Stealing others' vulnerability reports and selling them into sidelines, and the vulnerability reward platform gives rise to "insiders"

In today's highly developed network big data era , The development of each company depends on the blessing of the Internet . But at the same time , Various security vulnerabilities 、 Illegal cracking and other problems emerge in endlessly , No matter how perfect the system is, it will also be vulnerable Bug.

In this context , Instead of letting hackers find and attack security vulnerabilities that are hard to find , It's better to pay “ White hat hacker ” Disclose first , Then make repairs as soon as possible .

As mentioned in this article HackerOne Is a world-famous “ White hat hacker ” Gathering place , It is used to coordinate vulnerability disclosure , And provide an intermediary platform for vulnerability hunters who submit security reports with monetary rewards .

But in recent days ,HackerOne It was revealed that one of its internal employees stole the vulnerability report submitted by others through the vulnerability reward platform , And disclose the relevant reports to the affected customers to obtain economic rewards .

The culprit is locked

6 month 22 Japan ,HackerOne Received a request from a customer , Ask them to investigate a use "rzlr " Suspicious vulnerabilities disclosed by the person of the account through non platform communication channels . The customer noticed , The same security issue has been passed before HackerOne Submitted .

Generally speaking , Vulnerability collision , That is, multiple researchers find and report the same safety problems , It happens all the time . under these circumstances , There are obvious similarities between real reports and reports from threat actors , This urges people to observe carefully .

HackerOne After investigation, it is determined , One of its employees is from 4 month 4 Joined the company on the th to 6 month 23 Japan , The platform system has been accessed for more than two months , Seven companies were contacted to report vulnerabilities that had been disclosed through their systems .

The theft vulnerability report is sold off as a sideline

The company said , The rogue employee received a reward from some reports submitted by him . This makes HackerOne Be able to track the whereabouts of money , And determine whether the perpetrator is “ Numerous customer projects ” One of the staff who disclosed the diversion vulnerability .

“ The threat actor created a HackerOne Puppet account , And received a reward in a few disclosures . After determining that these rewards may be improper , The company contacted the relevant payment supplier , They cooperated with us to provide more information .”——HackerOne

After analyzing the network traffic of the threat actor ,HackerOne More evidence has been found to link their main accounts on the platform with puppet accounts . Finally, less than... After the investigation 24 Hours of time ,HackerOne Identified the threatening actor , And terminated his system access 、 Locked his laptop remotely .

In the next few days ,HackerOne The suspect's computer was imaged and analyzed by remote forensics , And reviewed the data access log of the employee during work , To identify all vulnerability bounty projects that the threat actor has interacted with .

6 month 30 Japan ,HackerOne Fired the threatening actor ：

“ According to the examination with the lawyer , We will decide whether it is appropriate to conduct criminal transfer of this matter . We continue to conduct forensic analysis on logs generated by former employees and equipment used .”—— HackerOne

HackerOne Pointed out that , Its former employees used “ Threatening ” and “ Intimidating ” Language , And urge customers to contact the company when they receive the disclosure made in an offensive tone .

HackerOne Express ,“ In the vast majority of cases ”, It has no evidence that vulnerable data has been misused . However , Reports of visits by internal threat actors , Whether for malicious or legal purposes , Have been separately informed of the access date and time of each vulnerability disclosure .

HackerOne He also sent an email to inform hackers who submitted content on the platform that had been visited by rogue employees ：

source ：@H4x0r-DZ twitter

Email the hackers concerned about the incident , It also includes a list of reports of legitimate visits by threatening actors , As part of its work , Or intended to abuse the submitted vulnerability report . Besides , All reports submitted by this former employee are marked as duplicates , It will not affect the payment of legal security personnel .

HackerOne In the event report, it is concluded that ：“ To make a long story short , This is a serious incident . We believe that the access of internal personnel has now been controlled . Internal threat is one of the most insidious threats in network security , We are ready to make every effort to reduce the possibility of such events in the future .”

Reference link ：

1.HackerOne

2.https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rogue-hackerone-employee-steals-bug-reports-to-sell-on-the-side/

3.A HackerOne Employee Stole Vulnerability Reports From Security Researchers | PCMag

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