Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e.gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.”.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Multi-factor authentication is one of the best ways to thwart bad actors using stolen credentials — but it’s not foolproof. However, while implementing MFA decreases the risk of account compromise by 99.9% , there will always be bad actors looking to break through even the most robust defenses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Linux.org website was defaced last week via DNS hijack, attackers breached into associated registrar account and changed the DNS settings. The defacement page also includes links and a Twitter account (@kitlol5) believed to be under the control of the attacker. DNS was simply pointing to another box.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Large-scale spam campaigns often are conducted using newly-registered or hacked email addresses, and/or throwaway domains. Guilmette told KrebsOnSecurity he initially considered the possibility that GoDaddy had been hacked, or that thousands of the registrar’s customers perhaps had their GoDaddy usernames and passwords stolen.

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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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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

” Hacking campaigns exploiting poor domain name security can be more subtle. Hackers posing as Coincheck.com employees contacted the company’s customers and requested their account credentials. That spells trouble if you’re the one that gets hacked. What Can Be Done?

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. bank accounts. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

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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. Salesforce told KrebsOnSecurity that this was not a compromise of Pardot, but of a Pardot customer account that was not using multi-factor authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Identify the applications, devices and accounts that you need to protect.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

The attackers attempted to verify outbound network connectivity with a ping command and executed host commands for a subnet-wide DNS lookup. Provision new account credentials. Collect and review artifacts such as running processes/services, unusual authentications, and recent network connections. Reimage compromised hosts.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication phone numbers exposed: After prompting users to provide phone numbers to secure their accounts, Facebook allows anyone to look up their account by using them. An unexpected delay in network connections could mean a hardware failure, but it could also signify a hijacked DNS server.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). Anyone with access to the web-based management IP address can read the files without any authentication. This could allow an attacker to access the ISP account or the router itself if they admins reused the same credentials.” are affected and likely models.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Users trigger the flaw by simply feeding a malicious printer driver to a vulnerable machine, and could use their new-found superpowers to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. DNS elevation of privilege vulnerability.

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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. To exploit the malicious code, your Webmin installation must have Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Authentication -> Password expiry policy set to Prompt users with expired passwords to enter a new one.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Two-factor authentication . Most external hacking takes place during information transfer over an internet connection. There are different kinds of cyber attacks that are faced by small businesses, including malware, phishing, SQL injection, DNS tunneling, and more. Anti-virus and anti-malware . Firewalls . Monitoring system.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2021

Missing authentication/authorization. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization or authentication limitations. Attackers step in to take advantage where weak authentication or privilege limitations exist. If you want to see how common they are, just see this white-hat hack of Apple from a few months ago.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

Rather than sending emails out to as many accounts as they can get their hands on, cybercriminals send out malicious emails to very specific individuals within an organization. . The way it works is that a criminal first hijacks a DNS (Domain Name Server), which is a server that translates URLs into IP addresses. Spear phishing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” are related to authentication and event logging.” The skip-2.0 “Earlier this year, we received a sample of this new backdoor called skip-2.0

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro has x64 modules and is able to trick users into entering two-factor authentication codes in fake pop-ups. While writing this article, we saw hacked WordPress, Amazon and Azure servers used for storing archives. The first thing the backdoor does is remove the DNS cache by executing the ipconfig /flushdns command.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. .

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

You decide to take a look at their DNS cache to get a list of internal resources the user has been browsing and as you look through the list, there are several that you recognize based on naming conventions. Introduction Let me paint a picture for you. One in particular might be interesting: Atlassian. version Display version information.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

During that wave, we also observed OilRig leveraging additional compromised email accounts at the same government organization to send spear phishing emails delivering the OopsIE trojan as the payload instead of QUADAGENT.” ” reads the analysis published by Paolo Alto Network.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Which brings us back to Aadhaar and some rather unpleasant headlines of late, particularly the likes of The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked. They claim that they're hack-proof. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with. Can you prove otherwise?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

With admin-level access, the malicious actor can modify authentication data stored. TrustWave found any authenticated Windows user could log in and drop files that define new users. TrustWave found any authenticated Windows user could log in and drop files that define new users. The Serv-U FTP program logs this automatically.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Unfortunately, text-based email protocols are extremely vulnerable to hacking and email has become the primary vector for cyber attacks. Most organizations use email as a basic communication method. Organizations that understand email security in detail can adopt email security options that are a good fit for their needs and resources.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Let's start by looking at this from a philosophical standpoint: But here’s the bigger philosophical question: the device still worked fine with the native app, should @TPLINKUK be held accountable for supporting non-documented use cases? The attacker would have to be on your wi-fi network to do the hack.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Microsoft states that multiple news reports have linked the company to the Subzero malware toolset used to hack a broad range of devices, phones, computers, and network and internet-connected devices. com Running PowerShell scripts directly from a GitHub gist created by an account associated with DSIRF. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

The emails are designed in a way that it appears to be authentic or belonging from a real business or authoritative source. These emails appear to be coming from some authentic source like from your bank or some legit business organization. Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. Tips to Prevent Phishing.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Valid Accounts [ T1178 ]. Account Discovery [ T1087 ]. Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Percent of. organizations. Techniques seen. (in

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

In April 2023, Bleeping Computer and other tech outlets like TechRadar began circulating reports of cybercriminals successfully hacking WordPress websites. Unauthenticated users can leverage the vulnerability by simply registering for a WooCommerce user account then querying the backend AJAX action as such: “http(s)://vulnerablesite[.]com/wp-admin/?wc-ajax=1”.

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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. Stealers also bridge the realms of criminal and nation-state focus.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2021

Experts pointed out that inboxes were protected by enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA), but attackers used legacy protocols like IMAP/POP3 to exfiltrate emails and circumvent MFA on Exchange Online accounts when the targets failed to disable legacy auth. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BEC). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

In addition to the Meraki networking gear, Cisco Secure also shipped two Umbrella DNS virtual appliances to Black Hat Asia, for internal network visibility with redundancy, in addition to providing: . Training course at time in location: “Web Hacking Black Belt Edition”. SecureX: Bringing Threat Intelligence Together by Ian Redden .

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to the OMB memorandum, the goal is to get to a point where employees have enterprise-managed accounts that give them access to the applications and data they need while protecting them from outside threats, where the devices they use are consistently tracked and monitored, and where agency systems are isolated from each other. “A

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