Category: SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green

Legacy May Kill, (Sun, Aug 3rd)

Just saw something that I thought was long gone. The username “pop3user” is showing up in our telnet/ssh logs. I don't know how long ago it was that I used POP3 to retrieve e-mail from one of my mail servers.…

Scattered Spider Related Domain Names, (Thu, Jul 31st)

This week, CISA updated its advisory on Scattered Spider. Scattered Spider is a threat actor using social engineering tricks to access target networks. The techniques used by Scattered Spider replicate those used by other successful actors, such as Lapsus$. Social…

Apple Updates Everything: July 2025, (Tue, Jul 29th)

Apple today released updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. This is a feature release, but it includes significant security updates. Apple patches a total of 29 different vulnerabilities. None of these vulnerabilities has been identified as exploited. …

Triage is Key! Python to the Rescue!, (Tue, Jul 29th)

When you need to quickly analyze a lot of data, there is one critical step to perform: Triage. In forensic investigations, this step is critical because it allows investigators to quickly identify, prioritize, and isolate the most relevant or high…