Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Example 2: Using a VPN. A lot of people are confused about VPNs. If you log in at the end website you’ve identified yourself to them, regardless of VPN. VPNs encrypt the traffic between you and some endpoint on the internet, which is where your VPN is based. This is true. So, probably not a win.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

NetScout’s latest Threat Intelligence Report found more DDoS attacks in the first half of 2021 compared to the whole of 2020. Since 2020, through various waves of DDoS extortion campaigns we’ve witnessed, this trend holds true. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Like in the case of SolarWinds in 2020, masked threat actors aren’t afraid to linger for months during reconnaissance. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet. Extended Stays and Attack Execution.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to the independent institute AV-TEST , the number of total new malware in 2020 increased by 13% compared to the last year, and malware for macOS by 1200% for the same period. An easy way to enhance your online security and privacy is by using a VPN while browsing the internet. Identity Theft Protection Tools.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

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. “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages. ” continues the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. DDoS attacks on single networks or websites render them unavailable, but DDoS attacks on DNS resolvers bring down all networks and websites using that DNS resource.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

The trends to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) devices, remote work , and cloud resources drastically increase the amount of communication outside of the traditional network that needs to be secured. This trend spreads out data center risk over the internet and increases the potential vectors for attack. What Is SASE?

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Request for access to corporate VPN. 2TB of 2020-2021 data: credentials related to banking accounts and the most popular services. I sell VPN accounts of USA companies, revenue is 1kkk$. Access type: VPN. Access type: VPN. Sale] VPN-RDP accounts for network access. Access type: VPN-RDP. Price: 7 000$.

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VPN Accountability Ransomware Encryption 96

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Inspecting the File (COFF) header, we observed the file’s compilation timestamp: TimeDateStamp: 05/12/2020 08:23:47 – Date and time the image was created. The PlugX families we observed used DNS [ T1071.001 ] [ T1071.004 ] as the transport channel for C2 traffic, in particular TXT queries. GET / */[redacted].rar. 180.50.*.*.

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Malware DNS Accountability Manufacturing 144

McAfee

AUGUST 23, 2020

Remote users and branch offices were logically connected to this central network via technologies like VPN, MPLS, and leased lines, so the secure network perimeter could be maintained. Bandwidth suffers from the slow MPLS link back to the corporate office, as well as through the congested company internet connection.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

NCC Group and Fox-IT observed this threat actor during various incident response engagements performed between October 2019 until April 2020. 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.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It targets the storage databases of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. The browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge are targeted. EMBEDDED MODULE PE timestamp:2020-09-17 InternalName:<payload32.dll> cookiesDll32. The module steals cookie data from web browsers.

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Banking Passwords VPN Internet 140

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. As it turned out, it was active for a very short time around September 2020 on a host that appears to have been impersonating the popular Mail.ru The activities peaked in November 2020, but are still ongoing.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Botnet based on Medusa, working since 2020. DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them. A 2022 campaign known as Roaming Mantis, or Shaoye, spread an Android app whose capabilities included modifying DNS settings on Wi-Fi routers through the administration interface. Our advantages: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Already a leading SD-WAN pick, the HPE subsidiary boosted its market position with acquisitions of security vendor Cape Networks in 2018 and WAN specialist Silver Peak Systems in 2020. EdgeConnect Enterprise critically comes with firewall , segmentation , and application control capabilities. Features: Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In 2020, we discovered a whole new distribution method for the WinDealer malware that leverages the automatic update mechanism of select legitimate applications. This can be done with the use of a VPN, but these may be illegal depending on the jurisdiction and would typically not be available to Chinese-speaking targets. 111.120.0.0/14

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

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