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Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021. We also recommend monitoring DNS logs and keeping the antivirus software up to date to help prevent a potential Glupteba infection.”

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. .” The registration records for the website Cryptor[.]biz ” Crypt[.]guru’s biz and crypt[.]guru

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What is DKIM Email Security Technology? DKIM Explained

eSecurity Planet

A successful DKIM check also verifies ownership of the email by matching the organization in the “from” fields of the email with the DNS associated with the organization. DKIM Fundamentals The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) publishes full information on the DKIM and its standards, which were last updated in 2011.

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Infoblox ups integration across on-premises, cloud and remote office environments

SC Magazine

Visitors crowd a cloud computing presentation at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. The combination of all three pieces of information runs on DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) technology, which delivers this granular data to administrators so they can solve networking and security issues.

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Ready to move to the cloud? Here’s what you need to do when vetting service providers

SC Magazine

Visitors crowd a cloud computing presentation at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 2, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. Other standards to consider are the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, FedRAMP, and the Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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Future Focused: A Safer Way to Expose Private Server Names

Cisco Security

Shrink the DNS attack surface with Auth-DoH. In this analogy, the invisibility superpower is DNS over HTTPS (DoH). It’s a new protocol that encrypts the DNS request to keep bad actors from discovering or altering domain names or snooping on users’ internet destinations. My inspiration: Loki , the Marvel superhero.)

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Black Hat USA 2023 NOC: Network Assurance

Cisco Security

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).