Drop the Mic (CVE-2019-1166)

Overview CVE-2019-1166 (“Drop the MIC”) is a tampering vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, specifically targeting the NTLM (NT LAN Manager) authentication protocol. The vulnerability allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to bypass the NTLM Message Integrity Check (MIC) protection. By doing so, the attacker can tamper with the NTLM authentication process without invalidating the signature, which can lead […]

Amazon Cloud Integration Capability with Chariot

On March 22nd, 2019, CapitalOne experienced a data breach that resulted in the loss of more than 100 million credit card applications. This vulnerability resulted from a misconfigured web application firewall, which caused a server-side request forgery vulnerability. This issue then allowed an attacker to gain access to an AWS IAM role with access to […]