So it seems the latest generation of Intel x86 CPUs have implemented a Intel hidden management engine that cannot be audited or examined. We can also assume at some point it will be compromised and security researchers are labelling this as a Ring -3 level vulnerability. This isn’t a new issue though, people have been […]
Archives for June 2016
Fully Integrated Defense Operation (FIDO) – Automated Incident Response
FIDO is an orchestration layer which enables an automated incident response process by evaluating, assessing and responding to malware. FIDO’s primary purpose is to handle the heavy manual effort needed to evaluate threats coming from today’s security stack and the large number of alerts generated by them. As an orchestration platform FIDO can make using […]
Unicorn – PowerShell Downgrade Attack
Magic Unicorn is a simple tool for using a PowerShell downgrade attack to inject shellcode straight into memory. Based on Matthew Graeber’s PowerShell attacks and the PowerShell bypass technique presented by David Kennedy (TrustedSec) and Josh Kelly at Defcon 18. Usage is simple, just run Magic Unicorn (ensure Metasploit is installed and in the right […]
Web Application Log Forensics After a Hack
Sites get hacked, it’s not pleasant but it happens. A critical part of it, especially in my experience, has been the web application log forensics applied directly after an attack. You can usually piece together what happened, especially if the attacker doesn’t rotate IP addresses during the attack. With a little poking around and after […]
movfuscator – Compile Into ONLY mov Instructions
The M/o/Vfuscator (short ‘o’, sounds like “mobfuscator”) helps programs compile into only mov instructions, and nothing else – no cheating. Arithmetic, comparisons, jumps, function calls, and everything else a program needs are all performed through mov operations; there is no self-modifying code, no transport-triggered calculation, and no other form of non-mov cheating. The compiler currently […]