SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

Cracked applications are one of the easiest ways for attackers to get malware onto people’s computers: to elevate their privileges, they only need to ask for the password, which usually arouses no suspicion during software installation.

Banking 63

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 63

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. According to recent research , phishing assaults targeted credential harvesting in 71.5% of cases in 2020.

Phishing 85

Phishing Authentication Cyber threats DNS 85

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From hardware or software issues and hidden backdoor programs to vulnerable process controls, weak passwords, and other human errors, many problems can put your transactions at risk and leave the door open to cybercriminals. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ?

Encryption 134

Encryption Identity Theft Authentication Data breaches 134

Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

Hardware Checklist for the Conference There are several different hardware contingencies that must be accounted for before conference setup can take place. Please note that configuring wireless after booting the Pi will require enabling SSH on the TE agent, along with any requisite firewall rules to reach the Pi over port 22.

Wireless 71

Wireless Media Passwords DNS 71

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Transfer funds from one account to another. Change user passwords to hijack accounts. A CSRF attack was recently used to seize all control of a Brazilian bank’s DNS settings for over five hours. Web application firewalls filter out bad traffic from ever accessing your website.

Firewall 98

Firewall eCommerce Malware DNS 98

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 6 A requirement coming into force in March 2025 is that organisations will need to have a web application firewall in place for any web applications exposed to the internet. Roles and responsibilities are now to be defined as is review of all user account and privileges. This means no more ‘your password is incorrect’.

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Comprehensive protection: DataDome protects against all types of bots, including credential stuffing, web scraping, and account takeover attacks.

Software 109

Software DDOS Accountability Firewall 109

Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Credential theft and password spraying to Cobalt Strike. This adversary starts with obtaining usernames and passwords of their victim from previous breaches. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

VPN 68

VPN Accountability Passwords DNS 68

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

In order to send a message, they could be using spoof email addresses, making use of compromised accounts, or exploiting weak security measures. In order to verify the signature, the recipient’s email server will then use the sender’s publicly available key that is provided in DNS records for this domain.

Phishing 98

Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Security Awareness 98

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2021

Solution : Use a web application firewall , automated scanning and keep your software up-to-date to work against this common vulnerability. Cybercriminals take advantage of security misconfigurations through unauthorized access to default accounts, rarely accessed web pages, unprotected files and folders, directory listings, etc.

DDOS 76

DDOS Encryption Authentication Firewall 76

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. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Exploit bugs not people.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Key takeaways: TeamTNT is using new, open source tools to steal usernames and passwords from infected machines. Its developer describes the Lazagne tool as an application that can be used to retrieve multiple passwords stored on a local machine. Exfil Domain in DNS Query. T1078: Valid accounts. Figures 8, 9). Appendix B.

Cryptocurrency 84

Cryptocurrency Malware Passwords Authentication 84

Digital Shadows

JANUARY 30, 2023

The VirusTotal passive DNS entry for this IP address showed various subdomains being used. Figure 4: VirusTotal Intelligence Query Figure 5: Passive DNS replications for 88.119.169[.]108 Network telemetry (firewall, netflow, forward proxy, etc.) Both domains resolved to the same IP address: 88.119.169.108. These logs will help.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering DNS Engineering Malware 40

Troy Hunt

JULY 19, 2018

If you have an efficient function that executes quickly it can be extremely cost effective as I recently demonstrated with the Pwned Passwords figures : So here's the hard facts - I'm dipping into my pocket every week to the tune of. for you guys to do 54M searches against a repository of half a billion passwords ??

DNS 130

DNS Passwords Firewall Authentication 130

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. To my point about @GerryD's tweet earlier, firewalling off devices still remains a problem even when running open source custom firmware. So, what's the right approach?

IoT 358

IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 358

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Antivirus Software WiFi 6 Routers Virtual Private Networks Password Managers Email Security Software Web Application Firewall Bot Management Software. DNS leak protection Kill switch No log policy. Password Managers. Users can store, generate, and edit passwords for both online websites and local applications.

Internet 144

Internet Internet Software Antivirus 144

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

Network Security 98

Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

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. . . . Raise Virtual or Physical Firewalls. We strongly recommend using a software or appliance-based web application firewall (WAF) to help filter out malicious data. .

Penetration Testing 117

Penetration Testing Firewall Software Accountability 117

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

These threats include: Spoofed websites : Threat actors direct internet users to sites that look legitimate but are designed to steal their account credentials. Email-based phishing attacks : These can include both of the above attacks and typically target employees through their business email accounts.

Network Security 109

Network Security Firewall Internet Internet 109

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. How to Defend Against a Backdoor.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

There are security/hacker types that maintain massive repositories of passwords. Change all default passwords to something unique and strong. Most home networks get broken into through either phishing or some random device they have with a bad password. Change your DNS to 1.1.1.2, or 1.1.1.3

Passwords 255

Passwords DNS Accountability IoT 255

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

With access to DSInternals, the malware could query the AD servers and steal data, passwords, and keys. The attacker can then define an admin account, setting the home directory to the root of C: drive. Amending firewall rules to allow sensitive, outgoing protocols. The Serv-U FTP program logs this automatically.

Software 62

Software Malware Authentication Penetration Testing 62

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet. Reconnaissance.

VPN 120

VPN Software Authentication Encryption 120

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It is a team effort, where collaboration combines a robust backbone (Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and network full packet capture & forensics, with identity (RSA NetWitness). This was only possible because the device was supervised.

DNS 124

DNS Mobile Malware Firewall 124

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration expands on Elastic’s on-going expansion of Cisco integrations including ASA, Nexus, Meraki, Duo and Secure Firewall Threat Defense. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Read more here. Read more here.

Firewall 116

Firewall Authentication Passwords Threat Detection 116

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. DNS filtering.

Ransomware 109

Ransomware VPN Backups Malware 109

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

The Elementor Pro and WooCommerce compromise path allows authenticated users to modify WordPress configurations to create administrator accounts or inject URL redirects into website pages or posts. Some are less obvious, such as ensuring sound DNS security through solutions like Cisco Umbrella or DNSFilter. com/wp-admin/?wc-ajax=1”.

Malware 98

Malware DNS Software Penetration Testing 98

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: . This means that each of our Cisco staff members can have an individual SecureX sign-on account to log into the various consoles.

Malware 73

Malware Accountability DNS Technology 73

SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

I will buy accounts for access to corporate VPNs or firewalls (FortiGate, SonicWall, PulseSecure, etc.) For example, use of data from stealer logs or password mining. A special mention should be made of the method for capturing legitimate accounts based on stealers. USD for valid user account with linked card.

VPN 101

VPN Accountability Ransomware Encryption 101

Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

The CISA Log4j scanner is based on other open source tools and supports scanning lists of URLs, several fuzzing options, DNS callback, and payloads to circumvent web-application firewalls. The RCE vulnerability CVE-2021-26857 was used to run code under the System account. CVE-2021-40539.

Internet 136

Internet Internet Software Authentication 136

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. This was a software flaw.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

It continuously monitors your Amazon Web Services accounts and workloads and provides comprehensive security findings for visibility and mitigation. GuardDuty collects data from a variety of sources, including AWS CloudTrail logs, VPC Flow Logs, DNS Logs, Amazon S3 Logs, Amazon EC2 Logs, and AWS Config.

Threat Detection 98

Threat Detection Software Data breaches Malware 98

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2022

Dedicated servers also offer additional security features such as dedicated IP addresses, IP allowlisting (aka: whitelisting), custom domain name service (DNS), network segmentation , and more. Firewall as a Service (FWaaS). Shared servers offer price discounts , but may not be seen as secure as dedicated servers. Zero Trust.

VPN 109

VPN Authentication Small Business Encryption 109

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Use a password vault, avoiding password reuse. Don’t share user accounts with others on your team. Change default passwords for devices and apps. If you’re managing IT aspects of your campaign, review security settings related to your users’ accounts and applications. Tired of security advice?

Cybersecurity 111

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Authentication Software 111