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InQuest Email Attack Simulation

This month we harvested 552 samples from the wild capable of bypassing either Microsoft or Google. Of those, Microsoft missed 149 (27%), and Google missed 144 (26%). InQuest, MailTAC for reference, missed only 11 (.02%). The distribution of misses by file type is depicted below:

InQuest EAS includes samples sourced from 50+ industry leading blogs. This month, we sourced 277 samples from these blogs for inclusion in attack simulation.

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InQuest Latest Blog Posts

Anticipating File-Borne Threats: How Deep File Inspection® Technology Will Shape the Future of Cyber Defense

Posted on 2023-09-28 by Darren Spruell

The InQuest Insights threat intelligence team recently fielded a question: what complex, layered file format attacks do modern adversaries use in their attack sequences to gain a foothold in target networks? In this post, we’ll reinforce what cyber intelligence trends tell us about attacker adaptation in what we call a “post-macros” threat landscape as we discuss why this knowledge is so important for defenders.

InQuest Labs Research Spotlight

NetExec

NetExec (a.k.a nxc) is a post-exploitation tool that helps automate assessing the security of large Active Directory networks.

ELFEN

ELFEN is a dockerized sandbox for analyzing Linux (file type: ELF) malware. It leverages an array of open-source technologies to perform both static and dynamic analysis.

Ghauri

An advanced cross-platform tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection security flaws.

Global Security Events

The WebP 0day

Early last week, Google released a new stable update for Chrome. The update included a single security fix that was reported by Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) team. The issue, CVE-2023-4863, was a heap buffer overflow in the WebP image library, and it had a familiar warning attached: "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-4863 exists in the wild."

The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

Did prominent casino chain MGM Resorts gamble with consumer data? That’s a question customers are asking themselves after a cyberattack took down many of MGM’s systems for several days. It may have all started with a simple phone call, if reports citing the hackers themselves are true.

DEFCON 31 Video Release

DEFCON has uploaded all the main stage talks, a bunch of Village Stage talks, War Stories and the Policy series, all waiting to entertain and enlighten you. If this is somehow not enough, There's even more to choose from here.

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