Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.” Experts also observed attackers using a DNS downloader that was designed for long-term, covert access to the target machine. Pierluigi Paganini.

DNS 81

DNS Advertising Spyware Software 81

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group exploits unpatched vulnerabilities to compromise systems running /JBoss application servers. The operators leverage on low cost and easy to replace infrastructure using dynamic-DNS domains and regularly reused hop points. SecurityAffairs – GALLIUM, hacking).

Telecommunications 65

Telecommunications DNS Malware Advertising 65

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Adobe, Last.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

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.”. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2019

FireEye Mandiant discovered that the FIN7 hacking group added new tools to its cyber arsenal, including a module to target remote administration software of ATM vendor. The messages sent to the victims were also dropping the backdoor DNSbot that primarily operates over DNS traffic. SecurityAffairs – FIN7, hacking).

Identity Theft 76

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

Attackers also noticed that systems infected with the above two families were also targeted with the RoyalDNS malware that uses DNS to communicate with the C&C server. Once executed the command the backdoor returns output through DNS. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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DNS Malware Advertising Manufacturing 86

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception. Pavel explained that attackers could also collect information even when the traffic is encrypted. SecurityAffairs – hacking, satellite).

Internet 93

Internet Internet Advertising Encryption 93

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Adobe, Last.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The hacking campaign confirmed that the Gamaredon operations are still ongoing and the high interest of the Kremlin in infiltrating the East European ecosystem, especially the Ukranian one. Upon reboot, the VBScript performs an HTTP GET request to fetch an encrypted stage from a dynamic DNS domain. ” concludes Anomaly.

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Government Advertising Media DNS 57

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The new IoT malware borrows code from the Xor.DDoS and Mirai bots, it also implements fresh evasion techniques, for example, the authors have encrypted both the main component and its corresponding Lua script using the ChaCha stream cipher. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

Our findings show that both Telenor and MPT block websites using DNS tampering. MPT is ignoring the DNS requests to the blocked domains, while Telenor is redirecting them to an IP address outside of the country. The block page uses the domain “ urlblocked.pw ” registered the 26th of March 2020 with a free Let’s encrypt certificate.

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Internet Internet Telecommunications DNS 74

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

.” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Instead, the real IP address of the C2 is obfuscated with what is essentially an encryption algorithm. Experts pointed out that DGA is a double-edged sword because allows security researchers to analyze DNS and network traffic to enumerate bots. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 79

DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 79

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

OilRig Description : According to MITRE , OilRig is a threat group with suspected Iranian origins that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014. T1094) mainly developed using DNS resolutions (which is actually one of the main characteristic of the attacker group). Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics 80

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing DNS Phishing 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

In 2014 it reached the pinnacle of success, becoming the fourth largest botnet in the world. We named this botnet “Black” due to the RC4 key value, “black”, that is used for traffic encryption in this botnet.” The second STAGE-1 C&C server is used for controlling malware via an encrypted connection.

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Malware DNS Encryption Banking 47

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

2014), as described on the MMD blog when MMD detected 5 variants active under almost 15 panels scattered in China network. To perform the malicious intent the attacker will need the ELF file to send, the script to be sent to hacked PC and the ELF file to be installed after infecting along with its execution toolset. On the MMD blog.

DDOS 84

DDOS Malware Encryption Penetration Testing 84

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. It is interesting to note that FireEye confirmed that this campaign is different from other operations carried out by Iranian APT groups due to the use of DNS hijacking at scale.

DNS 82

DNS Telecommunications Government Encryption 82

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Which brings us back to Aadhaar and some rather unpleasant headlines of late, particularly the likes of The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked. They claim that they're hack-proof. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with. Can you prove otherwise?

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Hacking Government Risk Encryption 279

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Trojan is used during the lateral movement stage and is designed to control compromised systems by performing tasks through the command shell and tunneling traffic using the DNS protocol. Silence has also changed its encryption alphabets, string encryption, and commands for the bot and the main module. APT, hacking).

Banking 57

Banking Cybercrime Cybersecurity Advertising 57

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

The malware command and control infrastructure abuses the Pastebin service to ensure resilience, in fact the malware dynamically retrieves the real C2 destination address from a pastie over an encrypted HTTPS channel. Also, the attacker behind this sample leans on the Dynamic DNS service “warzonedns.com”, pointing to the 213.183.58[.10

Malware 72

Malware Advertising DNS Antivirus 72

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

A user reported that its D-Link DNS-320 device was infected by malicious code. The D-Link DNS-320 model is no more available for sale, one of the members of the forum explained that the firmware of its NAS was never updated and its device was exposed to WAN through ports 8080, FTP port 21, and a range of ports for port forwarding.

Ransomware 86

Ransomware DNS Firmware Encryption 86

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten ). Contest: Since at least 2014, an Iranian threat group tracked by FireEye as APT34 has conducted reconnaissance aligned with the strategic interests of Iran.

DNS 78

DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government 78

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Really, never roll your own encryption. And it's a doozy program.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

An encrypted snippet of code, for instance, has high entropy associated. The malware tries to resolve the DNS: sameerd.net. As shown, the DNS has not been resolved. Figure 31: Available ports of the malicious DNS. Figure 3: Passive DNS replication. SecurityAffairs – Muncy malware, hacking). Pay attention.

Malware 78

Malware Phishing DNS Engineering 78

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

However, since they do not encrypt your traffic and communications, your personal information can be easily accessed by an intruder. Also, all your data is passed through a secure encrypted tunnel, making it unreadable to the outside world. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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VPN Internet Internet Small Business 93

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

DNS requests intercepted. The SSL certificate has been released by the “cPanel, Inc“ CA and is valid since 16th August 2018; this encryption certificate is likely related to the previously discussed HTTP 301 redirection due to the common name “ CN=wvpznpgahbtoobu.usa.cc ” found in the Issuer field. Edited by Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics 81

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Phishing 81

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Continuing to analyze the code, we reconstructed the approach used by the attacker to obfuscate the payload: all the necessary information has been encrypted, splitted, and then encoded in Base64 chunks stored into different structures named as “ta” , “t_ep” , “t_eq”. The “Dns” Plugin. Initialization of basic malware information.

Malware 58

Malware DNS Architecture Advertising 58

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. 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.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

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. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. I hope you stick around.

Software 40

Software Backups Computers and Electronics Technology 40

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 81

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 81

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

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