SANS Stormcast Thursday Mar 6th: DShield ELK Analysis; Jailbreaking AMD CPUs; VIM Vulnerability; Snail Mail Ransomware

DShield Traffic Analysis using ELK The "DShield SIEM" includes an ELK dashboard as part of the Honeypot. Learn how to find traffic of interest with this tool. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/DShield%20Traffic%20Analysis%20using%20ELK/31742 Zen and the Art of Microcode Hacking Google released details, including a proof of concept exploit, showing how to take advantage of the recently patched AMD microcode vulnerability https://bughunters.google.com/blog/5424842357473280/zen-and-the-art-of-microcode-hacking CVE-2024-56161 VIM Vulnerability An attacker may execute arbitrary code by tricking a user to open a crafted tar file in VIM https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wfmf-8626-q3r3 Snil Mail Fake Ransom Note A copy cat group is impersonating ransomware actors. The group sends snail mail to company executives claiming to have stolen company data and threatening to leak it unless a payment is made. https://www.guidepointsecurity.com/blog/snail-mail-fail-fake-ransom-note-campaign-preys-on-fear/