Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset.

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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. Operators continue to offer the botnet through a multi-purpose malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Diavol ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

The technique is really simple as it only requires an email account that sends messages to itself containing stolen credentials for each victim that executed the malware on their computer. Fast forward to 2020, and the threat actor has graduated to malware distributor. Test successful! ” from the same machine. titan.email (.pw

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

According to a new report published by researchers from security firm Netscout , TrickBot’s operators have started to use a new variant of their malware in an attempt to Linux systems and expand the list of its targets. “Often delivered as part of a zip, this malware is a lightweight Linux backdoor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Palo Alto Network researchers discovered a new malware, tracked as XBash, that combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new piece of malware, dubbed XBash piece that is targeting both Linux and Microsoft Windows servers.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

The attackers demonstrated an increasing level of sophistication across the years, they used custom-malware and various exploits in their attacks. Experts discovered that since December 2016, the APT15 group has been using the previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Okrum. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The group has been observed using new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), it is also using updated malware to evade detection. “the actor moved away from hosting the scripts on dedicated servers and instead started to use Domain Name System (DNS) text records.

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Cybercrime DNS Malware Advertising 63

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

The attackers attempted to verify outbound network connectivity with a ping command and executed host commands for a subnet-wide DNS lookup. 189) for malware staging and a second C2 IP (85.239.53[.]49) Network-segmentation controls blocked this activity too. Threat actors also use a C2 IP address (45.66.248[.]189)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks, the recent mass scanning activity represents a change in the modus operandi of the group. SecurityAffairs – APT28, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Some of the most common attacks cybercriminals use to breach higher education institutions are hacking, malware and DDoS attacks. Hacking Your College Campus. Hacking and malware were the cause of 36 percent of data breaches in the education sector in 2015. Expelling Malware from School.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. We conducted an analysis of the IoT threat landscape for 2023, as well as the products and services offered on the dark web related to hacking connected devices. Tested, tried. Not a Mirai fork.

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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.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, distributed denial of service). Experts noticed that this attack is bigger than the 2.3 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

“Compared to the 2016 variants this sample introduces a configuration file and does not rely on C2 for operation. ” In previous attacks, OceanLotus hackers used both custom malware with commercially-available tools, like Cobalt Strike. .” reads the analysis published by Cylance. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

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Malware DNS Financial Services Retail 92

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. But what kind of malware is this Elknot Trojan? This malware is an update and reuse from the Elknot’s malware source code.

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DDOS Malware Encryption Penetration Testing 85

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

group_a : from 2016 to August 2017 2. T1388) , from group_b to group_d time frames OilRig used real Compromised User Accountsextracted by Malware (rif. T1094) mainly developed using DNS resolutions (which is actually one of the main characteristic of the attacker group). group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3.

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Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing DNS Phishing 80

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.

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DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government 86

SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks. This malware is of interest for its use of infected devices as honeypots. It is linked to a vulnerability in DNS resolvers that allows amplification attacks on authoritative DNS servers.

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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.

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DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government 77

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 17, 2016.

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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.

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Ransomware DNS Firmware Encryption 88

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Our analysis of the rogue firmware, and other malicious artefacts from the target’s network, revealed that the threat actor behind it had tampered with the firmware to embed malware that we call MoonBounce. On February 23, ESET published a tweet announcing new wiper malware targeting Ukraine. Roaming Mantis reaches Europe.

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Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 117

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There are other protection mechanisms, such as Malware Defense , that can block further threats. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. CVE-2016-3081. CVE-2016-3087.

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Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability 114

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Security expert Antonio Pirozzi, director at ZLab malware lab at Cybaze firm, presented at the EU Cyber Threat Conference in Dublin conducted a research along with Pierluigi Paganini (aka @securityaffairs ), about how crooks could abuse blockchain for malicious purposes. Added Paganini.

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DNS Malware Advertising Technology 104

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Cobalt crime gang has been active since at least 2016, it targeted banks worldwide. The experts also detected two malware samples used in the campaign, a JavaScript backdoor and another malicious code tracked as COOLPANTS, a reconnaissance backdoor associated with the group. A weaponized Word document and a binary with a.jpg extension.

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Cybercrime Banking Phishing Advertising 56

Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

Twenty years ago, I first attended the Black Hat and Defcon conventions – yay Caesars Palace and Alexis Park – a wide-eyed tech newbie who barely knew what WEP hacking, Driftnet image stealing and session hijacking meant. It is a balance, as we must allow trainings and demos connect to malicious websites, download malware and execute.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) protocol is used to establish secure connections over UDP, through which most DNS queries, as well as audio and video traffic, are sent. Dear players, The PUBG MOBILE team are currently actively working to resolve the DDoS attacks against our systems and the new hacking issues.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. CODEN: From 2016 to 2021.

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Software Backups Computers and Electronics Technology 40

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. Earlier August, Citizen Lab shared evidence of attacks against 175 targets worldwide carried on with the NSO spyware. Saudi Arabia.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

. » Related Stories Kaspersky: Attacks on Smart Devices Rise Threefold in 2018 Episode 155: Disinformation is a Cyber Weapon and APTs warm to Mobile Malware Spotlight Podcast: Unpacking Black Hat Hacks with Digicert CTO Dan Timpson. August marked the three year anniversary of the discovery of the Mirai botnet.

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DDOS IoT Internet Internet 40

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

campaigns from around 2016. Modern applications support features that attackers can abuse to install malware on your system. Use modern, reputable anti-malware software. Lock down domain registrar and DNS settings. To understand the basis for these recommendations, read the documents mentioned at the end of the post.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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