Handler on Duty: Guy Bruneau
Threat Level: green
Podcast Detail
SANS Stormcast Thursday, April 24th: Honeypot iptables Maintenance; XRPL.js Compromise; Erlang/OTP SSH Vuln affecting Cisco
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Honeypot iptables Maintenance; XRPL.js Compromise; Erlang/OTP SSH Vuln affecting Cisco
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Honeypot Iptables Maintenance and DShield-SIEM Logging
In this diary, Jesse is talking about some of the tasks to maintain a honeypot, like keeping filebeats up to date and adjusting configurations in case your dynamic IP address changes
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Honeypot%20Iptables%20Maintenance%20and%20DShield-SIEM%20Logging/31876
XRPL.js Compromised
An unknown actor was able to push malicious updates of the XRPL.js library to NPM. The library is officially recommended for writing Riple (RPL) cryptocurrency code. The malicious library exfiltrated secret keys to the attacker
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/xrp-supplychain-attack-official-npm-package-infected-with-crypto-stealing-backdoor
https://github.com/XRPLF/xrpl.js/security/advisories/GHSA-33qr-m49q-rxfx
Cisco Equipment Affected by Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerability
Cisco published an advisory explaining which of its products are affected by the critical Erlang/OTP SSH library vulnerability
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-erlang-otp-ssh-xyZZy
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