Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2025

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2025 addressed 56 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Azure,NET and Visual Studio, Remote Desktop Services, DNS Server, and Hyper-V Server. but also affects Windows 10 (build 1809 and earlier) and Server 2016.

DNS 110

DNS Hacking Information Security 110

Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

Top of the heap this month in terms of outright scariness is CVE-2020-1350 , which concerns a remotely exploitable bug in more or less all versions of Windows Server that attackers could use to install malicious software simply by sending a specially crafted DNS request.

DNS 346

DNS Backups Software System Administration 346

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

Note: This OSINT analysis has been originally published at my current employer's Web site - [link] where I'm currently acting as a DNS Threat Researcher since January, 2021. . Election 2016 campaign in terms of malicious activity and offer practical and relevant including actionable threat intelligence on their whereabouts.

Accountability 96

Accountability DNS Phishing Social Engineering 96

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

HYAS said it quickly notified the French national computer emergency team and the FBI about its findings, which pointed to a dynamic domain name system (DNS) provider on which the purveyors of this attack campaign relied for their various malware servers. ‘FATAL’ ERROR.

DNS 319

DNS Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 319

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flaw being exploited in the wild already — CVE-2021-1732 — affects Windows 10, Server 2016 and later editions. A key concern for enterprises is another critical bug in the DNS server on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker’s choice.

DNS 337

DNS Backups Software Phishing 337

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

DNS 74

DNS Banking Advertising Mobile 74

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The critical bits reside in updates for Microsoft Exchange Server , Sharepoint Server , and Windows 10 and Server 2016 systems. Additionally, Microsoft released an advisory on how to minimize the risk from a DNS spoofing weakness in Windows Server 2008 through 2019.

DNS 344

DNS Backups Malware Software 344

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Mirai botnet was used to target Sony in an attack that took down DynDNS and a number of its notable customers.

DNS 76

DNS 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2024

Researchers warn of an attack vector in the DNS, called the Sitting Ducks, that exposes over a million domains to hackers’ takeover. Researchers from Eclypsium and Infoblox have identified an attack vector in the domain name system (DNS), dubbed the Sitting Ducks attack. ” continues the report.

DNS 126

DNS Accountability Risk Hacking 126

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2022

Double DNS Usage- Whenever a DDoS attack occurs on DNS Service, all your online systems will get disrupted. Maintaining a second DNS provider as a fail-over can help mitigate risks associated with DNS downtime, as one can take over the operations to keep the online services alive.

DDOS 135

DDOS DNS Education Risk 135

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten ). According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. Leaked Source code.

DNS 108

DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2021

Security experts disclosed nine flaws, collectively tracked as NAME:WRECK, affecting implementations of the DNS protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks. CVE-2016-20009 IPnet – stack-based overflow on the message decompression function Message compression RCE 9.8 ” reads the analysis published by Forescout.

DNS 120

DNS Advertising Hacking Ransomware 120

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Interestingly, the findings state that the threat actors, probably funded by a government, were hiding in the external DNS servers of telcos and conducting espionage through General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) networks. However, no substantial evidence to prove the exact location of hackers has been got till date.

Cyber Attacks 139

Cyber Attacks Telecommunications DNS Government 139

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

NicheStack (aka InterNiche stack) is a proprietary TCP/IP stack developed originally by InterNiche Technologies and acquired by HCC Embedded in 2016. “The new vulnerabilities allow for Remote Code Execution, Denial of Service, Information Leak, TCP Spoofing, or DNS Cache Poisoning.” ” states the report.

DNS 134

DNS Manufacturing Firmware Technology 134

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

. “the actor moved away from hosting the scripts on dedicated servers and instead started to use Domain Name System (DNS) text records. These records are accessed via normal DNS queries or DNS-over-HTTPs ( DoH ) if the DNS query fails. “Rocke keeps evolving its TTPs in attempts to remain undetected.

Cybercrime 94

Cybercrime DNS Malware Advertising 94

The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Let’s not forget how Russia targeted elections in 39 states back in 2016. “We

Cyber Risk 159

Cyber Risk DNS Phishing Backups 159

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

A user reported that its D-Link DNS-320 device was infected by malicious code. The D-Link DNS-320 model is no more available for sale, one of the members of the forum explained that the firmware of its NAS was never updated and its device was exposed to WAN through ports 8080, FTP port 21, and a range of ports for port forwarding.

Ransomware 111

Ransomware DNS Firmware Encryption 111

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. At the end of 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the DNS protocol for C2 communications. ” explained Grange.

DNS 110

DNS Banking Advertising Malware 110

Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2021

CVE-2021-33771 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability for Windows Server 2012, Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. and Windows 10. CVE-2021-31979 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability for Windows 7, Windows 8.1,

DNS 107

DNS Media System Administration Engineering 107

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

Indeed we might observe a File-based command and control (a quite unusual solution) structure, a VBS launcher, a PowerShell Payload and a covert channel over DNS engine. According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. It is not a TXT request.

DNS 111

DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government 111

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

Experts discovered that since December 2016, the APT15 group has been using the previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Okrum. We first detected Okrum, through ESET telemetry, in December 2016; it targeted diplomatic missions in Slovakia, Belgium, Chile, Guatemala and Brazil throughout 2017.” ” continues the report.

Malware 110

Malware DNS Advertising Manufacturing 110

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. 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.

Healthcare 145

Healthcare Ransomware Cybercrime Advertising 145

SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

It is worth noting that the localization of this function, also achieved by searching for hardcoded patterns, is very exhaustive and even contains patterns corresponding to the Redstone 1 release from August 2016. DNS requests are performed in this fashion, using either Google’s DNS server (8.8.8[.]8) 2016-12-27.

Firmware 145

Firmware DNS Malware Technology 145

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

. “The attacker used several networks to spoof 167 Mpps (millions of packets per second) to 180,000 exposed CLDAP, DNS, and SMTP servers, which would then send large responses to us.” Experts noticed that this attack is bigger than the 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack mitigated by Amazon’s AWS in February.

DDOS 126

DDOS Advertising DNS Engineering 126

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2022

TrickBot is a popular Windows banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features, including powerful password-stealing capabilities. The news wave of attacks aimed at cryptocurrency firms, most of them located in the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 134

Malware DNS Ransomware Passwords 134

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. ” The hacking group initially compromised one of the telecommunication companies by leveraging external DNS (eDNS) servers which are part of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. .

Telecommunications 138

Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 138

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

Members of the ExCobalt group have been active since at least 2016, the researchers believe that the group is linked to the notorious Cobalt Gang. For secure communication, operators employ DNS/ICMP tunneling, WSS, and QUIC protocols. The communication between GoRed and its C2 server relies on the RPC protocol.

Cybercrime 120

Cybercrime Telecommunications DNS Technology 120

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2022

” TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. “The Bot ID generated by Diavol is nearly identical to the format used by TrickBot and the Anchor DNS malware, also attributed to Trickbot.”

Ransomware 132

Ransomware Banking Malware Encryption 132

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

“Compared to the 2016 variants this sample introduces a configuration file and does not rely on C2 for operation. The experts analyzed four different samples of the Ratsnif RAT, three dated back 2016, and the fourth created in H2 2018. ” reads the analysis published by Cylance. ” continues the analysis.

Malware 87

Malware Advertising DNS Manufacturing 87

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Iron cybercrime group has been active since at least 2016, is known for the Iron ransomware but across the years it is built various strain of malware, including backdoors, cryptocurrency miners, and ransomware to target both mobile and desktop systems. . ActiveMQ arbitrary file write vulnerability , CVE-2016-3088.”

Cryptocurrency 111

Cryptocurrency Malware Ransomware Cybercrime 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. “Their attacks, which range from compromising DNS set tings and tabnabbing to creating watering holes and taking advantage of zero-days, have been nothing short of sophisticated. ” concludes the report.

Phishing 145

Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 145

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

The campaign is active since at least April 2020, but experts found some samples that suggest the attacks begun at least December 2016. Researchers published Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this threat. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Software 126

Software Malware Banking Advertising 126

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This vulnerability should put Windows 10 and Server 2016 and later editions into your priority bucket for remediation this month.”. Security teams should also focus on CVE-2021-24078 , a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server, Liske said. This critical vulnerability, which Microsoft assigned a CVSS score of 9.8,

Risk 71

Risk DNS Media Phishing 71

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

The threat actors use the.bit Top-Level Domain (TLD) for the Domain Name System (DNS) servers. bit” C&C domains was added to protect the C2 infrastructure, this TLD is associated with the cryptocurrency Namecoin and requires special DNS servers that the malware uses (dedsolutions[.]bit, The support for “.bit” bit, arepos[.]bit).null.

Malware 111

Malware Financial Services DNS Retail 111

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Cisco Umbrella : DNS visibility and security. Since joining the Black Hat NOC in 2016, my goal remains integration and automation. The workflows create accounts in SecureX, Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid), Umbrella DNS and Meraki dashboard, all using SecureX Single Sign-On. Integrating Security.

DNS 104

DNS Malware Accountability Wireless 104

Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

At its peak in September 2016, Mirai temporarily crippled several high-profile services such as. August 2016. At its peak in November 2016 MIRAI had enslaved over 600,000 IoT devices. his blog suffered 269 DDOS attacks between July 2012 and September 2016. Krebs on Security. via massive. MIRAI Genesis.

IoT 107

IoT DDOS Internet Internet 107

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A 2016 screen shot of the Joker’s Stash homepage. Passive domain name system (DNS) records show that in its early days BriansClub shared a server in Lithuania along with just a handful of other domains, including secure.pinpays[.]com The links have been redacted.

Cryptocurrency 308

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Retail Government 308