Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Crooks continue to launch Coronavirus-themed attacks , in the last weeks, experts observed hackers hijacking D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to COVID19-themed sites spreading malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

The number of Coronavirus-themed attacks continues to increase, crooks hijack D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to sites spreading COVID19-themed malware. Crooks continue to launch Coronavirus-themed attacks , experts observed hackers hijacking D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to COVID19-themed sites spreading malware.

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Malware DNS Advertising Cryptocurrency 78

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Tutanota).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Mylobot malware includes more than 1,000 hard-coded and encrypted domain names, any one of which can be registered and used as control networks for the infected hosts. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014. This gave us clear evidence that Mylobot infected computers are used by the BHProxies service.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab spotted GhostDNS, a malware that already infected over 100K+ devices and targets 70+ different types of routers. Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign that leverages the GhostDNS malware. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

DNS 78

DNS Malware Firmware Phishing 78

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

Security researchers discovered another malware family delivered through tax software that some businesses operating in China are required to install. Security researchers at Trustwave have discovered another malware family delivered through tax software that Chinese banks require companies operating in the country to install.

Software 82

Software Malware Banking Advertising 82

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2019

Iran-linked OilRig cyberespionage group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns. Iran-linked OilRig cyberespione group is using the reconnaissance malware Karkoff along with DNSpionage in recent campaigns. ” reads the analysis published by Talos. ” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

” The malware sample employed in the attack resembled a Winnti dropper previously analyzed by ESET researcher that was submitted to a public online malware scanning service. The analysis of the configuration file of malware allowed the identification of the intended target. SecurityAffairs – Winnti, hacking).

DNS 113

DNS Malware Advertising Software 113

Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Agent Tesla is a well-known data stealer written in.NET that has been active since 2014 and is perhaps one of the most popular payloads observed in malspam campaigns. Based on these profiles, we can see this threat actor has an extensive criminal record starting at least from 2014. Test successful! ” from the same machine.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

According to a new report published by researchers from security firm Netscout , TrickBot’s operators have started to use a new variant of their malware in an attempt to Linux systems and expand the list of its targets. “Often delivered as part of a zip, this malware is a lightweight Linux backdoor. Pierluigi Paganini.

DNS 104

DNS Banking Advertising IoT 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

Kaspersky Lab reported that hundreds of users have been targeted with malware over the past month as part of a recent Roaming Mantis campaign. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab reported that hundreds of users have been targeted with malware over the past month as part of a new campaign associated with Roaming Mantis gang.

DNS 93

DNS Mobile Phishing Malware 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Security experts at Cybaze – Yoroi ZLab have analyzed a new sample of the AdvisorsBot malware, a downloader that was first spotted in August 2018. As usual, the malware looks like a legitimate e-mail attachment, named as “invoice.doc”. Figure 3 – Piece of VBS script that starts malware infection. DLL Analysis.

Malware 85

Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 85

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Security experts recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Malware researchers from Trend Micro recently observed notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. ” concludes the analysis.

Malware 62

Malware DDOS DNS Advertising 62

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

A still ongoing spam campaign that has been active during the last months has been distributing the Redaman banking malware. Experts at Palo Alto Networks continue to monitor an ongoing spam campaign that has been distributing the Redaman banking malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 86

Banking Malware Advertising DNS 86

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

Security researchers demonstrated that hundreds of sub-domains belonging to Microsoft could potentially be hijacked and abused to deliver malware and for phishing attacks. Let’s consider mybrowser.microsoft.com, it might have resolved by the DNS to something like webserver9000.azurewebsites.net. azurewebsites.net.

DNS 95

DNS Phishing Advertising Malware 95

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Qurium analyzes the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus Belarus operators use their own infrastructure to implement the blocking Block techniques include transparent web proxies, injection of HTTP responses, stateless and stateful SSL DPI and fake DNS responses. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Internet).

Internet 120

Internet Internet DNS Advertising 120

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The Joker’s Stash carding platform has been active since October 7, 2014, it focuses on the sale of stolen payment card details. Joker Stash admins said in a message published on a hacking forum that the law enforcement only seized the servers hosting the above domains, that were only used to redirecting visitors to the actual website.

DNS 137

DNS Cybercrime Hacking Information Security 137

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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InfoSec DNS Advertising Marketing 121

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

If you are in doubt, check the subnets on [link] and look at known DNS entries to get an idea. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Conti ransomware). For most organizations, the chance of false positives, when blocking these subnets, will be very low to non-existent. ’ Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Ransomware 108

Ransomware DNS Malware Hacking 108

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Gamaredon has been active since 2014 and its activity focus on Ukraine, the group was observed using the multistage backdoor Pteranodon / Pterodo. doc,docx,xls,xlsx,rtf,odt,txt,jpg,jpeg,pdf,ps1,rar,zip,7z,mdb) usually takes 30-50 minutes (usually with GAMMASTEEL malware).” ” states the alert published by CART-UA.

Social Engineering 96

Social Engineering DNS Accountability Malware 96

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks, the recent mass scanning activity represents a change in the modus operandi of the group. “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages. SecurityAffairs – APT28, hacking).

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Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 135

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

Threat actors used the Extembro DNS- changer Trojan in an adware campaign to prevent users from accessing security-related websites. Security experts at Malwarebytes observed an adware campaign that involved the Extembro DNS- changer Trojan to prevent users from accessing websites of security vendors. ” concludes the analysis.

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Adware DNS Malware Advertising 58

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2019

“This malware is a lure Excel document with name ‘???????.xlsm’. The final stage malware is a backdoor written in C#. According to the analysis made by malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks, the text file includes parts of a Windows Script Component (.SCT) The final stage malware is a backdoor written in C#.

DNS 85

DNS Penetration Testing Malware Advertising 85

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

“Today we released an update for CVE-2020-1350 , a Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that is classified as a ‘wormable’ vulnerability and has a CVSS base score of 10.0. This issue results from a flaw in Microsoft’s DNS server role implementation and affects all Windows Server versions.

DNS 60

DNS Advertising Engineering Internet 60

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ttint botnet).

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IoT Firmware DNS Advertising 139

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group exploits unpatched vulnerabilities to compromise systems running /JBoss application servers. Experts pointed out that GALLIUM threat actors were using common versions of malware and publicly available tools with a few changes to evade detection. ” continues the analysis.

Telecommunications 66

Telecommunications DNS Malware Advertising 66

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Palo Alto Network researchers discovered a new malware, tracked as XBash, that combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new piece of malware, dubbed XBash piece that is targeting both Linux and Microsoft Windows servers.

Cryptocurrency 90

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DoS). Two vulnerabilities can allow authenticated attackers with local access to the target devices to execute arbitrary code. Pierluigi Paganini.

Software 98

Software DNS Wireless Advertising 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. The libprocesshider open-source tool is available on Github since 2014 and is able to “hide a process under Linux using the ld preloader.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

Cryptocurrency 121

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime DNS Malware 121

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The group has been observed using new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), it is also using updated malware to evade detection. “the actor moved away from hosting the scripts on dedicated servers and instead started to use Domain Name System (DNS) text records. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 64

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Healthcare 143

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

“BONDUPDATER, like other OilRig tools, uses DNS tunneling to communicate with its C2 server. The malware checks that only one instance of it is running at one time, it also locks files to determine how long the main PowerShell process has been executing. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 78

DNS Phishing Government Malware 78

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. “ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. ” reads a blog post published by Avast.

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DNS Passwords Advertising Banking 74

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

AUGUST 27, 2019

Using compromised accounts, the threat actors send spearphishing emails with malicious Excel attachments to deliver the DanBot malware, which subsequently deploys post-intrusion tools.” The threat actors carried out spearphishing attacks using weaponized Excel attachments to deliver the DanBot malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

DNS 81

DNS Passwords Penetration Testing Social Engineering 81

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. On August 21, multiple United Rental customers reported receiving invoice emails with booby-trapped links that led to a malware download for anyone who clicked.

Phishing 214

Phishing Marketing Accountability DNS 214

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

The attackers demonstrated an increasing level of sophistication across the years, they used custom-malware and various exploits in their attacks. “Second, we identified a previously undocumented malware family with strong links to the Ke3chang group – a backdoor we named Okrum. ” reads the report published by ESET.

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DNS Malware Advertising Manufacturing 87