Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. SecurityAffairs – TalkTalk, hacking).

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Hacking DNS Cryptocurrency Accountability 82

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

An attacker could use $300 worth of off-the-shelf equipment to eavesdrop and intercept signals from satellite internet communications. The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception.

Internet 98

Internet Internet Advertising Encryption 98

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.

Internet 81

Internet Internet Telecommunications DNS 81

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Russia plans to disconnect the country from the internet as part of an experiment aimed at testing the response to cyber attacks that should isolate it. Russia plans to conduct the country from the Internet for a limited period of time to conduct a test aimed at assessing the security of its infrastructure. ” reported ZDNet.

Internet 93

Internet Internet DNS Cyber Attacks 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Milisic purchased the T95 Android TV box to run Pi-hole , which is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Milisic also devised a trick to block the malware using the Pi-hole to change the DNS of the command and control server, YCXRL.COM to 127.0.0.2. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

Malware 98

Malware Firmware DNS Internet 98

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Booter services are typically advertised through a variety of methods, including Dark Web forums, chat platforms and even youtube.com. ” For one thing, the booter services targeted in this takedown advertised the ability to “resolve” or determine the true Internet address of a target. ” DOWN THEM ALL.

DNS 179

DNS Computers and Electronics Government Internet 179

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Again, a raid as harmful as that commences with what appears to be garden-variety deceptive advertising trickery.

Cybercrime 86

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 86

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 300

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) announced the presence of a serious flaw in the BIND DNS software that can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The “deny-answer-aliases” feature is was implemented to help recursive server operators protect users against DNS rebinding attacks.

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DNS Software Advertising Internet 49

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The experts demonstrated the remote management of the Twinkly lights carrying out the DNS rebinding attack technique. A DNS rebinding attack allows any website to create a DNS name that they are authorized to communicate with, and then make it resolve to localhost. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – SDUSD , data breach).

IoT 82

IoT Hacking DNS Authentication 82

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. A review of the Internet addresses historically used by Super-socks[.]biz Image: Spur.us.

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Malware Cybercrime Internet Internet 252

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Microsoft announced to have taken down 62 of the original 69 TrickBot C&C servers, seven servers that could not be brought down last week were Internet of Things (IoT) devices. At the end of 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the DNS protocol for C2 communications.

DNS 104

DNS Banking Advertising IoT 104

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Healthcare 145

Healthcare Ransomware Cybercrime Advertising 145

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign that leverages the GhostDNS malware. Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites.

DNS 82

DNS Malware Firmware Phishing 82

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BitSight researchers found significant overlap in the Internet addresses used by those domains and a domain called BHproxies[.]com. The service is currently advertising access to more than 150,000 devices globally. com has been advertised for nearly a decade on the forum Black Hat World by the user BHProxies. com on Mar.

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Accountability Advertising Marketing Malware 225

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“ Fortinet products, including FortiGate and Forticlient regularly send information to Fortinet servers (DNS: guard.fortinet.com) on. Experts at SEC Consult pointed out that by intercepting and manipulating internet traffic an attacker can alter the responses for FortiGuard Web Filter, AntiSpam and AntiVirus features.

Encryption 121

Encryption Antivirus DNS Advertising 121

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. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

Cybercrime 206

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 206

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ttint botnet).

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IoT Firmware DNS Advertising 142

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

Today we released an update for CVE-2020-1350 , a Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that is classified as a ‘wormable’ vulnerability and has a CVSS base score of 10.0. This issue results from a flaw in Microsoft’s DNS server role implementation and affects all Windows Server versions.

DNS 62

DNS Advertising Engineering Internet 62

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. In some cases the router is reconfigured to use rogue DNS servers, which redirect victims to phishing pages that closely look like real online banking sites.

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DNS Passwords Advertising Banking 78

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day.

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Malware Antivirus Cybercrime Hacking 216

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The nation-state hackers are scanning the entire internet, in search of vulnerable webmail and Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers that expose TCP ports 445 and 1433. In May 2019, the experts noticed that the group started using hacked email addresses of numerous high-profile targets to send credential spam messages.

Phishing 141

Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 141

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2018

A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. What is a DNS leaks ? In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel.

VPN 56

VPN DNS Advertising Internet 56

Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.”.

DDOS 114

DDOS IoT Internet Internet 114

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group exploits unpatched vulnerabilities to compromise systems running /JBoss application servers. “To compromise targeted networks, GALLIUM target unpatched internet-facing services using publicly available exploits and have been known to target vulnerabilities in WildFly/JBoss.”

Telecommunications 73

Telecommunications DNS Malware Advertising 73

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%). SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pink botnet). Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6

Architecture 130

Architecture DDOS Advertising Firmware 130

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Twitter temporarily disables feature to tweet via SMS after CEO hack. Google report on iPhone hack created ‘False Impression, states Apple. Crooks stole €1.5 million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards.

IoT 76

IoT Data breaches DNS Advertising 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). An attacker-controlled router can manipulate how your users resolve DNS hostnames to direct your users to malicious websites.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – D-Link, hacking).

DNS 82

DNS Passwords Authentication Wireless 82

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Searching with Shodan for internet-exposed Webmin installs, it is possible to find over 217,000 instances, most of them located in the United States, France and Germany. SecurityAffairs – Webmin, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

Passwords 82

Passwords System Administration Advertising DNS 82

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DNS Advertising Firewall Mobile 67

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The Momentum bot achieves persistence by modifying the ‘ rc’ files, then connect to command and control (C&C) server and to an internet relay chat (IRC) channel called #HellRoom to register itself and accept commands. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 66

Malware DDOS DNS Advertising 66

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. “For data gathering, we played the role of a casual attacker with modest resources, scanning the internet for exposed MQTT brokers and CoAP hosts.

IoT 90

IoT Internet Internet Advertising 90

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Expert devised a new WiFi hack that works on WPA/WPA2. Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack. French foreign ministry announced its Travel Alert Registry Hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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DNS Advertising DDOS Government 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The VictoryGate botnet used only subdomains registered at the dynamic DNS provider No-IP to control infected devices. “This will prevent new victims from downloading secondary payloads from the internet. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 106

Advertising DNS Malware Hacking 106

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

Even a device that is reaching outbound to the internet could be attacked and taken over. “ According to Shodan , there are over 808K SonicWall firewalls connected to the Internet, representing a similar number of networks that these devices defend.” Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Risk IoT Firewall DNS 76

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

. “ Redaman uses an application-defined hook procedure to monitor browser activity, specifically Chrome , Firefox, and Internet Explorer. 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.

Banking 91

Banking Malware Advertising DNS 91

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Experts pointed out that DGA is a double-edged sword because allows security researchers to analyze DNS and network traffic to enumerate bots. “CenturyLink has taken steps to mitigate the risk of Necurs to customers, in addition to notifying other network owners of potentially infected devices to help protect the internet. .

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DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 82