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Security expert discovered a bug that affects million Kaspersky VPN users

Security Affairs

A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. What is a DNS leaks ? In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel.

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Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests

Security Affairs

Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. The first issue is an information disclosure flaw via unauthenticated external DNS requests that affect Zyxel devices from the USG, UAG, ATP, VPN and NXC series. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Russia-linked APT28 has been scanning vulnerable email servers in the last year

Security Affairs

The nation-state hackers are scanning the entire internet, in search of vulnerable webmail and Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers that expose TCP ports 445 and 1433. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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GALLIUM Threat Group targets global telcos, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

“To compromise targeted networks, GALLIUM target unpatched internet-facing services using publicly available exploits and have been known to target vulnerabilities in WildFly/JBoss.” The operators leverage on low cost and easy to replace infrastructure using dynamic-DNS domains and regularly reused hop points.

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Abusing cloud services to fly under the radar

Fox IT

These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services. After obtaining a valid account, they use this account to access the victim’s VPN, Citrix or another remote service that allows access to the network of the victim.

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VPN vs. proxy: which is better to stay anonymous online?

Security Affairs

Most people prefer using proxies over VPN services because they are easy to use and mostly available for free, but can it be relied on for anonymity? Most people prefer using proxies over VPNs because they are easy to use and mostly available for free, but can it be relied on for anonymity? VPN vs. Proxy. What is a VPN?

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Operation ‘Harvest’: A Deep Dive into a Long-term Campaign

McAfee

The PlugX families we observed used DNS [ T1071.001 ] [ T1071.004 ] as the transport channel for C2 traffic, in particular TXT queries. Another clue that helped us was the use of DNS tunneling by Winnti which we discovered traces of in memory. The hardcoded 208.67.222.222 resolves to a legitimate OpenDNS DNS server. 209.58.*.*.

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