Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. Cuttlefish has a modular structure, it was designed to primarily steal authentication data from web requests passing through the router from the local area network (LAN).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Deploy Anti-DDoS Architecture : Design resources so that they will be difficult to find or attack effectively or if an attack succeeds, it will not take down the entire organization. Another common problem is the discovery of weak authentication schemes such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 Anti-DDoS Architecture.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

DNS Tampering, Trusted IP misuse and Redirection: Redirection and tampering of DNS: DNS and trusted host or IP tampering and redirection can be used to redirect users to malicious websites or to disrupt network traffic. Reverse Engineering: This technique analyzes software to understand its design and functionality.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The campaign was uncovered by CrowdStrike by investigating a series of security incidents in multiple countries, the security firm added that the threat actors show an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. huawei) for the initial compromise.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) feature for the Duo Network Gateway prompts users to authenticate only when necessary, instead of first having them try and fail, forcing them to try again after logging into the company’s virtual private network (VPN). If they need to authenticate, a browser will pop up and ask them to do so.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This architectural flaw allows attackers to easily map backend IP addresses and exploit them, often bypassing security layers entirely. Mutual TLS (mTLS): Implement client-side certificates for stronger authentication between the CDN and the origin server. An article by Imperva from 2015 (!!!)

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Tenant-based security architecture for behavioral awareness in management Designed to meet Forrester and NIST’s zero trust principles Support for AES-256 encryption and HMAC-SHA-256 authentication Compliant with PCI DSS, ICSA, and FIPS 140-2 Context-specific access control list (ACL) for authenticating users. Open Systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Knowing this, companies can ensure they properly secure their VPNs by enabling and requiring two-factor authentication as a second layer of protection. To accommodate this increased demand, organizations can optimize VPN server use by using traffic steering at the DNS layer. Add New VPNs to Support Increased Demand.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

Palo Altos unified network security architecture secures virtual, on-premises, and containerized environments, making it ideal for large companies with strong IT and security teams. Key capabilities to highlight include URL blocking, DNS security, and network analytics. 5 Pricing: 4.1/5 5 Administration: 4.1//5 5 Customer support: 4.1/5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The ETP app is capable of grabbing a range of ETP events—including threat, AUP (Acceptable User Policy), DNS activity, network traffic, and proxy traffic events—and feeding them into the robust USM Anywhere correlation engine for threat detection and enrichment.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

SD-WAN integration with the SASE controller for Meraki, Catalyst, and others Cisco Umbrella SIG unifies firewall, SWG, DNS-layer security, CASB, and threat intelligence functions into a single and well-tested cloud service.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. They include various items like DKIM key inspections, DNS Resource Records and more. Because of Bitglass’ agentless architecture, the joint solution can secure any app, any device, anywhere. Read more here. Farsight Security. Read more here.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

The modular architecture of the malware gives attackers virtually unlimited control over the system, enabling them to tailor functionality to specific applications. Depending on the system architecture, it decodes and loads a native helper library. A copy of the Trojan infiltrates every application launched on an infected device.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Effectively protecting complex networks against sophisticated phishing attacks involves a comprehensive security stack including multi-factor authentication (MFA) , single sign-on (SSO) , and domain name system (DNS) security. We didn’t have a reliable security capability or any sort of architecture for our security offering.”

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In particular, the system.img file serves as the authentic payload archive used for initial Windows system infections. This architectural approach is a hallmark of APT malware. Downloads folder of the repository This folder lacks any versioning, and the download counter only reflects the number of downloads since the last file update.

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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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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

Between the DNS attacks and ongoing ransomware scourge, it’s beyond time for providers to seek more creative responses to cyber challenges even with limited budgets, in combination with participation in threat-sharing programs and while relying on free or low-cost resources.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Jon Paterson, CTO at Zimperium: "As technology continues to improve, and cryptography evolves, it is important that organizations not just consider the specific cryptographic standard in use, both in a pre- and post-quantum world, but also the larger security architecture of their crypto key management.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The PortReuse backdoor has a modular architecture, experts discovered that its components are separate processes that communicate through named pipes. are related to authentication and event logging.” Experts detected multiple PortReuse variants with a different NetAgent but using the same SK3. ” continues the analysis.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

DNS Twist is a powerful tool that helps organizations alleviate this problem through analyzing domain names differences. DNS Twist is specialized in generating a comprehensive list of domain names that closely resemble to the given domain. Furthermore, DNS Twist includes fuzzy hashing techniques to estimate webpage similarity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

For this reason, we decided to dig into this piece of malware and figure out its inner secrets, uncovering a modular architecture with advanced offensive capabilities, such as the presence of functionalities able to deal with multi-factor authentication (MFA). The “Dns” Plugin. Technical Analysis. Part of ProcessPlugin code.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Although beyond the scope of the network, effective network security relies upon the effective authentication of the user elsewhere in the security stack. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) : In today’s ransomware-riddled environment, two-factor authentication should also be considered a minimum requirement for all forms of remote access.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

See translation Will buy 0day/1day RCE in IoT Escrow See translation Hi, I want to buy IoT exploits with devices located in Korea Any architecture There are also offers to purchase and sell IoT malware on dark web forums, often packaged with infrastructure and supporting utilities.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).

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Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 94

SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro has x64 modules and is able to trick users into entering two-factor authentication codes in fake pop-ups. The MSI installer has two embedded links – which one is chosen depends on the victim’s processor architecture. The first thing the backdoor does is remove the DNS cache by executing the ipconfig /flushdns command.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

exe process according to the architecture of the compromised host. Every DNS call from victim computer to internet, matching with the list of banking sites hard-coded in the malware, will be modified; the malware adds in the original page a piece of javascript to steal sensible information such as username, password and session cookie.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key firewall policy components include user authentication mechanisms, access rules, logging and monitoring methods, rule base, and numerous rule objects that specify network communication conditions. User Authentication Only authorized users or systems can access the network through user authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

ALG supports client requests by resolving its domain name via DNS and delivering the frontend IP address to the client. Example of Azure gateway’s authentication information upon combining app proxy and app gateway 4. It often involves requests for files, web pages, or other internet services.

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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: . Then under Organization à Administrators add a new user and specify SecureX sign-on as the authentication method.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Ephemeral C2 servers and single-use DNS entries per asset (not target enterprise) were some of the more well-planned (yet relatively simple) behaviors seen in the Sunburst attack. Blogs: How A Device to Cloud Architecture Defends Against the SolarWinds Supply Chain Compromise. All telemetry is NOT created equal.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2010 by veteran SaaS and DevOps industry leaders, Datadog specializes in optimizing the service-oriented architecture, helping organizations monitor user journeys and explore service relationships. Catchpoint Features. Administrators can group traffic by container , team, or office and filter data by tag, device, or host.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Effort Level : Medium Teams Involved: IT, Security, and Compliance teams Step 3: Create Zero Trust Policies Objective : Establish guidelines for authentication, authorization, and access control. Enforce Multifactor Authentication (MFA): To enhance security, require multiple forms of verification (e.g., Core Concepts of Zero Trust 1.

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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Versa was recognized as a Challenger in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant, and the Versa Unified SASE platform delivers the required six key SASE capabilities: Centralized control through Versa Concerto, a consolidated management console that provides a single interface to manage other components and policies Monitored network status pulled from Versa’s (..)

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2022

On September 15, 2021, the DNS records for acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org The ACME protocol automates the process for exchanging the information necessary for the CA to authenticate and issue certificates, and for the user to deploy the issued certificates. ACME v2 is the current version of the protocol, published in March 2018.

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