Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here are 5 common security tools that you must have in 2021 to protect your digital world. An easy way to enhance your online security and privacy is by using a VPN while browsing the internet. Internet ads are one of the major sources of phishing scams and ransomware attacks. Identity Theft Protection Tools. Ad Blockers.

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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. What is SPF?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Both vendors offer competitive VPN solutions that enable you and your employees to use the internet while maintaining privacy. They both use Perfect Forward Secrecy , which automatically changes encryption keys on a recurring basis to prevent data from being decrypted if other components of the key exchange are compromised.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The common methods for analyzing an iOS mobile infection are either to examine an encrypted full iOS backup or to analyze the network traffic of the affected device. However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious.

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Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 83

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Sophos X-Ops is currently tracking a campaign by threat actors targeting unpatched Citrix NetScaler systems exposed to the internet. The attackers obtained encrypted passwords from NetScaler ADC configuration files, and the decryption key was stored on the ADC appliance. Network-segmentation controls blocked this activity too.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

In terms of big news, Q2 2021 was relatively calm, but not completely eventless. Q2 2021 was no exception: in early July researchers at Netscout reported an increase in attacks using the Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) protocol. News overview. The bug was named TsuNAME.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Internet as we know it operates within the service-oriented paradigm, which heavily favors providers over users. This makes Wildland something akin to a file-based Internet that you can browse and manage using Finder, Thunar, Konqueror or any other file browser of your choice. in June 2021.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Layout of the encrypted data. Packets exchanged with the C2 server contain a header (described in the next table) followed by AES-encrypted data. Initial connection: the generated AES key and its CRC32, encrypted using RSA-2048 with a hardcoded public key. x33x44”). Description. Sample value (in hex). Unknown static value.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Connect to C2 URL over HTTP with GET/POST methods using hidden Internet Explorer instance (called using InternetExplorer.Application). Runs ie.vbe script using CScript.exe to ensure no residual Internet Explorer instances exists after C2 communication uses IE hidden browser. Janicab 2021 listing of DDRs. Function RunIeScript().

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Thu, 09/09/2021 - 08:46. Communication verification and integrity, such as email encryption, digital signatures, and invoicing. Information Technology (IT) integrity and availability, such as DNS server security. Securing the Identities of Connected Cars. Software supply chain security with code signing certificates.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It was so amazing to return to London for the Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC). Because of this, it allows the owner elevated privileges: Granting them the ability install DNS, Global Proxies and many other capabilities. Again, wiping 70 devices ( Black Hat USA 2021 had 300 devices!)

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. Most of the malware families used in the campaign are fileless malware and have not been seen before.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

Other standards to consider are the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls, FedRAMP, and the Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). That could be by purging un-needed data, encryption, archiving, anonymizing data, basically doing something different,” Halota said.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Internet is a patchwork of hundreds of thousands of separate networks, called Autonomous Systems, that are stitched together with BGP. To route data across the Internet, Autonomous Systems need to know which IP addresses other Autonomous Systems either control or can route traffic to. Thankfully, it withstood the onslaught.

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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.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

We reported about the first variant of such software back in 2018, but there were many other samples to be found, which was later reported by the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) in 2021. The group is currently active (recent activity was spotted in November 2021). PowerShell script used in 2021 campaign.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool. Best Digital Forensics Software Tools of 2021. In 2021, the India-based provider works in over 70 countries with more than 400 clients, including the NIST, NASA, and Wells Fargo.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

If the infected device isn’t connected to the Internet, the malware waits for a USB device with a specific volume name to be connected, then copies stolen data to that device. Point-to-point encryption: P2PE and tokenization, Miles said, are the one-two punch of an approach to card data security called data devaluation.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

25+ Years of Black Hat (and some DNS stats), by Alejo Calaoagan. Cisco is a Premium Partner of the Black Hat NOC , and is the Official Wired & Wireless Network Equipment, Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider of Black Hat. Umbrella DNS into NetWitness SIEM and Palo Alto Firewall .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In January 2021, the cybercrime gang launched a new campaign targeting Kubernetes environments with the Hildegard malware, Palo Alto Networks warns. The malware connects to the command and control (C&C) server via a tmate reverse shell and an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel. aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2021. In parallel, Volexity also reported the same Exchange zero-days being in use in early 2021. The threat actor leverages tailor-made malicious documents with embedded macros that trigger an infection chain, opening a URL in Internet Explorer.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Also see our picks for Top Cloud Security Companies and Tools of 2021. For the Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways, Broadcom was dubbed a Leader in 2021. For the Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways, Censornet was a Challenger in 2021. Top 10 CASB solutions. Censornet. Forcepoint. iboss Features. Lookout Features.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

We have observed malicious binaries use openssl with base64, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) to thwart security scanners in the format as shown below: openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -A -base64 -pass pass:<> Curl. Bash scripts invoking encrypted Zip file. Bash scripts decoding an encrypted blob.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We have been tracking Roaming Mantis since 2018, and published five blog posts about this campaign: Roaming Mantis uses DNS hijacking to infect Android smartphones. It’s been a while since the last blog post, but we’ve observed some new activities by Roaming Mantis in 2021, and some changes in the Android Trojan Wroba.g (or

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The PlugX families we observed used DNS [ T1071.001 ] [ T1071.004 ] as the transport channel for C2 traffic, in particular TXT queries. Another clue that helped us was the use of DNS tunneling by Winnti which we discovered traces of in memory. The hardcoded 208.67.222.222 resolves to a legitimate OpenDNS DNS server.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

The least common of SQL injection attacks, the out-of-band method relies on the database server to make DNS or HTTP requests delivering data to an attacker. . . . Also Read: Best Penetration Testing Software for 2021. . Encryption: Keep Your Secrets Secret. It’s best to assume internet-connected applications are not secure.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The infection chain of recent QakBot releases (2020-2021 variants) is as follows: The user receives a phishing email with a ZIP attachment containing an Office document with embedded macros, the document itself or a link to download malicious document. The loaded payload (stager) includes another binary containing encrypted resource modules.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

This, in combination with network encryption, will lay a strong foundation against phishing and other common attack vectors. The memo emphasizes the importance of including cloud-based platforms, applications and systems in the agency zero trust strategy.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2022

The CA will issue challenges (DNS or HTTPS) requiring the agent to take an action that demonstrates control over said domain(s). Back in 2015, when Let’s Encrypt was was just emerging as a certificate-authority force, Josh Aas, the ISRG's executive director said that "Encryption should be the default for the web. What is ACME?

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2022

The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) originally designed the ACME protocol for its own Let’s Encrypt certificate service. The previous version, ACME v1, was deprecated on June 1st, 2021. On September 15, 2021, the DNS records for acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org api.letsencrypt.org were removed.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In Secure Kali Pi (2022) , the first blog post in the Raspberry Pi series, we set up a Raspberry Pi 4 with full disk encryption. 4.2.2.2 # DNS servers to pass (not really required for our needs) opt lease 600 # 10 minute DHCP lease And we create our hook which copies in our DHCP config, /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/udhcpd : #!

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The former threatened files accessible from the internet over SMB protocol and protected by a weak account password. Threats that target NAS remain prominent, so we recommend keeping these devices inaccessible from the internet to ensure maximum safety of your data. Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Complex attacks almost invariably feature several phases, such as reconnaissance, initial access to the infrastructure, gaining access to target systems and/or privileges, and the actual malicious acts (data theft, destruction or encryption, etc.). 2TB of 2020-2021 data: credentials related to banking accounts and the most popular services.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Downloaded modules are encrypted, and can be decrypted with the Python script below. 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. Python script with modules decryption routine.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

After applying that conversion to the file, we can see that this file is what we called DBoxShell (also called PowerMagic by Kaspersky): DboxShell variant used in OP#1 OP#2 - April 2021 We believe that the attack started with this zip file named ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ № 583-НС.zip. How attackers sent this file to victims is still unknown.

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