SANS Stormcast Monday, July 28th, 2025: Linux Namespaces; UI Automation Abuse; Autoswagger

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Linux Namespaces
Linux namespaces can be used to control networking features on a process-by-process basis. This is useful when trying to present a different network environment to a process being analysed.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Sinkholing%20Suspicious%20Scripts%20or%20Executables%20on%20Linux/32144
Coyote in the Wild: First-Ever Malware That Abuses UI Automation
Akamai identified malware that takes advantage of Microsoft s UI Automation Framework to programatically interact with the user s system and steal credentials.
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/active-exploitation-coyote-malware-first-ui-automation-abuse-in-the-wild
Testing REST APIs with Autoswagger
The tool Autoswagger can be used to automate the testing of REST APIs following the OpenAPI/Swagger standard.
https://github.com/intruder-io/autoswagger/