Handler on Duty: Xavier Mertens
Threat Level: green
Podcast Detail
SANS Stormcast Friday, April 25th: SMS Gateway Scans; Comvault Exploit; Patch Window Shrinkage; More inetpub issues;
If you are not able to play the podcast using the player below: Use this direct link to the audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/securitypodcast/9424.mp3
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Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | San Diego | May 5th - May 10th 2025 |
Network Monitoring and Threat Detection In-Depth | Baltimore | Jun 2nd - Jun 7th 2025 |
Attacks against Teltonika Networks SMS Gateways
Attackers are actively scanning for SMS Gateways. These attacks take advantage of default passwords and other commonly used passwords.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Attacks%20against%20Teltonika%20Networks%20SMS%20Gateways/31888
Commvault Vulnerability CVE-2205-34028
Commvault, about a week ago, published an advisory and a fix for a vulnerability in its backup software. watchTowr now released a detailed writeup and exploit for the vulnerability
https://labs.watchtowr.com/fire-in-the-hole-were-breaching-the-vault-commvault-remote-code-execution-cve-2025-34028/
Exploitation Trends Q1 2025
Vulncheck published a summary of exploitation trends, pointing out that about a quarter of vulnerabilities are exploited a day after a patch is made available.
https://vulncheck.com/blog/exploitation-trends-q1-2025
inetpub directory issues
The inetpub directory introduced by Microsoft in its April patch may lead to a denial of service against applying patches on Windows if an attacker can create a junction for that location pointing to an existing system binary like Notepad.
https://doublepulsar.com/microsofts-patch-for-cve-2025-21204-symlink-vulnerability-introduces-another-symlink-vulnerability-9ea085537741
Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | San Diego | May 5th - May 10th 2025 |
Network Monitoring and Threat Detection In-Depth | Baltimore | Jun 2nd - Jun 7th 2025 |
Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | Washington | Jul 14th - Jul 19th 2025 |
Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | Las Vegas | Sep 22nd - Sep 27th 2025 |
Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices | Denver | Oct 4th - Oct 9th 2025 |