Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. Upon reboot, the VBScript performs an HTTP GET request to fetch an encrypted stage from a dynamic DNS domain. The Gamaredon group. ” continues the analysis.

Government 89

Government Advertising Media DNS 89

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For most implants, the threat actor uses similar implementations of DLL hijacking (often associated with ShadowPad malware) and memory injection techniques, along with the use of RC4 encryption to hide the payload and evade detection. libssl.dll or libcurl.dll was statically linked to implants to implement encrypted C2 communications.

Malware 139

Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 139

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2009-2013 — Roman Seleznev — Roman Seleznev hacks into more than 500 businesses and 3,700 financial institutions in the U.S., He is arrested and sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The email message contains a pdf document named ”Marine_Engine_Spare__Parts_Order.pdf”, originally prepared from an Office document using “ Microsoft Word 2013 ” and then converted into PDF format using the “ Online2PDF.com ” online service. DNS requests intercepted. possible usage of “ Microsoft Word 2013 ”. Attachment.

Computers and Electronics 109

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Phishing 109

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS v1.2 Zabbix’s enterprise security capabilities include configuration change tracking, secret vaults, flexible permissions, and encryption between all client devices. Auvik Features. Catchpoint Features. LogicMonitor. Read more : Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems for 2022.

Marketing 121

Marketing DDOS Threat Detection DNS 121

Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. It would be easy to chalk up this increase to the development and introduction of new advanced types of malware, but the surprising fact is that many of the same threats and exploits used in data breaches in 2013 are still being successfully employed 10 years later.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches DNS Malware Phishing 52

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

The least common of SQL injection attacks, the out-of-band method relies on the database server to make DNS or HTTP requests delivering data to an attacker. . . . Encryption: Keep Your Secrets Secret. Therefore encryption and hashing passwords, confidential data, and connection strings are of the utmost importance. .

Penetration Testing 118

Penetration Testing Firewall Software Accountability 118

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013. Backoff malware, which also dates back to 2013, scrapes memory for track data, logs keystrokes, and connects to a command and control server to upload stolen data and download additional malware. Errors to avoid. Multi-factor authentication is also required for remote access.

Retail 52

Retail Encryption Malware Artificial Intelligence 52

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

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).

Wireless 94

Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 94

SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Downloaded modules are encrypted, and can be decrypted with the Python script below. It retrieves the DNS names of all the directory trees in the local computer’s forest. This module contains the encrypted embedded module RwDrv.sys. EMBEDDED SYS MODULE timestamp:2013-03-25 InternalName:RwDrv.sys. permaDll32.

Banking 145

Banking Passwords Internet Internet 145

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

Although Lyceum still prefers taking advantage of DNS tunneling, it appears to have replaced the previously documented.NET payload with a new C++ backdoor and a PowerShell script that serve the same purpose. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

If the US government dictating iPhone encryption design sounds ok to you, ask yourself how you'll feel when China demands the same. Tabriz has led Google Chrome’s security since 2013, which extends to managing Product, Engineering, and UX today. He is currently an Associate Professor at John Hopkins University.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims. However, the RSA public key used to encrypt the target files is static and hardcoded inside ransomware.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 106

SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on MacOS and Windows operating systems. cab.cabzipContentpythonLib<77 python libraries for system, network, and encryption/encoding> Below are noteworthy dropped files and their descriptions: Filename. Dropped files: cab.cabzipContentK.dll. cab.cabzipContentmap.txt.

Malware 139

Malware DNS Engineering Internet 139

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims. However, the RSA public key used to encrypt the target files is static and hardcoded inside ransomware.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. Somebody's trying to say encrypt the whole database or exfiltrate the whole database.

Software 40

Software Backups Computers and Electronics Technology 40