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Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”

Krebs on Security

Your Web browser knows how to find a site 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 website names (example.com) into numeric Internet addresses. And the bulk of these are at a handful of DNS providers.”

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DHS CISA urges government agencies to fix SIGRed Windows Server DNS bug within 24h

Security Affairs

US DHS CISA urges government agencies to patch SIGRed Windows Server DNS vulnerability within 24h due to the likelihood of the issue being exploited. on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions 2003 to 2019. The SigRed flaw was discovered by Check Point researcher Sagi Tzaik and impacts Microsoft Windows DNS.

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Microsoft fixes critical wormable RCE SigRed in Windows DNS servers

Security Affairs

on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions 2003 to 2019. The SigRed flaw was discovered by Check Point researcher Sagi Tzaik and impacts Microsoft Windows DNS. An attacker could exploit the SigRed vulnerability by sending specially-crafted malicious DNS queries to a Windows DNS server.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Icamis promoted his services in 2003 — such as bulk-domains[.]info I can not provide DNS for u, only domains. info — using the email address icamis@4host.info. ” Likewise, the bulletproof domain service icamis[.]ws ws was registered to an Andrew Artz. The domain wmpay.ru The website amtek-foreva-narod.ru

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Microsoft July 2020 Security Updates address 123 vulnerabilities

Security Affairs

on the CVSS scale and affects Windows Server versions 2003 to 2019. Today we released an update for CVE-2020-1350 , a Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that is classified as a ‘wormable’ vulnerability and has a CVSS base score of 10.0. Non-Microsoft DNS Servers are not affected.”

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2003 — Operation CyberSweep — The U.S. billion dollars in damages.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Other significant Xplico features include multithreading, SQLite or MySQL integration, no data entry limits, and can execute reserve DNS lookup from DNS pack. Started in 2003 out of Boulder, Colorado, LogRhythm’s first focus and flagship product was their SIEM software.

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