List of “JPCERT/CC”

  • Activity Targeting Crypto Asset Exchangers for Parallax RAT Infection Malware
    Activity Targeting Crypto Asset Exchangers for Parallax RAT Infection
    Around February 2023, JPCERT/CC identified an attack that attempted to infect a crypto asset exchanger with the Parallax RAT malware. This attack attempted to infect employees of the crypto asset exchanger with malware by sending spam emails. This article presents the details of this attack.Flow of events leading to Parallax RAT infectionFigure 1 shows the flow of this attack. The identified attack starts with a spam email, which urges the...

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  • JSAC2023 -Day 2 Workshop- Event
    JSAC2023 -Day 2 Workshop-
    We continue to introduce the talks at JSAC2023. This third issue covers the workshops on Day 2. Surviving the hurt locker: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bom Speakers: Simon Vestin, Manabu Niseki (LINE) Simon and Manabu explained the SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) and gave a hands-on session on creating a program to generate one. SBOM is a list of software or system components. They...

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  • JSAC2023 -Day 1- JSAC
    JSAC2023 -Day 1-
    JPCERT/CC held JSAC2023 on January 25 and 26, 2023. The purpose of this conference is to raise the knowledge and technical level of security analysts in Japan, and we aimed to bring them together in one place where they can share technical knowledge related to incident analysis and response. This year was the sixth time the conference was held, and 12 presentations, 2 workshops, and 7 lightning talks were presented...

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  • JSAC 2022 -Day 1- Event
    JSAC 2022 -Day 1-
    JPCERT/CC held JSAC2022 online on January 27, 2022. The purpose of this conference is to raise the knowledge and technical level of security analysts in Japan, and we aimed to bring them together in one place where they can share technical knowledge related to incident analysis and response. This year was the fifth time the conference was held. 9 presentations and 2 workshops, selected from 18 CFP and CFW submissions,...

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  • JSAC 2022 -Day 2- JSAC
    JSAC 2022 -Day 2-
    This blog post focuses on the Day 2 of JSAC2022, following the previous report on the Day 1.An Introduction to macOS Forensics with Open Source SoftwareSpeaker: Minoru Kobayashi (Internet Initiative Japan Inc.)SlidesVideoMinoru provided the basic knowledge of macOS forensics, and its analysis methods using mac_apt, followed by hands-on training on macOS forensics.He mentioned that when it comes to forensics, information is acquired and analysed at the same priority as macOS...

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  • JPCERT/CC participated in the Locked Shields 2021 Event
    JPCERT/CC participated in the Locked Shields 2021
    JPCERT/CC participated in the cyber exercise “Locked Shields” organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) during 13 – 16 April 2021. We joined as a member of Japan's Blue Team. This article describes how JPCERT/CC and other members participated in Locked Shields, its objectives, the value of the exercise, and challenges. What is “Locked Shields”? Locked Shields is the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber...

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  • Japan Security Analyst Conference 2021 -1st Track- Event
    Japan Security Analyst Conference 2021 -1st Track-
    This blog post focuses on the 1st track of JSAC2021, following the previous reports on the 2nd and 3rd track.Opening Talk: Looking Back on the Incidents in 2020Speaker: Takayoshi Shiigi (JPCERT/CC)Slides (English)VideoTakayoshi opened the JSAC2021 with an overview of incidents that JPCERT/CC confirmed in 2020, focusing on targeted attack and widespread attack.Targeted attack in 2020 is characterised by leveraging cloud services for malware operation in multiple stages of attacks from...

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  • SysmonSearch v2.0 Released SysmonSearch
    SysmonSearch v2.0 Released
    SysmonSearch is a tool developed by JPCERT/CC to analyse event logs generated on Sysmon (a Microsoft tool). https://github.com/JPCERTCC/SysmonSearch SysmonSearch is now compatible with Elastic Stack 7.x. Please note that the new version no longer supports Elastic Stack 6.x versions. This article introduces the new version of SysmonSearch, changes from the previous versions and new functions. Elastic Stack updates Kibana There was a change in Kibana plug-in due to the updates...

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  • ICS Security Conference 2020 Report -Part2- Event
    ICS Security Conference 2020 Report -Part2-
    Following the previous article, we continue with the summary of the second half of the ICS Security Conference 2020 program. The Trend in Standardization of ICS Security System -The Introduction and Updates of IEC 62443- By Junya Fujita (Center for Technology Innovation, Control Platform Research Development, Hitachi, Ltd) Slides (Japanese only) In this presentation, the overview of and the updates on IEC 62443, which is the standard in ICS security,...

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  • ICS Security Conference 2020 Report -Part1- Event
    ICS Security Conference 2020 Report -Part1-
    On February 14, 2020, JPCERT/CC held ICS Security Conference 2020 at Asakusabashi Hulic Hall. This conference aims at improving security measures and best practices of ICS through sharing threat trend against ICS in Japan and the world as well as the latest security activities conducted in related industries and enterprises. 307 people participated in the event this year. This blog entry and the next one introduce the summary of the...

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