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Detecting DNS implants: Old kitten, new tricks – A Saitama Case Study 

Fox IT

A recently uncovered malware sample dubbed ‘Saitama’ was uncovered by security firm Malwarebytes in a weaponized document, possibly targeted towards the Jordan government. This Saitama implant uses DNS as its sole Command and Control channel and utilizes long sleep times and (sub)domain randomization to evade detection.

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GO#WEBBFUSCATOR campaign hides malware in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope image

Security Affairs

Upon opening the document, a malicious template file is downloaded and saved on the system. At the time of publication, this particular file is undetected by all antivirus vendors according to VirusTotal” The Base64 encoded payload, once decrypted, is a Windows 64-bit executable (1.7MB) called “msdllupdate.exe.”.

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HYAS Protection for growing businesses

Security Boulevard

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Implementing a Domain Name Service (DNS) security solution is the most efficient way to protect your business against a wide variety of attacks.

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Retailer Orvis.com Leaked Hundreds of Internal Passwords on Pastebin

Krebs on Security

Reached for comment about the source of the document, Orvis spokesperson Tucker Kimball said it was only available for a day before the company had it removed from Pastebin. DNS controls. The only clue about the source of the Orvis password file is a notation at the top of the document that reads “VT Technical Services.”

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Calling Home, Get Your Callbacks Through RBI

Security Boulevard

Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. When creating payloads such as Office documents, .pdf Be mindful of how you implement the password, though, as fully encrypting a document with a password may get the file blocked since it cannot be scanned. pdf files, etc.,

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Why We Still Haven’t Learned From the Target Data Breach a Decade Later

Security Boulevard

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. This document revealed Microsoft System Center as Target’s endpoint and point of sale (POS) management tool. It’s in this documentation that they found the details regarding the HVAC companies used by Target.

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The return of the AdvisorsBot malware

Security Affairs

Today, weaponized Microsoft office documents with macros, are one of the most common and more effective methods to deliver malware, because they also rely on simple social engineering tricks to lure users to enable them. . Figure 2 – Document view inviting to enable macro. Last DNS activity was in December 2018. Conclusions.

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