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Joint Advisory Warns of Fast Flux DNS Tactics Evading Detection

SecureWorld News

Fast flux is a method used by cybercriminals to rapidly change Domain Name System (DNS) records, such as IP addresses, associated with a single domain. Double flux: In addition to rotating IP addresses, the DNS name servers resolving the domain also change frequently, adding layers of redundancy and anonymity. Fast flux DNS is not new.

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France links Russian APT28 to attacks on dozen French entities

Security Affairs

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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China-linked Winnti APT targets South Korean Gaming firm

Security Affairs

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. “The technique relies on a DNS Tunneling communication channel through a custom implementation of the iodine source code , an open-source software that enables the tunneling of IPv4 data through a DNS server.

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Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. This script shows a social engineering message, such as a Flash update popup or a DNS error, and attempts to trick the victim into downloading a malicious file deploy a Cobalt Strike loader.

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Russia-linked APT28 has been scanning vulnerable email servers in the last year

Security Affairs

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. . ” concludes the report.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Developed by the SANS Institute in 2007, SIFT works on 64-bit OS, automatically updates the software with the latest forensic tools and techniques, and is a memory optimizer. The first version of Volatility was launched at Black Hat and DefCon in 2007 and based its services around academic research into advanced memory analysis and forensics.

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