Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Most home networks get broken into through either phishing or some random device they have with a bad password. Use a password manager to make and store good passwords that are different for every account/device. Most peoples’ highest risk systems are their primary email account and their mobile phone account.

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Passwords DNS Accountability IoT 255

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Manipulaters’ core brand in the underground is a shared cybercriminal identity named “ Saim Raza ,” who for the past decade across dozens of cybercrime sites and forums has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “ Fudtools ,” “ Fudpage ,” “ Fudsender ,” etc.

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Software Phishing Cybercrime Accountability 246

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The spam folder: that dark and disregarded corner of every email account, full of too-good-to-be-true offers, unexpected shipments, and supposedly free giveaways. While much of the spam circulating is innocuous, many emails are phishing attempts, and some are indeed malicious. Image 10 – Steps in package delivery phishing scam.

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Scams Phishing Malware Internet 141

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

This article explores: What Is Email Security Best Options to Secure Business Email Email Security Best Practices How Email Security Blocks Threats Bottom Line: Email Security What Is Email Security Email security is a concept that protects email accounts, servers, and communications from unauthorized access, data loss, or compromise.

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Firewall DNS Authentication Malware 79

Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. Furthermore, Target’s supplier portal — though protected by an account login — hosted some of its materials in publicly accessible areas. Suppliers had to log in to work with Target, but its tutorial materials were viewable even to those without an account.

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Data breaches DNS Malware Phishing 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. A recent HP Wolf Security report found that email now accounts for 89% of all malware. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. The service prevents phishing, BEC, ATO, spam, malware, zero-days, and N-days before they reach enterprise users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

But do you know that a good deal of the danger accounts for insiders? Ordinary users, or pawns, do not realize they do anything bad as they fall victim to phishing and different types of computer viruses sent via email. The information contained reservation info, guests’ contact details, and account data. Ordinary users.

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Accountability Scams Risk Software 144

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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Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches Advertising 59

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recent research by Positive Technologies looked at the cyber threat landscape during Q2 2021 and found that ransomware attacks reached “stratospheric” levels, accounting for 69% of all malware attacks, a huge jump from 39% in Q2 2020. Detect compromised accounts, insider threats, and malware. TotalAV’s Key Features.

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Ransomware VPN Backups Malware 107

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It retrieves: System Info; Computer IP address; Network status; List of running processes; Available privileges; Usernames; Domain Admins; File on desktop machine; AntiVirus product on computer. Other interesting function is “j2aYhH”: Figure 8 – Accounts and emails stealing. Last DNS activity was in December 2018.

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Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 82

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Lazarus made use of COVID-19 themes in its spear-phishing emails, embellishing them with personal information gathered using publicly available sources. We believe this is a continuation of a campaign last summer, reported by Avast , in which the malware masqueraded as the Malwarebytes antivirus installer.

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Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 101

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Endpoint security : protects endpoints with antivirus, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, etc. For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack. endpoint security (antivirus, Endpoint Detection and Response, etc.), DNS security (IP address redirection, etc.),

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Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Oftentimes this is credential data, but it can be any data that may have financial value to an adversary; this includes paid online service accounts, cryptocurrency wallets, instant messenger, or email contacts lists, etc. As a result, this technique may bypass static antivirus signatures and complicate malware reverse engineering.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. The cybercriminals use either the (quite basic) control panel or Telegram to obtain the data, including gamer accounts. All kinds of offers related to gamer accounts can be found on the dark web.

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 92

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2021

Not prioritizing a comprehensive policy can leave your team struggling to segment HTTP/2 applications and SSL decryption or at risk of attacks like DNS tunneling. This step requires the full vision of threat prevention, malware and phishing, and firewall logs in real-time. Enforce Adaptive Policies. Model policies. Test policies.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This included all contacts, sent and received messages with attached files, names of chats/channels, name and phone number of the account owner – the target’s entire correspondence. Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org org domain.

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Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 98