Detection in the Dark - Exploiting XSS Vulnerability in CC Panels to Detect Malwares

摘要

Numerous defense techniques exist for preventing and detecting malware on end stations and servers (endpoints). Although these techniques are widely deployed on enterprise networks, many types of malware manage to stay under the radar, executing their malicious actions time and again. Therefore, a more creative and effective solution is necessary, especially as classic threat detection techniques do not utilize all stages of the attack kill chain in their attempt to detect malicious behavior on endpoints. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for detecting malware. Our approach uses offensive and defensive techniques for detecting active malware attacks by exploiting the vulnerabilities of their command and control panels and manipulating significant values in the operating systems of endpoints - in order to attack these panels and utilize trusted communications between them and the infected machine.