EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 6 MIN
SANS Stormcast Monday March 17th: Mirai Makes Mistakes; Compromised Github Action; ruby-saml vulnerability; Fake GitHub Security Alert Phish
from SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast) · host Johannes Ullrich
Mirai Bot Now Incorporating Malformed DrayTek Vigor Router Exploits One of the many versions of the Mirai botnet added some new exploit strings attempting to take advantage of an old DrayTek Vigor Router vulnerability, but they got the URL wrong.https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Mirai%20Bot%20now%20incroporating%20%28malformed%3F%29%20DrayTek%20Vigor%20Router%20Exploits/31770 Compromised GitHub Action The popular GitHub action tj-actions/changed-files was compromised and leaks credentials via the action logshttps://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/harden-runner-detection-tj-actions-changed-files-action-is-compromised ruby-saml authentication bypass A confusion in how to parse SAML messages between two XML parsers used by Ruby leads to an authentication bypass in saml-ruby.https://github.blog/security/sign-in-as-anyone-bypassing-saml-sso-authentication-with-parser-differentials/ GitHub Fake Security Alerts Fake GitHub security alerts are used to trick package maintainers into adding OAUTH privileges to malicious apps.https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-security-alert-issues-on-github-use-oauth-app-to-hijack-accounts/
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Mirai Bot Now Incorporating Malformed DrayTek Vigor Router Exploits One of the many versions of the Mirai botnet added some new exploit strings attempting to take advantage of an old DrayTek Vigor Router vulnerability, but they got the URL wrong.https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Mirai%20Bot%20now%20incroporating%20%28malformed%3F%29%20DrayTek%20Vigor%20Router%20Exploits/31770 Compromised GitHub Action The popular GitHub action tj-actions/changed-files was compromised and leaks credentials via the action logshttps://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/harden-runner-detection-tj-actions-changed-files-action-is-compromised ruby-saml authentication bypass A confusion in how to parse SAML messages between two XML parsers used by Ruby leads to an authentication bypass in saml-ruby.https://github.blog/security/sign-in-as-anyone-bypassing-saml-sso-authentication-with-parser-differentials/ GitHub Fake Security Alerts Fake GitHub security alerts are used to trick package maintainers into adding OAUTH privileges to malicious apps.https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-security-alert-issues-on-github-use-oauth-app-to-hijack-accounts/
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SANS Stormcast Monday March 17th: Mirai Makes Mistakes; Compromised Github Action; ruby-saml vulnerability; Fake GitHub Security Alert Phish
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