2019-04-11 | Android vs botnets, Common ways to get RCE, and Heartbeed is the OG branded vuln

Thursday, April 11

TOP STORY

• Android vs botnets. Score 1 for the good guys. In other, more recent, Android news,‘MuddyWater’ APT reportedly seen in the wild attacking Android

TWEET OF THE DAY

• “It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever used” - How engineers say nice things about software - @mrb_bk

OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING

• How Heartbleed turned vulnerabilities into brands, great writeup by Joe Uchill in the Today’s Axios Codebook

• Julien’s Dell KACE K1000 Remote Code Execution that he found at h1-3120 2018 live hacking event in Amsterdam.

• @Rhynorator’s common ways to get RCE. Lots of cool engagement on this thread!

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There's all kinds of stuff here that screams opsec and very regimented tasking.

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