SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

The statistics in this report cover the period from May 2020 to April 2021, inclusive. 70% of Internet user computers in the EU experienced at least one Malware-class attack. Number of EU users attacked by financial malware, May 2020 – April 2021 ( download ). Main figures. Threat geography. Country. %*. Threat geography.

Phishing 131

Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 131

SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

On December 13, 2020 FireEye published important details of a newly discovered supply chain attack. For instance, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for a long period, of up to two weeks, which prevents an easy detection of this behavior in sandboxes. avsvmcloud[.]com”

DNS 75

DNS Telecommunications Malware Encryption 75

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

The author of Mirai used a sledgehammer to kill a fly: the DDoS bombardment was so large that it also wiped out Dyn , a UK-based internet performance vendor. The Spamhaus attacker, for instance, noticed that there were literally millions of domain name system (DNS) resolvers that remained wide open all over the internet.

DDOS 263

DDOS IoT DNS Internet 263

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

In March 2020, The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoTC) issued a directive to all operators in Myanmar with a secret list of 230 sites to be blocked due to the nature of the content; adult content and fake news. In April 2020, Telenor complied with the directive and blocked ALL sites on the block list. Original post at: [link].

Internet 70

Internet Internet Telecommunications DNS 70

Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. But that shouldn't be that surprising given that only 2.3% We still have a way to go!

VPN 358

VPN Phishing DNS Encryption 358

Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

The site’s true WHOIS registration records have always been hidden by privacy protection services, but there are plenty of clues in historical Domain Name System (DNS) records for WorldWiredLabs that point in the same direction. A review of DNS records for both printschoolmedia[.]org DNS records for worldwiredlabs[.]com

DNS 257

DNS Cybercrime Passwords Accountability 257

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee. GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved.

Hacking 277

Hacking Social Engineering Phishing Scams 277

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

An attacker could use $300 worth of off-the-shelf equipment to eavesdrop and intercept signals from satellite internet communications. The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception.

Internet 87

Internet Internet Advertising Encryption 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

DirtyMoe is a Windows botnet that is rapidly growing, it passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. The module that implements the warm capabilities was spotted scanning the internet and performing password brute-force attacks against Windows systems with SMB port open online.

DNS 122

DNS Cryptocurrency Internet Internet 122

McAfee

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Use of “domain age” is a feature being promoted by various firewall and web security vendors as a method to protect users and systems from accessing malicious internet destinations. The sites and domains of the internet are constantly changing and evolving. The concept is to use domain age as a generic traffic filtering parameter.

Internet 65

Internet Internet DNS Risk 65

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

13, 2020, which was the date the fraudsters got around to changing the domain name system (DNS) settings for e-hawk.net. That alert was triggered by systems E-HAWK had previously built in-house that continually monitor their stable of domains for any DNS changes.

DNS 272

DNS Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 272

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2021

The vulnerabilities disclosed by the JSOF team have been listed as CVE-2020-25687 , CVE-2020-25683 , CVE-2020-25682 , CVE-2020-25684 , CVE-2020-25685 , CVE-2020-25686 and CVE-2020-25681. Basically, you could say DNS is the phonebook of the internet. What is DNS cache poisoning?

DNS 62

DNS Software Internet Internet 62

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

There is no indication these are the real names of the phishers, but the names are useful in pointing to other sites targeting Privnote since 2020. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com A search at DomainTools.com for privatenote[.]io com , privatemessage[.]net

Phishing 222

Phishing Cryptocurrency DDOS Internet 222

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the 2020 presidential election approaching, cybersecurity deserves to be a core issue for candidates. Cybersecurity platform: Does the candidate have a proactive cybersecurity stance in their 2020 platform? On the road to November 2020, voters should continue to press candidates on the issue of cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Risk Education Technology 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Among the vulnerabilities is CVE-2024-21412 , an Internet Shortcut Files flaw that allows an unauthenticated attacker to send a malicious file to a user. It bypasses Internet Shortcut Files’ security measures. The vulnerability, CVE-2020-3259 , was first discovered in May 2020.

VPN 111

VPN DNS Ransomware Software 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

In 2020, the SolarWinds supply chain attack opened backdoors into thousands of organizations (including government agencies) that used its services, while late last year, the far-reaching Log4J exploit exploded onto the scene. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage of protective DNS? The issue likely comes down to awareness.

DNS 140

DNS Cybersecurity CISO Social Engineering 140

NetSpi Technical

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As these are pointing at localhost, it is very likely this is being used as a way to prevent outbound internet access. Moving on, lets see if we can get outbound internet access. It looks like there is no route out from the container to the Internet. Let’s try DNS. Let’s see if we can connect to that and grab the HTML.

DNS 97

DNS Internet Internet Phishing 97

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

We have identified attacks from the group starting in 2020, meaning that they have remained under the radar for at least three years. Malwarebytes has identified multiple operations, first dated in 2020. Notes about activity before the war OP#1 - Late 2020 The first operation we know of happened in December 2020.

Surveillance 72

Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 72

Malwarebytes

APRIL 25, 2023

From there, further research identified a DNS signature not related to Pupy components. Infoblox claims that this unique DNS signature for Decoy Dog “ matches less than 0.0000027% of the 370 million active domains on the internet ” Pupy itself has been seen in numerous nation state attacks and other serious compromises.

DNS 67

DNS Mobile Malware Internet 67

Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2022

The so-called ZuoRAT campaign, which very likely started in 2020, is so sophisticated that the researchers suspect that there is a state sponsored threat actor behind it. The threat actor can then use DNS hijacking and HTTP hijacking to cause the connected devices to install other malware. DNS hijacking. SOHO routers.

DNS 93

DNS Malware Small Business Firmware 93

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The attack was launched by a Mirai botnet variant composed of 15,000 bots, it combined DNS amplification attacks and UDP floods. The botnet included Internet of Things (IoT) devices and GitLab instances. “This was a multi-vector attack combining DNS amplification attacks and UDP floods. Pierluigi Paganini.

DDOS 121

DDOS DNS IoT Internet 121

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. Every employee’s home network has a different set of security protocols and internet use is unregulated.

Hacking 116

Hacking DNS Firewall Malware 116

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Reduce the number of systems that can be reached over internet using SSH. The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Enable 2FA on all externally exposed accounts.

Media 105

Media Accountability Telecommunications Government 105

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These events can occur accidentally and even within a corporate network; however, intentional attacks on internet-facing resources are far more common. Also read: How to Secure DNS. DNS Flood: The attacking machines send spoofed DNS requests at a high packet rate to overwhelm the DNS server and shut down the domain.

DDOS 145

DDOS DNS Firewall Internet 145

Cisco Security

MARCH 16, 2021

Hiding internet activity strengthens privacy—but also makes it easier for bad actors to infiltrate the network. The European Union is concerned enough that it drafted a resolution in November 2020 to ban end-to-end encryption, prompting outcry from privacy advocates. Keeping your destination private: DNS over HTTPS.

Encryption 85

Encryption DNS Threat Detection Internet 85

Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

The group looks for attacks on Exchange systems using a combination of active Internet scans and “honeypots” — systems left vulnerable to attack so that defenders can study what attackers are doing to the devices and how. I’d been doxed via DNS. ” What was the subdomain I X’d out of his message?

Hacking 357

Hacking Cybercrime DNS Antivirus 357

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The botnet appeared in the threat landscape in November 2020, in some cases the attacks leveraged recently disclosed vulnerabilities to inject OS commands. CVE-2020-7961 – Java unmarshalling flaw via JSONWS in Liferay Portal (in versions prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2) (disclosed on March 20, 2020). ” continues the analysis.

DDOS 136

DDOS DNS Malware Internet 136

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. — NordVPN (@NordVPN) October 23, 2020 Ah, tricky! Been a lot of "victim blaming" going on these last few days. — Bartek ?wierczy?ski

Phishing 362

Phishing Password Management Passwords Internet 362

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Founded in 2004, Cloudflare initially wanted to determine the source of email spam and became dedicated to building a better, more secure internet. Cloudflare One Cloudflare released their initial SASE offering in October 2020 and continues to add features and capabilities.

DNS 98

DNS DDOS IoT Firewall 98

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

The signature-based email authentication technique called DKIM merges the specifications for domain keys and identified-internet-mail specifications. A public key is stored with the Domain Name System (DNS) for download by any email server receiving emails with the encrypted digital signature. DMARC Implementation and Fees.

DNS 114

DNS Phishing Authentication Marketing 114

SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

It is linked to a vulnerability in DNS resolvers that allows amplification attacks on authoritative DNS servers. Attacks on DNS servers are dangerous because all the resources they serve become unavailable, regardless of their size and level of DDoS protection. Comparative number of DDoS attacks, Q1 and Q2 2021, and Q2 2020.

DDOS 134

DDOS DNS IoT Marketing 134

SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

There, CosmicStrand sleeps for 10 minutes and tests the internet connectivity of the infected machine. DNS requests are performed in this fashion, using either Google’s DNS server (8.8.8[.]8) 2020-05-03. 2020-05-03. 2020-07-25. 2020-07-25. 2020-03-09. 2020-07-25. 2020-03-09.

Firmware 145

Firmware DNS Malware Technology 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

DDoS protection services provider Radware warns the Hoaxcalls Internet of Things (IoT) botnet has expanded the list of targeted devices, the experts also noticed that the operators implemented new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. The botnet was initially designed to launch DDoS attacks using UDP, DNS and HEX floods. .

DDOS 102

DDOS IoT Advertising DNS 102

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. . “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts.

Cryptocurrency 363

Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 363

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” When the botnet was first detected in 2019, experts noticed it was exploiting the Tenda zero-day flaw tracked as CVE-2020-10987.

IoT 133

IoT Firmware DNS Advertising 133

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. Below the attack chain documented by the reseachers from Palo Alto Networks: The attacker targeted an unsecured Kubelet on the internet and searched for containers running inside the Kubernetes nodes.

Malware 107

Malware DNS Cryptocurrency Internet 107

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

They will look for dependencies locally, on the computer where a project resides, and they will check the package manager’s public, Internet-accessible, directory. Getting the information to his own server from deep inside well-protected corporate networks posed yet another problem which was solved by using DNS exfiltration.

Hacking 125

Hacking DNS Unstructured Data Social Engineering 125