Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

An endpoint DNS solution could have stopped the Trojanized Orion version by refusing to resolve the domain names of the command-and-control servers, again disrupting the infection to the point that no real damage could be done. DNS security solutions are one way of addressing this risk. The “next one” will look different.

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Hacking DNS Firewall Malware 115

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The vulnerabilities addressed by the company impact Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); Windows Defender; Windows DNS and DHCP server; and Microsoft Dynamic. In fact, this is the lightest release since December 2017. ” reported ZDI.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Large-scale spam campaigns often are conducted using newly-registered or hacked email addresses, and/or throwaway domains. Guilmette told KrebsOnSecurity he initially considered the possibility that GoDaddy had been hacked, or that thousands of the registrar’s customers perhaps had their GoDaddy usernames and passwords stolen.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2024

This is the highest number of fixed issues from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017. The issues impact Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; NET Framework and Visual Studio; SQL Server; DNS Server; Windows Defender; Bitlocker; and Windows Secure Boot.

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Malware DNS Mobile Software 115

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Faceboo k and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Sea Turtle)

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Media Accountability Telecommunications Government 115

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in Morocco, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. com , an Arabic-language computer hacking forum. But he denied ever participating in illegal hacking activities.

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DNS Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 263

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Communication with C&C servers is based on DNS requests and it uses a special mechanism translating DNS results to a real IP address. SecurityAffairs – hacking, botnet).

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DNS Cryptocurrency Internet Internet 131

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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. ransomware, that was first spotted in late 2017 and was available for sale on the open market as of August 2018. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Healthcare Ransomware Cybercrime Advertising 144

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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DNS DDOS Firewall Architecture 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. The researchers observed C2 infrastructure relying on dynamic DNS domains masquerading as Ukrainian telecommunication service providers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Prestige ransomware).

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Ransomware Telecommunications DNS Hacking 88

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

The backdoor was used in attacks on targeted diplomatic missions in Slovakia, Belgium, Chile, Guatemala and Brazil throughout 2017. 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.

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DNS Malware Advertising Manufacturing 89

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.” Experts also observed attackers using a DNS downloader that was designed for long-term, covert access to the target machine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DNS Advertising Spyware Software 82

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. The researchers observed C2 infrastructure relying on dynamic DNS domains masquerading as Ukrainian telecommunication service providers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Log4Shell).

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Malware Telecommunications DNS Hacking 86

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

BONDUPDATER is a PowerShell-based Trojan first discovered by FireEye in mid-November 2017 , when OilRig targeted a different Middle Eastern governmental organization.” Security Affairs – OilRig APT, hacking ). ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. ” continues the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

DNS 78

DNS Phishing Government Malware 78

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers. Security Affairs – Novidade exploit kit, hacking). ” continues the analysis.

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DNS Advertising Firmware Banking 94

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

First identified in 2017 by the security firm Deep Instinct , Mylobot employs a number of fairly sophisticated methods to remain undetected on infected hosts, such as running exclusively in the computer’s temporary memory, and waiting 14 days before attempting to contact the botnet’s command and control servers. com on Mar.

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Accountability Advertising Marketing Malware 236

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

ShuangQiang is financially motivated, it has been active since 2017 targeting Windows computers with MBR and VBR bootkits , and installing malicious drivers for financial gain and hijack web traffic to e-commerce sites. “Recently, our DNS data based threat monitoning system DNSmon flagged a suspicious domain pro.csocools.com. .

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Advertising DNS Software Malware 102

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). ” In previous research, Kenin discovered similar flaws ( CVE-2017-5521 ) in at tens of models of Netgear routers that were potentially affecting over one million Netgear customers. SecurityAffairs – D-Link, hacking). ” reads the security advisory.

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DNS Passwords Authentication Wireless 80

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

The Necurs botnet was not active for a long period at the beginning of 2017 and resumed its activity in April 2017 when it was observed using a new technique to avoid detection. Experts pointed out that DGA is a double-edged sword because allows security researchers to analyze DNS and network traffic to enumerate bots.

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DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 80

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

FlawedGrace is a full-featured RAT that we first observed in November 2017.” ” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. The support for “.bit” bit, arepos[.]bit).null.

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Malware DNS Financial Services Retail 94

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

group_a : from 2016 to August 2017 2. group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3. Many techniques have been used since August 2017 such as: Command Line Interface (rif. T1094) mainly developed using DNS resolutions (which is actually one of the main characteristic of the attacker group). T1059), ObfuscatedFiles (rif.

Computers and Electronics 81

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing DNS Phishing 81

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

2017 analysis of the RAT. As KrebsOnSecurity noted in 2016 , in conjunction with his RAT Rezvesz also sold and marketed a bulletproof “dynamic DNS service” that promised not to keep any records of customer activity. This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems.

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Advertising Malware Marketing Software 226

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

“Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.” 911’s EULA would later change its company name and address in 2017, to International Media Ltd. In a 2017 discussion on fl.l33t[.]su A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 312

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Last DNS activity was in December 2018. Figure 14 – previous DNS of C2. Weaponized Microsoft Office documents delivered via email represent the top infection vector in today malware landscape, at the second place we found the abusing of Microsoft DDE protocol with CVE-2017-11882. Figure 15 – C2’s relation graph.

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Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 87

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

The malicious code was initially reported as the RTM banking Trojan , both Symantec and Microsoft detected Redaman in 2017 and classified it as a variant of RTM. The malware was first observed in the threat landscape in 2015, most of the victims were customers of Russian financial institutions. ” Palo Alto Networks concludes.

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Banking Malware Advertising DNS 88

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.” The presence of unsecure MQTT and CoAP deployments shows no improved security awareness since 2017, when this problem was first highlighted for MQTT.”

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IoT Internet Internet Advertising 87

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. “ Experts monitored the activities of threat actors between January 2017 and January 2019. . “ Experts monitored the activities of threat actors between January 2017 and January 2019.

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DNS Telecommunications Government Encryption 83

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

The proxy malware supports back-connect mode, relay mode, IPv4, IPv6 protocols, TCP and UDP transports, with first samples seen in the second half of 2017.”. Malware actor publishes the address of the Bot-A in DNS (or using any other public channel). Server-X asks the bot to start the TCP server. Bot-B connects to Bot-A.

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Malware DNS Encryption Banking 49

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force has identified a new hacking group dubbed MuddyWater and tracked its operations to an Iranian intelligence funded company. The post US authorities track MuddyWater Hacking Group to Iran appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Hacking Spyware DNS Surveillance 110

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The domain validtree.com is registered through namecheap.com on 2017-12-07T15:55:27Z but recently renewed on 2019-10-16T05:35:18Z. Building a re-directors or proxy chains is quite useful for attackers in order to evade Intrusion Prevention Systems and/or protections infrastructures based upon IPs or DNS blocks. net http[://com-mk84.net.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware 42

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Also, the attacker behind this sample leans on the Dynamic DNS service “warzonedns.com”, pointing to the 213.183.58[.10 com”, is well known: this email appears in another AdWind/JRat malicious campaign dated back in 2017, suggesting this malicious actor is active for a long time. 10 IP address located in Russia. 1986[@gmail[.com”,

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Malware Advertising DNS Antivirus 71

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017. Street @jaysonstreet.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

. “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) believes that there is an ongoing and significant risk to key parts of the Domain Name System ( DNS ) infrastructure. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.”.

Internet 98

Internet Internet DNS Telecommunications 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Prior to this date, in 2021, the domain was registered and hosted by a previous owner, with DNS resolution observed through October of 2021. After the new DNS registration by the Grand persona, the domain was initially live via authoritative DNS in regway.com on 2023-10-08, and then migrated to Cloudflare DNS on 2023-10-11.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

In April 2023, Bleeping Computer and other tech outlets like TechRadar began circulating reports of cybercriminals successfully hacking WordPress websites. Cybersecurity firm Sucuri has been tracking Balada Injector activity since 2017 but has only recently given this long-running campaign its name. What is Balada? Windows NT 10.0;

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Malware DNS Software Penetration Testing 87

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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-2017-9841. Like ShellShock, the exploit for this vulnerability is present in many automated hacking tools. CVE-2017-9791.

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Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability 114

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking). Internet destabilization at state level.

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Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 84