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Joe Desimone


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Dismantling Smart App Control

Dismantling Smart App Control

This article will explore Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen as a case study for researching bypasses to reputation-based systems, then demonstrate detections to cover those weaknesses.

GrimResource - Microsoft Management Console for initial access and evasion

GrimResource - Microsoft Management Console for initial access and evasion

Elastic researchers uncovered a new technique, GrimResource, which allows full code execution via specially crafted MSC files. It underscores a trend of well-resourced attackers favoring innovative initial access methods to evade defenses.

GHOSTPULSE haunts victims using defense evasion bag o' tricks

GHOSTPULSE haunts victims using defense evasion bag o' tricks

Elastic Security Labs reveals details of a new campaign leveraging defense evasion capabilities to infect victims with malicious MSIX executables.

Upping the Ante: Detecting In-Memory Threats with Kernel Call Stacks

Upping the Ante: Detecting In-Memory Threats with Kernel Call Stacks

We aim to out-innovate adversaries and maintain protections against the cutting edge of attacker tradecraft. With Elastic Security 8.8, we added new kernel call stack based detections which provide us with improved efficacy against in-memory threats.

Elastic users protected from SUDDENICON’s supply chain attack

Elastic users protected from SUDDENICON’s supply chain attack

Elastic Security Labs is releasing a triage analysis to assist 3CX customers in the initial detection of SUDDENICON, a potential supply-chain compromise affecting 3CX VOIP softphone users.

PHOREAL Malware Targets the Southeast Asian Financial Sector

PHOREAL Malware Targets the Southeast Asian Financial Sector

Elastic Security discovered PHOREAL malware, which is targeting Southeast Asia financial organizations, particularly those in the Vietnamese financial sector.

Stopping Vulnerable Driver Attacks

Stopping Vulnerable Driver Attacks

This post includes a primer on kernel mode attacks, along with Elastic’s recommendations for securing users from kernel attacks leveraging vulnerable drivers.

Operation Bleeding Bear

Operation Bleeding Bear

Elastic Security verifies new destructive malware targeting Ukraine: Operation Bleeding Bear

Elastic Security uncovers BLISTER malware campaign

Elastic Security uncovers BLISTER malware campaign

Elastic Security has identified active intrusions leveraging the newly identified BLISTER malware loader utilizing valid code-signing certificates to evade detection. We are providing detection guidance for security teams to protect themselves.

Hunting For In-Memory .NET Attacks

Hunting For In-Memory .NET Attacks

As a follow up to my DerbyCon presentation, this post will investigate an emerging trend of adversaries using .NET-based in-memory techniques to evade detection

Hunting In Memory

Hunting In Memory

Threat Hunters are charged with the difficult task of sifting through vast sources of diverse data to pinpoint adversarial activity at any stage in the attack.