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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. This story explores the history and identity behind Cryptor[.]biz WHO RUNS CRYPTOR[.]BIZ?

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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The cybersecurity researcher Dan Kaminsky has died

Security Affairs

He is best known for his study on DNS cache poisoning and for his investigation into the Sony Rootkit attacks. On June 16, 2010, he was named by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for the DNSSEC root.

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Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center: London called, We answered

Cisco Security

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ).

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DDoS attacks in Q2 2021

SecureList

The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks. This malware is of interest for its use of infected devices as honeypots. It is linked to a vulnerability in DNS resolvers that allows amplification attacks on authoritative DNS servers.

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APT trends report Q3 2021

SecureList

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

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