Nation State Malware Archives

Cryptography, Malware, Uncategorized, Vulnerabilities March 29, 2023

Python Scripts to Verify your Windows Drivers are all signed.

Current malware is exploiting endpoints by using DLL driver link libraries to load malware from the hardware layer into the Operating System. Use the following python script to verify if your PC is running unsigned…

National Security March 27, 2023

Chinese Launched Hacking Website as COVID Lockdowns Emerged

For months now, I’ve joined the voices sounding the alarm about how bad actors compromise our computers before the operating system is loaded. I have observed computers compromised before initial boot fresh out the box….

Malware March 13, 2018

Software Patching & Update Process is Insecure

Patch Tuesday Remains an Insecure Undertaking Today I decided to check to see how Windows updates actually make it from the Windows Update server to my computer when downloading these manually and discovered that Transport…

National Security March 2, 2018

Equifax Certificate Unravelling Security on Windows 10 OS

Announcing the Equimelt Vulnerability Old and Weak Equifax encryption Certificate Authority appears to be compromising many U.S. businesses, allowing for the potential of Nation State Actors to silently monitor their targets. As a computer forensics…

Malware August 16, 2017

Turn Off WiFi Now To Protect Your Networks from Attack

Broad Pwnage – WiFi everywhere is vulnerable to Association Attacks Last month, Google and Apple released security patches to protect against the WiFi hopping “BroadPwn” vulnerability inherent in more than a billion devices. After spending…

Malware July 17, 2017

Why Everyone Keeps Getting Cyber Attacked: NIST Reports Hardware Vulnerabilities Remain Unaddressed

The National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) is charged with setting standards and communicating those to the public. Vulnerabilities that have impacted computing devices, allowing for root and permanent take over of routers, servers,…

Malware May 15, 2017

Simple Steps ISP’s and the US Government Could Take to Thwart Wanna Cry Malware

The security researcher known as MalwareTech was an accidental hero when he registered the kill domain for the Wanna Cry Malware. He noticed a domain that the malware attempted to connect to was available for…

Malware May 15, 2017

Simple Steps ISP's and the US Government Could Take to Thwart Wanna Cry Malware

The security researcher known as MalwareTech was an accidental hero when he registered the kill domain for the Wanna Cry Malware. He noticed a domain that the malware attempted to connect to was available for…

Malware May 15, 2017

Wanna Crypt Malware Begins US Assault

The Wanna Crypt Malware has been shown to utilize vulnerabilities involving the SMB networking protocol. With the resumption of the work week today after the havoc that started last week, further compromises across the US…

Uncategorized May 1, 2017

Neubecker Provides Keynote @ Forensecure 2017

Lee Neubecker was asked to provide the Keynote Presentation at the 2017 Forensecure Conference hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology – Wheaton Campus. Neubecker presented on the topic of Nation StateMalware: The…