SANS Stormcast Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025: Sextortiion Analysis; Covert Channel DNS/ICMP; Azure AD Secret Theft; Official FreePBX Patche

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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025: Sextortiion Analysis; Covert Channel DNS/ICMP; Azure AD Secret Theft; Official FreePBX Patche

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A Quick Look at Sextortion at Scale Jan analyzed 1900 different sextortion messages using 205 different Bitcoin addresses to look at the success rate, lifetime, and other metrics defining these campaigns.https://isc.sans.edu/diary/A%20quick%20look%20at%20sextortion%20at%20scale%3A%201%2C900%20messages%20and%20205%20Bitcoin%20addresses%20spanning%20four%20years/32252 Azure AD Client Secret Leak Attackers are stealing Azure AD client secrets from websites that are leaving them exposed.https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/azure-ad-client-secret-leak-the-keys-to-cloud Covert Channel via ICMP and DNS A new bot combines ICMP and DNS in new ways for covert communication. The DNS requests use domains with a fixed prefix followed by a base64 encoded command, and the ICMP echo request packets include commands as a payload.https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/mystrodx_covert_dual-mode_backdoor_en/ Official Release of Critical FreePBX Patch Sangoma has announced that the experimental patch released for the exploited FreePBX vulnerability is now considered stable, and users should update to apply it.https://community.freepbx.org/t/security-advisory-please-lock-down-your-administrator-access/107203

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