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Apr 28

IntelMQ Manager release 2.1.1 fixes critical security issue

The IntelMQ Manager version 2.1.1 released yesterday fixes a Remote Code Execution flaw (CWE-78: 'OS Command Injection'). The documentation for version 2.1.1 and installation instructions can be found on our GitHub repository.

Written by: Sebastian Wagner

Jan 29

IntelMQ Version 2.1.2 released

On 28th January, we released the IntelMQ maintenance version 2.1.2 containing only bugfixes for the 2.1.x release series. The documentation for version 2.1.2 and installation instructions can be found on our github repository.

The upcoming version 2.2.0 - and current development version - will have several new features to offer.

Written by: Sebastian Wagner

Jan 29

TRANSITS II in Utrecht

Dimitri Robl from CERT.at attended the TRANSITS II Training in Utrecht from 21. - 23. of January 2020. It was a lot of fun :)

Aug 06

Sextortion Spam Scientifically Scrutinized

Sextortion scams are one of the big newcomers in Internet fraud of the last year. In these campaigns spammers send e-mails which claim that they have hacked into the victim's computer and used its webcam to film the victim masturbating while surfing adult websites.

Jul 16

Topinambour & Windows event logs

TL;DR:
* Block outgoing SMB traffic if you can.
* Hunt or Monitor for event ID 106 in "Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler%4Operational.evtx". ...

Mar 14

MeliCERTes Training in Vienna

From March 11th to March 13th CERT.at hosted an introductory MeliCERTes Training which covered the basic functionalities of the applications used in MeliCERTes as well as the topic of CSIRT maturity as laid down in the SIM3 model and covered by the CSIRT maturity self-assessment survey by ENISA.

Together ...

Mar 13

New PGP-Keys

Since our "old" (2014 vintage) PGP-keys are near their expiry date, we have generated a new set of keys. They are available via our usual CERT.at PGP keyring.

A transition-document, (inline) signed with both old & new keys, can be found at key-transition-2019.txt.

Author: Robert Waldner

Jan 16

IntelMQ 1.1.1 released

On Tuesday we have released IntelMQ version 1.1.1 which is a pure maintenance release with bugfixes only.

The documentation for the version 1.1.1 and the installation instructions can be found on our github repository.

The development of the next minor release 1.2.0 including new features is ...

Nov 26

CEF-2018-3 project submitted

CERT.at submitted a proposal under objective 1 for the CEF-TC-2018-3 call. We hope we will get funding, since this will allow us to improve the MeliCERTes platform and also work on a set of nice new cool features for IntelMQ, which is maintained at CERT.at and widely used throughout the community.

Written by: Admin

Aug 01

"National CERT" vs. "National CSIRTs"

The NIS Directive built upon previous work in the space of network and information security and also tried to use the established language of the field. This worked - up to a point. I'm trying to summarize the differences and pitfalls regarding the term "national CSIRT".

"CERT" vs. "CSIRT"

Initially, ...