2019-04-05 | Use of Deserialisation in .NET framework methods, First rule of breach response fight club, and RCE via SSTI in Handlebars

Friday, April 5

TOP STORY

• RCE via SSTI in Handlebars was reported to Shopify by @Zombiehelp54 during the h1-514 live hacking event as an “almost bug” last October. The hacker continued testing and achieved RCE. Love this. See Zombiehelp54’s full writeup for more details.

TWEET OF THE DAY

• First rule of "breach response fight club:" NEVER, EVER lie to a reporter. Second rule: funneling your lies through a PR firm makes you look worse - @MalwareJake

OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING

• Great blog by NCC Group: Use of Deserialisation in .NET Framework Methods and Classes, comes recommended by @infosec_au

• Bromium maps out a malware distribution network, including malware hosted on US soil

• SwissPost halts e-voting plans. Good review by The Daily Swig’s James Walker

• Doyensec presented at Black Hat Asia: two examples of  Electron “insecure preload” vulnerabilities affecting Wire App and Discord.

• Ongoing DNS hijacking campaign targeting consumer routers reported by BadPackets

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