Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

” The DNS part of that moniker refers to the global “ D omain N ame S ystem ,” which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. PASSIVE DNS.

DNS 268

DNS Internet Internet Government 268

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. Experts spotted the iOS version of the Exodus surveillance app. VPN apps insecurely store session cookies in memory and log files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches DNS Advertising Surveillance 56

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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. Security Affairs – Newsletter ).

Firmware 42

Firmware DNS Advertising Surveillance 42

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. The attackers used vulnerabilities in an SSL-VPN product to deploy a multi-layered loader we dubbed Ecipekac (aka DESLoader, SigLoader and HEAVYHAND). This server was disabled a day after our discovery last December.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 140

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140