about the Vulnerability Intelligence Feeds and the work his team does developing and improved the plugin automation framework.
Catch Tenable Researchers presenting at BSides Tampa on February 29.
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Show Notes
Recent SRT Blogs:
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-0618-proof-of-concept-for-microsoft-sql-server-reporting-services-vulnerability-0
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/themegrill-demo-importer-vulnerability-actively-exploited-in-the-wild
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-s-february-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-99-cves-including-internet-explorer-zero-day
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/cdpwn-cisco-discovery-protocol-vulnerabilities-disclosed-by-researchers
Primary Research
The Tenable Tech Blog on Medium
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/bypass-windows-10-user-group-policy-and-more-with-this-one-weird-trick-552d4bc5cc1b
- https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/exploiting-jira-for-host-discovery-43be3cddf023
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Tenable Research Podcast
Join members of Tenable Research for a discussion about the latest vulnerabilities, exploits and cyber threats. Analysis, insights and guidance for information security and IT professionals who want to stay in the know.
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Dan Raywood is a product marketing manager for Tenable’s security research team, and has spent more than ten years working in the cybersecurity industry as a journalist, analyst, speaker and researcher.
Claire Tills is a product marketing manager for Nessus and Tenable Research. She is responsible for translating the work of the Tenable Research teams and Nessus product into insight and guidance for the information security community. Before joining Tenable, Claire worked for the FS-ISAC upon receiving a Master’s degree in communication, with a focus on information security.
Satnam Narang joined Tenable in 2018 as a Senior Security Response Manager. He has over 14 years experience in the industry (M86 Security and Symantec). He contributed to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, helped develop a Social Networking Guide for the National Cyber Security Alliance, uncovered a huge spam botnet on Twitter and was the first to report on spam bots on Tinder. He's appeared on NBC Nightly News, Entertainment Tonight, Bloomberg West, and the Why Oh Why podcast.