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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

HYAS said it quickly notified the French national computer emergency team and the FBI about its findings, which pointed to a dynamic domain name system (DNS) provider on which the purveyors of this attack campaign relied for their various malware servers. ‘FATAL’ ERROR. to for a user named “ fatal.001.” ”

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New TCP/IP Vulnerabilities Expose IoT, OT Systems

eSecurity Planet

The thirty-three newly identified flaws collectively dubbed AMNESIA:33 nearly equal the sum of similar vulnerabilities discovered since 2013. Stack components impacted include DNS, IPv6, IPv4, TCP, ICMP, LLMNR, and mDNS. DNS Cache Poisoning: 2. DNS Cache Poisoning. Also Read: 5 Essential IoT Security Best Practices.

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SW Labs | Review: Bishop Fox CAST

SC Magazine

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. Originally founded in 2005 as Stach & Liu and rebranded in 2013, Bishop Fox is one of most widely recognized security services firms. Company background.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Through tenures at Citrix, HP, and Bugcrowd, Jason Haddix offers his expertise in the areas of penetration testing , web application testing, static analysis, and more. Street is an expert in penetration testing, detection and response, pen testing, and auditing and co-author of Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

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. . . . Testing for SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. Also Read: Best Penetration Testing Software for 2021. . Perform Regular Auditing and Penetration Testing.

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The ‘MartyMcFly’ investigation: Italian naval industry under attack

Security Affairs

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.

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Iranian Threat Actors: Preliminary Analysis

Security Affairs

If so we are facing a state-sponsored group with high capabilities in developing persistence and hidden communication channels (for example over DNS) but without a deep interest in exploiting services. According to MITRE: “APT33 is a suspected Iranian threat group that has carried out operations since at least 2013. CopyKittens.