CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage of protective DNS? The issue likely comes down to awareness.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The number of infected devices is impressive, on 2019-11-30 a trusted security partner in the US informed Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity reported to have observed 1,962,308 unique daily active IPs from the Pink botnet targeting its systems. According to the experts, Pink is the largest botnet they have observed in the last six years.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Written in Go, it is flexible enough to generate binaries compatible with various architectures. The implant is downloaded from the same server; it is named “ app_linux_{ARCH}”, where “{ARCH}” is the target OS architecture. Our analysis suggests that the primary target of NKAbuse is Linux desktops.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In particular, Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Secure Endpoint form the first and last lines of defense for your security architecture. Within Cisco Umbrella, we can look at the different events that it logs while monitoring DNS traffic. For more information on SecureX: [link]. Apply Endpoint Intelligence to DNS Security Automatically.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

For several years, Cisco Secure provided DNS visibility and architecture intelligence with Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ; and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX. DNS traffic at Record Low.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2022

The domain name system (DNS) is basically a directory of addresses for the internet. Your browser uses DNS to find the IP for a specific service. For example, when you enter esecurityplanet.com, the browser queries a DNS service to reach the matching servers, but it’s also used when you send an email. DNS spoofing or poisoning.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The most popular lookup currently being seen in both PoCs and active exploitation is utilizing LDAP; however, other lookups such as RMI and DNS are also viable attack vectors. There is a lot of information about different ways to mitigate this vulnerability. What can be done about this? are not vulnerable to this attack.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In particular, Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Secure Endpoint form the first and last lines of defense for your security architecture. Within Cisco Umbrella, we can look at the different events that it logs while monitoring DNS traffic. For more information on SecureX: [link]. Apply Endpoint Intelligence to DNS Security Automatically.

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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.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. Organizations need to consider the overall security architecture, and use cryptographic approaches that are appropriate for the technology and use cases, but also protect them and the keys at rest and in use, as well."

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

While InsightIDR functions as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution, its functionality goes far beyond traditional SIEM products and extends to the budding XDR space. Architecture: Identifies network resources and connectivity requirements for agents. 365 Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 4.6

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With two-factor authentication, even if a cybercriminal obtains an employee’s login credentials, they won’t be able to access the VPN or network without additional information, such as a one-time-use security code sent to a preselected mobile number or, ideally, to a token application.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This architectural approach is a hallmark of APT malware. The Linux version hides this information in randomized hidden folders located in the user’s home directory. During these scans, it collects a range of sensitive information from all active users. This is the only task that works in the Linux version of the malware.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor). CISA is ISACA’s (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) high-level certification designed for those who audit, control, monitor, and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2023

per year Tenable Tenable One, an exposure management platform Identifies assets using DNS records, IP addresses, and ASN, and provides over 180 metadata fields Tenable Attack Surface Management, Add-on for Splunk ISO/IEC 27001/27002 $5,290 – $15,076.50 Pricing is dependent on the quantity of Internet-facing assets.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Sit tight, and we’ll provide more information soon! Get unprecedented visibility into the origins of attacks, the campaign infrastructure being used, and the architecture likely to be used against you in the future. Here’s a sneak peak at one of those ways… sorry, we can’t reveal too much as our plans are still in motion!

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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Companies transitioning to the cloud have to think of cybersecurity as more than firewalls, access controls and incident response, and define goals of security that go beyond confidentiality, integrity and availability, said Randy Vickers, chief information security officer for the U.S. House of Representatives. Technical review.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

The script downloaded several next stage payloads for several *nix architectures from the open directory named “Simps” in the same C2 URL from where the shell script was downloaded (see Figure 1). The shell script (hash : c2d5e54544742b7a1b04cf45047859a10bb90c6945d340120872f575aa866e6d ), ‘ur0a.sh’ was downloaded from the C2 URL 23.95.80[.]200.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And they didn’t even give it a DNS look up until almost a year later. And then they start a careful reconnaissance discovery trying to find out where they are, what type of information they have around them, the users, and identity management. So we’re going to conclude our discussion, hopefully this was informative.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The Momentum bot targets various Linux platforms running upon multiple CPU architectures, including ARM, MIPS, Intel, and Motorola 68020. ” Momentum supports 36 different methods for DDoS attacks, including multiple reflection and amplifications attack methods that target MEMCACHE , LDAP , DNS and Valve Source Engine.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now that this friction-reducing feature is in public preview, we wanted to share some inside perspective on how it works and what informed our design. We’ve worked hard to replicate this seamless experience for RDP connections. For instance, if the company name is “Example, Inc.”

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

And with more people working remotely during the pandemic, there’s been a push to the cloud, which has forced them to rethink their basic networking and security architectures. Randy Vickers, chief information security officer for the U.S. They can also provide customers with information on that environment.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Fox IT

JUNE 2, 2020

Next, the loader fingerprints the Windows architecture. Once the Windows architecture has been identified, the loader carries out the download. Each domain hosts two versions of the Team9 backdoor on different URIs, one for each Windows architecture (32-bit and 64-bit), the use of two domains is highly likely to be a backup method.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Examples include Users, User Groups, Applications, Application Groups, Countries, IPv4/IPv6 Endpoints, Host DNS Names, and more. Network-Based Rule Objects IPv4/IPv6 Endpoints, Host DNS Names, IPv4/IPv6 Address Ranges, and Networks define source/destination criteria.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Implement reference architectures based on the security patterns. Network security: Includes Direct Connect (DC) private and public interfaces; DMZ, VPC, and VNet endpoints; transit gateways; load balancers; and DNS. Raj Badhwar, chief information security officer, Voya Financial.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

DMZ networks typically contain external-facing resources such as DNS, email, proxy and web servers. DMZ network architecture DMZ Architecture There are two main layout options to choose from when developing a DMZ subnetwork: a single firewall layout and a dual firewall layout.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

For example, the 2016 DDoS attack on the Dyn managed domain name service (DNS) caused the DNS service to fail to respond to legitimate DNS inquiries and effectively shut down major sites such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Yelp, and many others. Also read: How to Secure DNS. Types of DDoS Attacks. Harden infrastructure.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

The company has also used security information for advertising in the past.). Facebook has become the most profitable, debt-free business in the world by selling the private information of its users. An unexpected delay in network connections could mean a hardware failure, but it could also signify a hijacked DNS server.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The PortReuse backdoor has a modular architecture, experts discovered that its components are separate processes that communicate through named pipes. Experts detected multiple PortReuse variants with a different NetAgent but using the same SK3.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

My professional and social life revolve around free and inexpensive information feeds and digital tools supplied by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. This sketch by Joanna Rutkowska, one of the founding scientists, is a visualization of the groundbreaking data management architecture Wildland proposes.

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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

MARCH 15, 2021

As the zero trust architecture ‘s core technology, implementing microsegmentation isn’t about heavily restricting communication within a network. During the network discovery stage, the information gathered should be on the applications, workloads, and active connections between them. No Traffic Left Behind.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Germany-based independent security evaluators AV-TEST found that HYAS Protect Protective DNS is the most effective operational resiliency solution on the market today to drive business continuity and continued operations. While businesses’ entire security stacks do matter, it’s impossible to stop all nefarious activity beforehand.

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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. Experts detected multiple PortReuse variants with a different NetAgent but using the same SK3.

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