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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, August 20th, 2025: Increased Elasticsearch Scans; MSFT Patch Issues

from SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast) · host Johannes Ullrich

Increased Elasticsearch Recognizance Scans Our honeypots noted an increase in reconnaissance scans for Elasticsearch. In particular, the endpoint /_cluster/settings is hit hard.https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Increased%20Elasticsearch%20Recognizance%20Scans/32212 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Issues Microsoft noted some issues deploying the most recent patches with WSUS. There are also issues with certain SSDs if larger files are transferred.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-24h2#3635msgdeschttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/latest-windows-11-security-patch-might-be-breaking-ssds-under-heavy-workloads-users-report-disappearing-drives-following-file-transfers-including-some-that-cannot-be-recovered-after-a-reboot SAP Vulnerabilities Exploited CVE-2025-31324, CVE-2025-42999 Details explaining how to take advantage of two SAP vulnerabilities were made publichttps://onapsis.com/blog/new-exploit-for-cve-2025-31324/

Increased Elasticsearch Recognizance Scans Our honeypots noted an increase in reconnaissance scans for Elasticsearch. In particular, the endpoint /_cluster/settings is hit hard.https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Increased%20Elasticsearch%20Recognizance%20Scans/32212 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Issues Microsoft noted some issues deploying the most recent patches with WSUS. There are also issues with certain SSDs if larger files are transferred.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-24h2#3635msgdeschttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/latest-windows-11-security-patch-might-be-breaking-ssds-under-heavy-workloads-users-report-disappearing-drives-following-file-transfers-including-some-that-cannot-be-recovered-after-a-reboot SAP Vulnerabilities Exploited CVE-2025-31324, CVE-2025-42999 Details explaining how to take advantage of two SAP vulnerabilities were made publichttps://onapsis.com/blog/new-exploit-for-cve-2025-31324/

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