Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. VPN apps insecurely store session cookies in memory and log files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

Data breaches 54

Data breaches DNS Advertising Surveillance 54

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. hackforums.net exploit.in titan.email (.pw

Malware 78

Malware Scams Phishing Accountability 78

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 ). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 175 – News of the week appeared first on Security Affairs.

Firmware 42

Firmware DNS Advertising Surveillance 42

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It involves DNS cache poisoning as it redirects users to a malicious site even if they enter the correct web address. Another successful strategy for preventing phishing is to secure your device using anti-malware, antivirus, VPN and other security softwares. You can further secure your connection by using a VPN.

Phishing 86

Phishing Accountability Authentication Passwords 86

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2019

The remote destination address 185.244.30.93, belonging to “Stajazk VPN” services, hosts the control server reachable on port tcp/9888. The usage of the VPN service hides the real location of the attacker, however, the specific IP isn’t new to the threat intel community, it has been abused since october 2018. Conclusions.

Malware 80

Malware VPN Advertising InfoSec 80

SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Such capabilities are not unheard of: the QUANTUM program revealed in 2014 was the first known instance. This can be done with the use of a VPN, but these may be illegal depending on the jurisdiction and would typically not be available to Chinese-speaking targets.

Malware 118

Malware Encryption Social Engineering Telecommunications 118

SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Trickbot (aka TrickLoader or Trickster), is a successor of the Dyre banking Trojan that was active from 2014 to 2016 and performed man-in-the-browser attacks in order to steal banking credentials. It retrieves the DNS names of all the directory trees in the local computer’s forest. Trickbot was first discovered in October 2016.

Banking 140

Banking Passwords VPN Internet 140

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 142

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 142

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Blocking legitimate users is part of that problem, blocking users wanting to protect their traffic with a VPN is another: This has been there for the past year now. They also blacklist vpn IP addresses. Geo-blocking is a really weak, easily circumvented control that often does more harm than good. Blocking Paste.

Hacking 279

Hacking Government Risk Encryption 279

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 143

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 143