Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH ($266,789 at the time of the hack) as well as a large number of tokens. Clearly the access to the CEO account allowed the hacker to breach the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

Hackers compromiseD -Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization. In some cases, users were infected with the Oski information-stealing malware. . 234.35.230 and 94 [. 103.82.249. washington.edu imageshack.us

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

Let’s consider mybrowser.microsoft.com, it might have resolved by the DNS to something like webserver9000.azurewebsites.net. But experts discovered that Microsoft did not take care of DNS entries for the sub-domains that for some reason it stops to update. ” states a report published by the security duo.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

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

MARCH 20, 2020

The group was observed using this scheme between 2019 and 2020, and according to the experts, most of the compromised email accounts belong to defense companies in the Middle East. It is unclear why APT28 is using compromised email accounts of (mostly) defense companies in the Middle East.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

CISA MAR report provides technical details of FiveHands Ransomware SQL injection issue in Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin exposes User Data TsuNAME flaw exposes DNS servers to DDoS attacks City of Tulsa, is the last US city hit by ransomware attack City of Tulsa, is the latest US city hit by ransomware attack FBI confirmed that Darkside ransomware gang (..)

Banking 71

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. “LYCEUM initially accesses an organization using account credentials obtained via password spraying or brute-force attacks. The malware uses DNS and HTTP-based communication mechanisms.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. A flaw could have allowed hackers to take over any Instagram account in 10 minutes. Sprint revealed that hackers compromised some customer accounts via Samsung site. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. US cyberattack temporarily paralyzed the ability of Iran to target oil tankers in the Gulf. Crooks stole €1.5 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

They ask you to make certain changes in your account by entering your login password or ask for some reconfirmation. The motto behind the email is to lend you to a fake web page that is designed for the sole purpose of stealing user information. The most common type is phishing is carried out through fraudulent email receptionist.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). ” reads the security advisory. This could allow an attacker to access the ISP account or the router itself if they admins reused the same credentials.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Webmin, the popular open-source web-based interface for Unix admin contained a remote code execution vulnerability for more than a year.

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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 mail account hostmaster@urlblocked.pw, published as contact details in DNS, bounces all incoming mails.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Recent UEFI attacks include a 2015 attack on a Ukrainian power grid and a 2018 attack where threat actors used a UEFI rootkit to drop additional malware in an extended episode. As of now, the information security industry is at the outset of implementing SBOM for software products. Also Read: How to Prevent DNS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. ” reads the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Indeed during the group_a, the main observed delivery techniques where about Phishing (rif.T1193) and Valid Accounts (rif.T1078). A Valid Account in this era (group_a) could be defined as the super-set of default credentials to exposed infrastructures or real user accounts found through alternative channels (such as: darknets, humint, etc.).

Computers and Electronics 79

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The skip-2.0 by its authors and part of the Winnti Group’s arsenal.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The “Dns” Plugin. The DnsPlugin handles the machine’s DNS configuration. Instead, the OutlookPlugin weaponize the implant with common information stealing capabilities enabling the attackers to gather account information and contact list. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. Middle Eastern countries (Kuwait, Pakistan, the UAE, and Qatar) together account for 2.38% in this ranking. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The attacker may utilize a website such as nwtools.com to look through the target organization’s DNS records. which reported in 2015 that they were compromised by a phishing attack that affected 3,300 patients. The passwords were then used to deposit future paychecks into the attacker’s account.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

To carried out this attack, crooks modified the DNS record of a popular web accessibility plugin from nagich[.]com. Ido Naor , Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, was who share this threat on Saturday, March 2nd, at VirusBay. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

To carried out this attack, crooks modified the DNS record of a popular web accessibility plugin from nagich[.]com. Ido Naor , Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, was who share this threat on Saturday, March 2nd, at VirusBay. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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