@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
March 12, 2020 – Vol. 20, Num. 11
CONTENTS:
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES March 5 – March 12, 2020
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft patches more than 100 vulnerabilities in monthly update
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday includes 25 critical vulnerabilities
Description: Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month’s Patch Tuesday covers 117 vulnerabilities, 25 of which are considered critical. There is also one moderate vulnerability and 91 that are considered important. This month’s patches include updates to Microsoft Media Foundation, the GDI+ API and Windows Defender, among others.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/03/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2020.html
Snort SIDs: 52213, 52214, 53402 – 53409, 53414 – 53419, 53420 – 53424
Title: State-sponsored groups exploit bug in Microsoft Exchange servers
Description: The U.S. Department of Defense warned that multiple state-sponsored actors are exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers. The bug was disclosed and patched in February, but many users out there have not updated their software. Attackers can send malicious, specially crafted requests to the Exchange control panel. The vulnerability allows adversaries to change serialized data to be unserialized, which allows them to run malicious code on the server’s backend at the system level.
Reference: https://www.zdnet.com/article/multiple-nation-state-groups-are-hacking-microsoft-exchange-servers/
Snort SIDs: 53380 – 53383
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Microsoft says it assisted in taking down the Necurs botnet, which has infected millions of machines over the past eight years.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/03/10/necurs-botnet-cyber-crime-disrupt/
The U.S., U.K. and Estonia formally condemned Russia’s alleged involvement in cyber attacks against the country of Georgia’s government in front of the U.N. Security Council, the first time a cyber attack has ever been brought up in front of the influential group of nations.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-uk-estonia-call-out-russia-cyber-attacks-against-georgia
Several security-related conferences are either postponing or canceling their events due to concerns over the COVID-19 disease, including Kaspersky’s SAS and Black Hat Asia.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-list-of-security-conferences-canceled-or-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/
Newly released documents and reports paint a broader picture of why a deal between the U.S. government and an influential Swiss cyber security company fell apart in the 1950s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/as-the-us-spied-on-the-world-the-cia-and-nsa-bickered/2020/03/06/630a4e72-5365-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html
Nearly all Intel CPUs and chipsets made over the past five years contain an unfixable security flaw that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on victim machines with the highest possible level of credentials.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/5-years-of-intel-cpus-and-chipsets-have-a-concerning-flaw-thats-unfixable/
A vulnerability in Apple’s iOS and MacOS’ kernels could allow adversaries to use the AirDrop feature to remotely dump physical memory, without requiring any user interaction. The bug has been patched since it was disclosed by Google’s Project Zero.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1982
New research from an antivirus testing firm discovered that the detection software on the Google Play store is not as effective at defending against malicious apps as advertised.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/you-d-better-not-count-on-google-play-protect-to-block-android-malware-529404.shtml
Members of the U.S. Senate were scheduled to be briefed on election security Tuesday afternoon, though the acting director of national intelligence was not expected to be in attendance.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/administration-officials-brief-members-of-congress-on-election-security/
The FBI arrested a man they believe is behind the website deer.io, a popular site for adversaries to buy and sell stolen user credentials for online stores and services.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/fbi-arrests-alleged-owner-of-deer-io-a-top-broker-of-stolen-accounts/
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES March 5 – March 12, 2020
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: scan analysis
Typical Filename: qmreportupload.exe
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos
SHA 256: 85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5
MD5: 8c80dd97c37525927c1e549cb59bcbf3
VirusTotal: scan analysis
Typical Filename: eternalblue-2.2.0.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.85B936960F.5A5226262.auto.Talos
SHA 256: 537056acb77c9c65e1beb3518e158eb6cc8c49616687621f00942befaf012274
MD5: aa9bb66a406b5519e2063a65479dab90
VirusTotal: scan analysis
Typical Filename: output.148937912.txt
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Win.Dropper.Generic::vv
SHA 256: c0cdd2a671195915d9ffb5c9533337db935e0cc2f4d7563864ea75c21ead3f94
MD5: 7c38a43d2ed9af80932749f6e80fea6f
VirusTotal: scan analysis
Typical Filename: wup.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: PUA.Win.File.Coinminer::1201
SHA 256: 1460fd00cb6addf9806a341fee9c5ab0a793762d1d97dca05fa17467c8705af7
MD5: 88cbadec77cf90357f46a3629b6737e6
VirusTotal: scan analysis
Typical Filename: FlashHelperServices.exe
Claimed Product: Flash Helper Services
Detection Name: PUA.Win.File.2144flashplayer::tpd