#OMIGOD Exploits Captured in the Wild. Researchers responsible for half of scans for related ports., (Mon, Sep 20th)

After the “OMIGOD” vulnerability details were made public, and it became obvious that exploiting vulnerable hosts would be trivial, researchers and attackers started pretty much immediately to scan for vulnerable hosts. We saw a quick rise of scans, particularly against %%port:1270%%. [1]

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Malicious Calendar Subscriptions Are Back?, (Fri, Sep 17th)

Did this threat really disappear? This isn’t a brand new technique to deliver malicious content to mobile devices but it seems that attackers started new waves of spam campaigns based on malicious calendar subscriptions. Being a dad, you can imagine that I always performed security awareness with my daughters. Since they use computers and the Internet, my message was always the same: “Don’t be afraid to ask me, there are no stupid questions or shame if you think you did something wrong”.

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Phishing 101: why depend on one suspicious message subject when you can use many?, (Thu, Sep 16th)

There are many e-mail subjects that people tend to associate with phishing due to their overuse in this area. Among the more traditional and common phishing subjects, that most people have probably seen at some point, are variations on the “Your account was hacked”, “Your mailbox is full”, “You have a postal package waiting”, “Here are urgent payment instructions” and “Important COVID-19 information” themes.

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