ISC Stormcast For Thursday, June 18th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9978, (Thu, Jun 18th)
2026-06-19T01:23:45Z•ce8416cec029d818541f1cf0b6cc93cfea10c6a0ce64f469e4a30c5281c59b16
JavaScript malwareRSSRemcos RATSANS ISCSSH brute forceVHDXbrowser blind spotcoordinated attacksevil MSI backgroundimage-based malwaremalicious ZIPsecurity toolingsteganographythreat intelligence
What happened
SANS ISC diary RSS feed (entries from June 11–18, 2026) containing multiple posts and guest diaries. Notable items: a guest analysis of coordinated SSH brute-force activity over the past three months; an entry about a browser “blind spot” where security tooling may not block expected content; a report of a malicious ZIP (SHA256 a0104921a2d37ab87482ac9a9f5c3713479c118846c3e999178e75b81620c094) that contains a VHDX which auto-mounts on modern Windows and exposes a malicious JavaScript leading to a Remcos RAT; an analysis of image-based malware (“Evil MSI Background”) using BASE64/statisticalTech
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- sans_isc_diary
- Record identifier
- ce8416cec029d818541f1cf0b6cc93cfea10c6a0ce64f469e4a30c5281c59b16
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-19T01:23:45Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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