Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. ” According to the Japanese security expert Masafumi Negishi, threat actors modified the primary DNS entry for the coincheck.com domain. ????????????

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The service is currently advertising access to more than 150,000 devices globally. “We believe we are only seeing part of the full botnet, which may lead to more than 150,000 infected computers as advertised by BHProxies’ operators,” Arnoud wrote. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. “As a result these providers went down.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

We have observed several different advertiser accounts which were all reported to Google. Click here for more information about DNS filtering via our Nebula platform. Step 1: Luring victims in via malicious ads The initial intrusion starts from a malicious ad displayed via Google search.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Experts discovered security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. In order to hijack a gamer’s EA account the attackers have to chain the flaws and trick the victims into opening an official webpage from the EA Games website.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2020

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

HYAS said it quickly notified the French national computer emergency team and the FBI about its findings, which pointed to a dynamic domain name system (DNS) provider on which the purveyors of this attack campaign relied for their various malware servers. There is a third Skype account nicknamed “Fatal.001”

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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.” net , which advertised “free unlimited internet file-sharing platform” for those who agreed to install their software. in the British Virgin Islands.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. From one of his ads in 2005: Domains For Projects Advertised By Spam I can register bulletproof domains for sites and projects advertised by spam(of course they must be legal).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH ($266,789 at the time of the hack) as well as a large number of tokens. Clearly the access to the CEO account allowed the hacker to breach the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Privnote’s ease-of-use and popularity among cryptocurrency enthusiasts has made it a perennial target of phishers , who erect Privnote clones that function more or less as advertised but also quietly inject their own cryptocurrency payment addresses when a note is created that contains crypto wallets. io seem like a legitimate website.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

Hackers compromiseD -Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization. Experts from BleepingComputer reported that attackers would change the configured DNS servers to 109 [. 234.35.230 and 94 [. 103.82.249. com winimage.com.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

That is a far cry from the proxy inventory advertised by 911, which stood at more than 200,000 IP addresses for rent just a few days ago. According to Constella Intelligence [currently an advertiser on KrebsOnSecurity], Oleg used the same password from his iboss32@ro.ru Image: Spur.us. is no longer active.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

Let’s consider mybrowser.microsoft.com, it might have resolved by the DNS to something like webserver9000.azurewebsites.net. But experts discovered that Microsoft did not take care of DNS entries for the sub-domains that for some reason it stops to update. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The group was observed using this scheme between 2019 and 2020, and according to the experts, most of the compromised email accounts belong to defense companies in the Middle East. It is unclear why APT28 is using compromised email accounts of (mostly) defense companies in the Middle East. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. accounts have been breached so far. More than two thirds of American accounts are leaked with the password, putting breached users in danger of account takeover.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. One source who had at least two employees fall for the scheme forwarded KrebsOnSecurity a response from UR’s privacy division, which blamed the incident on a third-party advertising partner.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Have a Paypal account and a target? While DDoS attacks don’t expose private data like other hacking methods do, they are still costly to businesses who rely heavily on website advertising, online sales and readership. Perhaps the easiest and most popular cyber attack to execute is a DDoS, or Distributed Denial-of-Service attack.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

It is known to use the technique of querying DNS servers to obtain the base64-encoded URL in order to receive the next stage of another malware family currently distributed by Satacom. To do so, it performs a DNS request to don-dns[.]com com (a decrypted HEX string) through Google DNS (8.8.8.8,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. “LYCEUM initially accesses an organization using account credentials obtained via password spraying or brute-force attacks. The malware uses DNS and HTTP-based communication mechanisms.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that obelisk57@gmail.com was used to register an account on the forum Blacksoftware under the nickname “ Kerens.” .” Crypt[.]guru’s biz and crypt[.]guru

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the legitimate HTTP traffic of the victims, most of which are in China (96%). Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. us , a site unabashedly dedicated to helping people hack email and online gaming accounts. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus. Abusewith[.]us

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Roaming Mantis implements new DNS changer We continue to track the activities of Roaming Mantis (aka Shaoye), a well-established threat actor targeting countries in Asia. Android malware, used by Roaming Mantis, and discovered a DNS changer function that was implemented to target specific Wi-Fi routers used mainly in South Korea.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten ). According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. Leaked Source code.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

As I noted in 2015, The Manipulaters Team used domain name service (DNS) settings from another blatantly fraudulent service called ‘ FreshSpamTools[.]eu As I noted in 2015, The Manipulaters Team used domain name service (DNS) settings from another blatantly fraudulent service called ‘ FreshSpamTools[.]eu Bilal Waddaich).

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. A flaw could have allowed hackers to take over any Instagram account in 10 minutes. Sprint revealed that hackers compromised some customer accounts via Samsung site. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Crooks stole €1.5 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

io (DDOSIA), and the associated GitHub repositories for hosting the latest version of their tools that are advertised in the Telegram channel. GitHub removed the accounts after SentinelOne reported the abuse to the company. Experts observed threat actors also using No-IP Dynamic DNS services.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

They ask you to make certain changes in your account by entering your login password or ask for some reconfirmation. Such emails are sent after detailed research about you, and often their primary source of collecting data is your social media accounts. Tips to Prevent Phishing. Be Extra Vigilant. Protect Your Device and Connection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). This could allow an attacker to access the ISP account or the router itself if they admins reused the same credentials.” An attacker-controlled router can manipulate how your users resolve DNS hostnames to direct your users to malicious websites.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Webmin, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

Our findings show that both Telenor and MPT block websites using DNS tampering. MPT is ignoring the DNS requests to the blocked domains, while Telenor is redirecting them to an IP address outside of the country. The mail account hostmaster@urlblocked.pw, published as contact details in DNS, bounces all incoming mails.

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