Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-0016)
Overview Application developers often expose functionality from a Windows login screen. The common functionality needed from a login screen includes password reset mechanisms and VPN onboarding processes. Pre-authentication functionality exposes high-value attack surfaces. An unauthenticated external attacker with network connectivity to the Remote Desktop Service (RDP) on the target host ... Read More
The Click Heard Around the World
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began at Middlesex County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. While it’s actually hard to define a specific “first shot”, Ralph Waldo Emerson immortalized his view of the event in the “Concord Hymn” which begins with the following familiar stanza: By the ... Read More
North Korean Lazarus APT phishing defense contractors
A new cyber attack campaign launched by North Korean APT Lazarus Group is targeting the military defense industry. Lazarus weaponized two documents related to job opportunities from Lockheed Martin in the spear phishing attack. The discovery was made January 18, 2022. Here’s what you need to know: What might the ... Read More
Log4J Detector Tool
Summary The Log4Shell vulnerability exposed a remote code execution condition in multiple versions of the popular Apache Log4J2 logging library. Disclosure of the vulnerability and patch release were followed shortly by broad exploitation. Attackers reportedly ranged from hobbyists to mature adversaries. Obfuscation of attack traffic and sophisticated weaponization of the ... Read More

