An Ontology for Threats: Cybercrime and Digital Forensic Investigation on Smart City Infrastructure
Smart cities is a big topic for many local governments. With building these complex systems, attacks will follow.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/An%20ontology%20for%20threats%2C%20cybercrime%20and%20digital%20forensic%20investigation%20on%20Smart%20City%20Infrastructure/31676
North Korean state actor tricking admins into executing PowerShell
North Korean state actors are spending quite a bit of effort setting up relationships with South Korean system administrators, culminating in them getting tricked into executing malicious PowerShell scripts.
https://x.com/MsftSecIntel/status/1889407814604296490
Wazuh Vulnerability
A deserialization vulnerability in Wazuh may lead to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-hcrc-79hj-m3qh
PAM PKCS11 Vulnerablity
Several vulnerabilities in the Linux PAM module processing smart card authentication can be used to bypass authentication
https://github.com/OpenSC/pam_pkcs11/releases/tag/pam_pkcs11-0.6.13
Ivanti Patches
Ivanti released its monhtly update, fixing a number of critical vulnerabilities in Connect Secure and other prodcuts
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/February-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-ICS-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-IPS-and-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-ISAC-Multiple-CVEs?language=en_US

SANS Stormcast Feb 13th 2025: Smart City Threats; Advanced Social Engineering Attacks; Wazuh Vulnerability; PAM Vulnerability; Ivanti Patches

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)