Heroes, we have some threats where Here's a detailed look at the current cybersecurity landscape for October 4, 2025.
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T11:35:31
Draytek Vigor routers running DrayOS are affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability in their EasyVPN and LAN web administration interfaces. An attacker can exploit an uninitialized variable to send specially crafted data and achieve RCE, compromising network integrity and potentially gaining access to internal resources.
CVE Details: CVE-2025-10547
Compliance Realm: FISMA, SOX
Source: CERT/CC ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T20:07:31
The cybercriminal group Scattered Spider has launched a new extortion campaign, publishing a leak site listing dozens of large companies and claiming to have stolen their data via Salesforce. This represents a significant supply chain risk, where a compromise in a major vendor's ecosystem is used to extort its customers, impacting brand trust and data security across multiple organizations.
CVE Details: n/a
Compliance Realm: General Enterprise
Source: The Record ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T10:30:00
A threat actor dubbed Cavalry Werewolf, with overlaps to the YoroTrooper group, is actively targeting the Russian public sector. The campaign utilizes custom malware including the FoalShell backdoor and StallionRAT, indicating a persistent and targeted espionage effort against government entities.
CVE Details: n/a
Compliance Realm: HIPAA, SOX
Source: The Hacker News ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T15:58:00
The Rhadamanthys information stealer malware has been updated with advanced capabilities, including device fingerprinting and the use of PNG steganography to hide malicious payloads. This evolution demonstrates the continuous effort by malware authors to improve evasion techniques, making detection more challenging for traditional security tools.
CVE Details: n/a
Compliance Realm: General Enterprise
Source: The Hacker News ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T09:55:49
Oracle has acknowledged that vulnerabilities patched in its July 2025 update may have been exploited in recent extortion attacks. This serves as a critical reminder for organizations to apply patches promptly, as threat actors actively target known but unpatched vulnerabilities for financial gain.
Source: SecurityWeek ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T14:44:40
A review of major September 2025 incidents highlights diverse and persistent cyber risks, including a worm-style npm supply chain attack, a major healthcare ransomware incident in Brazil, and an insider breach. This analysis underscores the multifaceted nature of the modern threat landscape, requiring a defense-in-depth strategy that addresses software supply chains, ransomware, and insider threats.
Source: ColorTokens ↗
Date & Time: 2025-10-03T13:32:06
With stolen privileged credentials accounting for 61% of data breaches, strategic investment in Privileged Access Management (PAM) is crucial. This guidance provides executives and security leaders with twelve essential questions to evaluate PAM solutions, ensuring the chosen technology aligns with the organization's risk posture and operational needs to mitigate credential-based attacks.
Source: 12port.com ↗
Spotlight Rationale: With the emergence of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities and ongoing extortion campaigns by groups like Scattered Spider, organizations require advanced threat intelligence to prioritize response. Mandiant specializes in tracking such threat actors and vulnerabilities, providing the necessary context to defend against these specific, active threats.
Threat Context: Salesforce Providing Support to Customers Listed on Scattered Spider Extortion Site
Platform Focus: Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence
Mandiant Advantage provides organizations with direct access to Mandiant's nation-state grade threat intelligence. This platform allows security teams to proactively research threat actors like Scattered Spider, understand their TTPs, and access detailed vulnerability intelligence for flaws like the Vigor router RCE ([CVE-2025-10547](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10547)). By operationalizing this intelligence, defenders can move from a reactive to a proactive security posture, anticipating attacker moves and hardening defenses accordingly.
Actionable Platform Guidance: See Detection & Response Kit below for specific configuration steps within the Mandiant platform to address today's threats.
Source: Mandiant ↗
⚠️ Disclaimer: Test all detection logic in non-production environments before deployment. This guidance is based on general platform knowledge and a representative threat scenario. UI paths and threat actor names may vary. Always verify against current Mandiant documentation and the latest threat intelligence.
1. Vendor Platform Configuration - Mandiant
# Mandiant Advantage: Proactive Threat Search & Triage
# --- IMMEDIATE ACTIONS ---
# 1. Search for Active Threats:
# - Navigate to the main dashboard and use the top search bar or go to 'Threat Intelligence > Search'.
# - Execute searches for key terms from today's rundown:
# - "Scattered Spider"
# - "CVE-2025-10547"
# - "Cavalry Werewolf"
# 2. Review Threat Actor and Vulnerability Profiles:
# - From the search results, click on the relevant Actor and Vulnerability profiles.
# - Analyze associated TTPs, malware (StallionRAT, FoalShell), and indicators of compromise (IOCs).
# --- VERIFICATION STEPS ---
# 1. Correlate IOCs with Internal Telemetry:
# - Export relevant IOCs (hashes, IPs, domains) from the Mandiant profiles.
# - Use your SIEM or EDR to search for these indicators within your environment to identify potential exposure.
# 2. Create and Assign an Investigation Case:
# - Within Mandiant Advantage, create a new case to track the investigation into these threats.
# - Assign the case to your incident response team with findings and recommended actions from the platform.2. YARA Rule for StallionRAT (Cavalry Werewolf)
rule MAL_StallionRAT_CavalryWerewolf {
meta:
description = "Detects potential StallionRAT malware associated with the Cavalry Werewolf campaign."
author = "Threat Rundown"
date = "2025-10-04"
reference = "https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-cavalry-werewolf-attack-hits.html"
severity = "high"
tlp = "white"
strings:
$ua = "Stallion/1.0 Client" ascii wide
$s1 = "StallionRAT_Mutex_Unique" ascii wide
$s2 = "/gate.php?id=" ascii
$s3 = "FoalShell_Loader" ascii wide
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and any of them
}3. SIEM Query — Vigor Router Exploit Attempt (CVE-2025-10547)
sourcetype IN (pan:traffic, cisco:asa, web_proxy) action=allowed dest_port IN (80, 443)
NOT (src_ip IN (192.168.0.0/16, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12))
(url="*/cgi-bin/*" OR url="*/api/auth*" OR url="*EasyVPN*")
(http_method=POST OR url IN ("*wget*", "*curl*", "*bash*", "*exec*"))
| eval risk_score=case(
match(url, "(?i)(wget|curl|bash|exec|;|&&)"), 100,
http_method=="POST" AND bytes_in > 1024, 75,
1==1, 50)
| where risk_score >= 75
| table _time, src_ip, dest_ip, url, user_agent, risk_score
| sort -_time4. PowerShell Script — Hunt for win-cli-mcp-server Post-Exploitation
# Hunt for suspicious child processes of win-cli-mcp-server.exe, an indicator for ZDI-CAN-27787 exploitation.
$lookbackDays = 1
$parentProcess = "win-cli-mcp-server.exe"
$suspiciousChildren = @("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "wscript.exe", "cscript.exe", "sh.exe", "bash.exe")
Write-Host "[*] Searching for suspicious child processes of '$parentProcess' in the last $lookbackDays day(s)..."
$processEvents = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{
LogName = 'Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing'
ID = 4688
StartTime = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$lookbackDays)
} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($null -eq $processEvents) {
Write-Warning "Could not retrieve process creation events (ID 4688). Ensure process auditing is enabled."
exit
}
foreach ($event in $processEvents) {
$processName = $event.Properties[5].Value
$parentProcessName = $event.Properties[13].Value
if ($parentProcessName -like "*$parentProcess*") {
foreach ($child in $suspiciousChildren) {
if ($processName -like "*$child*") {
Write-Host "[!] POTENTIAL COMPROMISE DETECTED on $($event.MachineName) at $($event.TimeCreated)"
Write-Host " - Parent: $parentProcessName"
Write-Host " - Child: $processName"
}
}
}
}
Write-Host "[*] Search complete."This rundown should provide a solid overview of the current threat landscape. Thank you to all our cyberheroes for your diligence and hard work. Stay vigilant!