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Linksys force password reset to prevent Router hijacking

Security Affairs

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.

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. frequently relied on the somewhat unique password, “ plk139t51z.”

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” “Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.” The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

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Calling Home, Get Your Callbacks Through RBI

Security Boulevard

It is not generally advertised on the product pages that RBI affects C2 traffic, but we promise you it does. Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. Requiring user-supplied values such as passwords to access content increases the likelihood of successful payload detonation and delivery.

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Satacom delivers browser extension that steals cryptocurrency

SecureList

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, com don-dns[.]com

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext. Avast, Avira, Sophos and other antivirus solutions show problems after. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Apple removed the popular app Adware Doctor because steals user browsing history

Security Affairs

The expert discovered also that the gathered info was first stored in a password protected zip file named “history.zip”, then it would be uploaded to a remote server. Antivirus”, and ‘Dr. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Cleaner”). Pierluigi Paganini.

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