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Muddling Meerkat, a mysterious DNS Operation involving China’s Great Firewall

Security Affairs

The China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat are manipulating DNS to probe networks globally since 2019. Infoblox researchers observed China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat using sophisticated DNS activities since 2019 to bypass traditional security measures and probe networks worldwide.

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What Is a Firewall Policy? Steps, Examples & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. Featured Partners: Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) Software Learn more Table of Contents Toggle Free Firewall Policy Template What Are the Components of Firewall Policies?

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Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center

Cisco Security

Like other Black Hat conferences, the mission of the NOC is to build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the training events, briefings, sponsors and attendees. Threat hunting is a core mission of the Cisco Secure team, while monitoring the DNS activity for potentially malicious activity. Recorded Future.

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BrandPost: 5 Often-Overlooked Log Sources

CSO Magazine

Common logs from servers and firewalls are fairly easily ingested and parsed, while DNS or physical security logs are much tougher to manage at scale, and block visibility into the security environment.

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The NSA Wants Businesses to Use DoH. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Webroot

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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A Defense-in-Depth Approach Could Stop the Next Big Hack in its Tracks

Webroot

A firewall with the right threat intelligence embedded could have blocked communications with the command-and-control server thus preventing a Trojanized Orion install from connecting back to the attackers and stopping them from furthering the attack. But recent events have worked to undermine this growing understanding.

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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