Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2024

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released BIND security updates that fixed several remotely exploitable DoS bugs in the DNS software suite. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to disrupt DNS services. tracked as CVE-2024-0760, CVE-2024-1737, CVE-2024-1975, and CVE-2024-4076. S1, 9.16.13-S1

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Penetration Testing

MAY 23, 2024

Researchers from Tsinghua University have unveiled a potent new method for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, dubbed DNSBomb (CVE-2024-33655).

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Heimadal Security

JULY 30, 2024

DNS security risks are everywhere, and the stats show it too. A 2021 IDC survey of over 1,100 organizations across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific revealed that 87% had encountered DNS attacks. The average cost per attack was approximately $950,000 globally, rising to about $1 million for organizations in North America.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2024

Related: Selecting a Protective DNS One smart way to do this is by keeping an eagle eye out for rogue command and control (C2) server communications. And this beaconing must intersect with the Domain Name System (DNS.) DNS security and the overall Protective DNS space is rising in importance.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The OpenSSH client vulnerability (CVE-2025-26465) allows an attack to succeed regardless of the VerifyHostKeyDNS setting, without user interaction or reliance on SSHFP DNS records. In July, OpenSSH fixed another vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6409 (CVSS score: 7.0), that impacts select versions of the OpenSSH secure networking suite.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened RSA Conference 2024 last week issuing a clarion call for the cybersecurity community to defend national security, nurture economic prosperity and reinforce democratic values. Big security services role The second grouping of vendors I met with at RSAC 2024 were more about a security services component.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office , Azure ,NET Framework , Visual Studio , SQL Server , DNS Server , Windows Defender , Bitlocker , and Windows Secure Boot. Yes, you read that right. “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2025

A Trkiye-linked group used an Output Messenger zero-day to spy on Kurdish military targets in Iraq, collecting user data since April 2024. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Marbled Dust exploited CVE-2025-27920 after likely stealing credentials via DNS hijacking or typo-squatting.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2025

In 2024, it was observed attacking OT organizations and linked to cyberattacks on 60 entities in Asia and Europe. In 2024, attacks primarily focused on governmental, diplomatic, and research sectors, with some campaigns specifically hitting French government organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 addressed three Critical vulnerabilities, none actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 addressed 147 vulnerabilities in multiple products. CVE-2024-20678 – Remote Procedure Call Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 8, 2024

Morgan 2024 Global M&A Roadmap). The M&A landscape continues to evolve, driven by factors such as advancements in artificial intelligence, […] The post The Importance of Domain and DNS Lifecycle Management with Mergers and Acquisitions appeared first on Security Boulevard. trillion USD (source: J.P.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Palo Alto Networks has issued a security advisory concerning a critical vulnerability in the DNS Security feature of its PAN-OS software. Tracked as CVE-2024-3393, this flaw carries a CVSS score... The post CVE-2024-3393: PAN-OS Vulnerability Now Exploited in the Wild appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

SentinelOnes SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September 2024. DNS records link domains like servicewrap-go[.]com

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A passive DNS lookup on this domain at DomainTools.com shows that its email records pointed to the address ori0nbusiness@protonmail.com. Constella Intelligence , a company that tracks information exposed in data breaches, finds this email address was used to register an account at Breachforums in July 2024 under the nickname “ Ornie.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Cisco addressed an NX-OS zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score of 6.0), that the China-linked group Velvet Ant exploited to deploy previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches. Cybersecurity firm Sygnia observed the attacks on April 2024 and reported them to Cisco.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2025

A high-severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-43405 (CVSS score of 7.4), in the open-source vulnerability scanner ProjectDiscovery’s Nuclei , could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and execute malicious code. Nuclei supports multiple protocols, including HTTP, TCP, DNS, TLS, andCode.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Since late 2021, the subgroup has targeted networks by modifying Outlook Web Access (OWA) sign-in pages and DNS configurations. They deploy tunneling tools like Chisel and rsockstun for deeper access, using actor-controlled infrastructure to evade detection. This infrastructure technique is versatile, supporting operations globally.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

“Our infrastructures had to mitigate several 500+ Mpps attacks at the beginning of 2024, including one peaking at 620 Mpps. In April 2024, we even mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack reaching ~840 Mpps, just above the previous record reported by Akamai.” ” reads the post published by OVHcloud.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2024

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2024 addressed 49 vulnerabilities, only one of them is a publicly disclosed zero-day flaw. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2024 addressed 49 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; Dynamics Business Central; and Visual Studio.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2024

The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “ top ” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. ” Image: Shutterstock. . Interisle said.top has roughly 2.76

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 addressed three Critical vulnerabilities, none actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 addressed 147 vulnerabilities in multiple products. CVE-2024-20678 – Remote Procedure Call Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that December 2 and 3, 2024, will be official paid holidays for all private sector employees in the UAE. Based on available Passive DNS records, Resecurity identified over 144 domain names registered by the actors in the.com,om,site,top and.icu domain zones.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2024

The flaw affects D-Link DNS-320L, DNS-325, DNS-327L, and DNS-340L, these devices contain a hard-coded credential that allows an attacker to conduct authenticated command injection, leading to remote, unauthorized code execution. CISA orders federal agencies to fix this vulnerability by May 2, 2024.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 3, 2024

Security researchers have uncovered a serious vulnerability in several D-Link Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, including DNS-320L, DNS-327L, and others.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

FortiGuard Labs observed increased activity from two botnets, the Mirai variant “FICORA” and the Kaiten variant “CAPSAICIN” FortiGuard Labs researchers observed a surge in activity associated with two botnets, the Mirai variant “ FICORA ” and the Kaiten variant “CAPSAICIN,” in late 2024.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Microsoft patched 70 CVEs in its December 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with 16 rated critical, and 54 rated as important. Important CVE-2024-49138 | Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2024-49138 is an EoP vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

23, 2024 – DigiCert, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. By combining with Vercara, DigiCert will be positioned to provide customers with a unified DNS and certificate management experience, including more efficient domain control validation and simplified DNS configuration. LEHI, Utah, Sept.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens (..)

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-10914, has been identified in D-Link NAS devices, posing a severe risk to over 61,000 systems worldwide.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

February 13, 2024 Zoom Fixes Critical Vulnerability in Windows Products Type of vulnerability: Improper input validation. The vulnerability CVE is CVE-2024-24691. 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.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Introduction In August 2024, our team identified a new crimeware bundle, which we named “SteelFox” Delivered via sophisticated execution chains including shellcoding, this threat abuses Windows services and drivers. SteelFox resolves this via Google Public DNS and DNS over HTTPS (DoH). SteelFox.gen , Trojan.Win64.SteelFox.*.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 24, 2024

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the maintainers of the widely-used BIND Domain Name System (DNS) server software, has released critical security updates to address four high-severity vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Threat Intelligence Report Date: August 6, 2024 Prepared by: David Brunsdon, Threat Intelligence - Security Engineer, HYAS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a service that automatically updates the Domain Name System (DNS) in real-time to reflect changes in the IP addresses of a domain.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 7, 2024

HYAS Protect protective DNS uses advanced data analytics to proactively block cyber threats, a feature unavailable in legacy systems relying on static DNS filtering. AV-TEST , one of the cybersecurity industry’s most trusted evaluators, rates HYAS as the most effective protective DNS solution on the market. What Is HYAS Protect?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20,551 gambling industry attacks. globally, +19.8%

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. Combine antivirus tools with DNS protection, endpoint monitoring, and user training for comprehensive protection.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2024, a simple online search can lead to more than just information—it could expose you to the latest trend in cybercrime: malvertising. Search engines: a gateway for cybercriminals One of the key reasons malvertising is thriving in 2024 is that many users implicitly trust the ads they encounter on major search engines.

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