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Hacking the Twinkly IoT Christmas lights

Security Affairs

Security researchers discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off them. ” Once the mobile app has discovered the IP address of the lights, it authenticates with them, receives an authentication token and retrieves information about the device.

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GhostDNS malware already infected over 100K+ devices and targets 70+ different types of home routers

Security Affairs

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. GhostDNS reminds us of the infamous DNSChanger malware that made the headlines for its ability to change DNS settings on the infected device. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FBI warns cyber actors abusing protocols as new DDoS attack vectors

Security Affairs

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.”.

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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. Persistence.

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Key Takeaway from the Colonial Pipeline Attack

Cisco Security

Average fuel prices rose to their highest since 2014 and President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency to allow additional transport of fuel by road to alleviate shortages. Enforce security at the DNS layer. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). OT and IT networks have converged. We’d love to hear what you think.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. For modern networks, the introduction of new endpoints – be it remote laptops for personnel or client IoT devices – is a roadblock being actively addressed. Block Armour.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

The youngest of companies picked for this year’s list, Kentik has been a budding networking monitoring vendor since 2014. Catchpoint Features. The Kentik Network Observability Cloud includes a bundle of network tools for ingesting, enriching, and integrating traffic across the hybrid IT environment. LogicMonitor Features.

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