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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. A review of the passive DNS records tied to this address shows that apart from subdomains dedicated to tornote[.]io, The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages.

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Episode 233: Unpacking Log4Shell’s Un-coordinated Disclosure Chaos

The Security Ledger

Back in 2008, the late, great security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a serious security flaw in a ubiquitous Internet technology: the domain name system, or DNS. Just point your web browser to securityledger.com/subscribe to get notified whenever a new podcast is posted. [

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” I can not provide DNS for u, only domains. One such site — sun-technology[.]net Here’s snippet of Icamis’s ad on Spamdot from Aug. ” We are glad to present you our services!

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Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

SecureList

It is a highly demanding activity, which requires time, multidisciplinary skills, efficient technology, innovation and dedication. We have been doing so since 2008, benefiting from Kaspersky’s decades of cyberthreat data management, and unrivaled technologies. Onyphe ), passive DNS databases, public sandbox reports, etc.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

SecureList

Supported Windows versions include Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows 10 up to build 14392. DNS resolutions for pool servers are cleverly concealed behind DNS over HTTPS requests to the Cloudflare DoH (DNS over HTTPS) service , adding an extra layer of stealth to its operations.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Assembled by Broadcom subsidiary CA Technologies, DX NetOps offers network visibility and actionable intelligence for monitoring digital user experiences. Catchpoint launched in 2008 as a dedicated monitoring tools provider right as organizations started to dabble with cloud services. AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS v1.2

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Mystic Stealer

Security Boulevard

Prior to this date, in 2021, the domain was registered and hosted by a previous owner, with DNS resolution observed through October of 2021. After the new DNS registration by the Grand persona, the domain was initially live via authoritative DNS in regway.com on 2023-10-08, and then migrated to Cloudflare DNS on 2023-10-11.