The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. Manipulating the Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol and rerouting the victim from its intended web address to the fake web address can be done in the following two ways: •Changing the Local Host file.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sea Turtle Turkish state-backed group changed to focus on internet service providers (ISPs), telcos, media, and Kurdish websites. DNS hijacking and traffic redirection that leads to man-in-the-middle attacks are among their cyber espionage techniques.

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Telecommunications DNS Media Internet 71

Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

While analyzing billions of DNS records, Infoblox researchers discovered a sophisticated malware toolkit, dubbed Decoy Dog, that was employed in attacks aimed at enterprise networks. The researchers pointed out that while the malware is open source, deploying it as a DNS C2 requires a significant effort.

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Malware DNS Education Media 75

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. ” SAY WHAT? 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax.

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DNS Internet Internet Computers and Electronics 243

Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, are back online following a massive disruption that lasted almost six hours. Yesterday evening, all the platforms owned by Facebook crashed, with browsers showing DNS errors when users […].

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DNS Media Cybersecurity 98

Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2021

.” Another concerning critical vulnerability in the July batch is CVE-2021-34494 , a dangerous bug in the Windows DNS Server that earned a CVSS score (severity) of 9.8 “In a Windows Domain environment, Windows DNS Server is critical to business operations and often installed on the domain controller. .

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DNS Engineering Internet Internet 287

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Check your social media accounts for active sessions and log out of any you don’t recognize. DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses. Shoulder-Surfing Sometimes, the simplest scams are the most effective.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Sea Turtle cyber espionage group targeted telco, media, ISPs, IT service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. The Sea Turtle APT group focuses primarily on targeting organizations in Europe and the Middle East.

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Media Accountability Telecommunications Government 110

Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s also why HYAS clients depend upon our protective DNS solution, HYAS Protect , as a trusted and necessary component of their security stack. HYAS Protect now supports “split-horizon DNS” for handling DNS requests differently depending upon whether the employee is on-network or off. Classic blunders? Not if we can help it!

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Implementing a Domain Name Service (DNS) security solution is the most efficient way to protect your business against a wide variety of attacks.

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DNS Small Business Cyber Attacks Antivirus 59

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

There's a good chance you start off your day by checking social media. Brian Krebs shared this on Twitter this morning: Confirmed: The DNS records that tell systems how to find [link] or [link] got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables. FB alone is in control over its DNS records.". "To Why is Facebook down?

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DNS Media Engineering Accountability 80

SC Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

This latest version of Chrome supports DoH, or DNS-over-HTTPS, said Sean Nikkel, senior cyber threat intel analyst at Digital Shadows. Nikkel said the DoH feature was previously only available in other browsers and operating systems and offers a much more secure method for making DNS requests.

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DNS Cyber threats Media Internet 125

SC Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

Name:Wreck adds a second layer of complexity – a common misinterpretation of the DNS standards involving memory pointers and message compression. . If you look at DNS, the original document is from 1983 and then there are several other scattered documents that talk about other ways to prevent problems.

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DNS Internet Internet Media 108

Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2021

CVE-2021-34494 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability for Windows Server versions if the server is configured to be a DNS server. Windows Media Foundation. Two other critical vulnerabilities, and one considered important, were found in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation. Exchange Server.

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DNS Media System Administration Engineering 102

Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Have a valid forward and reverse DNS record for sending IPs Additionally, for bulk senders: Implement both SPF and DKIM Publish a valid DMARC policy Support one-click unsubscribe and honor user requests within two (2) days “What does this mean for me?” Contact Us Download our FREE Social Media Security Guide Follow us - stay ahead.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As internet access and media publishing are strictly monitored by the government agencies, it seems to be unclear the impact of the digital damage. Note 1- Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of North Korea, has an ambition to rule the entire world and so is planning to destroy other nations with Nuclear power.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation analyzed the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus. September 23, 2020. In August 2020, mass anti-government protests erupted in Belarus against the re-election of the president Alexander Lukashenko and the arrest of opposition political candidates. They still remain blocked.

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Internet Internet DNS Advertising 117

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

According to Cloudflare—which has published an excellent explanation of what it saw—Facebook’s trouble started when its Autonomous System issued a BGP update withdrawing routes to its own DNS servers. Without DNS servers, the address facebook.com stopped working. So why did it take six more hours to fix it?

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DNS Internet Internet Mobile 143

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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InfoSec DNS Media Marketing 102

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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DDOS DNS Firewall Media 124

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Malware DNS Media Architecture 96

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

A review of the passive DNS records tied to this address shows that apart from subdomains dedicated to tornote[.]io, In August 2019, a slew of websites and social media channels dubbed “HKLEAKS” began doxing the identities and personal information of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

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Phishing Cryptocurrency DDOS Internet 223

Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house. Do you have internet-connected lights, appliances, gaming systems, media systems, etc? Change your DNS to 1.1.1.2, Next, you can consider changing your DNS settings on all your devices to use those by Cloudflare.

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Passwords DNS Accountability IoT 255

SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Hundreds of millions of protected endpoints and users, billions of DNS requests, and millions of authentications mean Cisco sees more threats and vulnerabilities than most anyone else. The post Best Security Company | Cisco Systems appeared first on SC Media.

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DNS Cyber threats Media Marketing 145

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

To gain trust, Coldriver uses social media and professional marketing systems to build a profile of its target. With that information the group sets up email contacts, social media and other networking accounts that align with the target’s interests and appear legitimate.

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Social Engineering Government Media DNS 97

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A hacker from United States named P4x has admitted that he took down the internet of North Korea last week by launching a distributed denial of service attack on the central DNS servers of the country.

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Internet Internet DNS Backups 127

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

During an attack of this nature, it is difficult to find clear patterns without fast data and log processing and ad-hoc tools but our DNS servers were clearly recording these spikes of DNS updates every time the botnet was renewing IP addresses. Expert documentation from Luminati explaining the “resolve DNS at super proxy” feature.

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DDOS DNS Mobile Authentication 103

Malwarebytes

MAY 30, 2022

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DNS Spyware Ransomware Media 101

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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InfoSec DNS Advertising Marketing 117

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media.

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Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Media Phishing 108

Webroot

JULY 6, 2022

Here are some common social engineering tactics: Using social media to find personal information. Criminals are heading to social media sites liked LinkedIn to find their next victim – and they’re using any personal information they find to craft convincing phishing emails. Impersonation. Read the infographic.

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Social Engineering Engineering Scams Phishing 124

SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Jeremy Brown helped Trinity Cyber develop counter maneuvers for a DNS exploit requiring deep parsing of a certain kind of traffic, deploying it to all clients in less than two days. The post Security Innovator of the Year | Jeremy Brown, Trinity Cyber appeared first on SC Media. Click here to access all coverage of the 2021 SC Awards.

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DNS Architecture Malware Media 70

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Security teams should also focus on CVE-2021-24078 , a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server, Liske said. As with SIGRed, which was disclosed last year, attackers can exploit the RCE vulnerability remotely by getting a vulnerable DNS server to query for a domain it has not seen before (e.g.,

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Risk DNS Media Phishing 71

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

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InfoSec DNS Media Marketing 62

Pen Test Partners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Company name From the company name there is plenty to find: Netblocks (which can be examined for much more) WHOIS records (which can be used in horizonal domain correlation) Corporate social media profiles Staff Videos/images Clients and suppliers or partners SaaS services Vacant jobs …plus much more What can each element be used for?

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Media DNS Marketing Risk 67

The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield found that all of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, thus far, are making sure their campaigns are current on software patching, as well as Domain Name System (DNS) security; and several are doing much more. The viral spreading of false information through websites and social media.

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Cyber Risk DNS Phishing Backups 159