Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s also why HYAS clients depend upon our protective DNS solution, HYAS Protect , as a trusted and necessary component of their security stack. HYAS Protect now supports “split-horizon DNS” for handling DNS requests differently depending upon whether the employee is on-network or off. Classic blunders? Not if we can help it!

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SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Hundreds of millions of protected endpoints and users, billions of DNS requests, and millions of authentications mean Cisco sees more threats and vulnerabilities than most anyone else. The post Best Security Company | Cisco Systems appeared first on SC Media.

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DNS Cyber threats Media Marketing 145

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

According to Cloudflare—which has published an excellent explanation of what it saw—Facebook’s trouble started when its Autonomous System issued a BGP update withdrawing routes to its own DNS servers. Without DNS servers, the address facebook.com stopped working. So why did it take six more hours to fix it? For six hours.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

During an attack of this nature, it is difficult to find clear patterns without fast data and log processing and ad-hoc tools but our DNS servers were clearly recording these spikes of DNS updates every time the botnet was renewing IP addresses. Expert documentation from Luminati explaining the “resolve DNS at super proxy” feature.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house. Do you have internet-connected lights, appliances, gaming systems, media systems, etc? Get their passwords changed (see above), and enable two-factor authentication. Change your DNS to 1.1.1.2, or 1.1.1.3

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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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield found that all of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, thus far, are making sure their campaigns are current on software patching, as well as Domain Name System (DNS) security; and several are doing much more. The viral spreading of false information through websites and social media.

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Cyber Risk DNS Phishing Backups 159

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. Consider using a formalized authentication process for employee-to-employee communications made over the public telephone network where a second factor is used to. ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 363

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., Section 5 Scanning of removable media used in the Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) is now required.

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Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Penetration tests, which may include unauthenticated and authenticated tests, should encompass technical, physical, and human tests, alone and combined, revealing specific cascading sequences of exploits and kill-chains. Learn where authentication and identification schemes are vulnerable.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. These details allow attackers to assess their target’s roles, relationships, and behavior.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The most critical vulnerabilities to prioritize for patching affect the Exchange server, DNS server, Sharepoint server and Windows Kernel, said Bharat Jogi, senior manager, vulnerability and threat research at Qualys. A local, authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to run processes with elevated permissions.

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Marketing DNS Media Engineering 119

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

Criminals gather this information through (OSINT), Open-source intelligence, to harvest information from published sites that are open to the public and usually associated with the company being frauded, such as social media accounts. Cybercriminals use social media or company websites to figure out who the CEO is of a specific company.

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Phishing Media Cybercrime DNS 118

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 61

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

The emails are designed in a way that it appears to be authentic or belonging from a real business or authoritative source. These emails appear to be coming from some authentic source like from your bank or some legit business organization. Use Two Factor Authentication. Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks.

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Phishing Accountability Authentication Passwords 88

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Carey (@marcusjcarey) January 29, 2019. Maria Markstedter | @Fox0x01.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

I can not provide DNS for u, only domains. Andreev, aka “Tank,” seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media. From one of his ads in 2005: Domains For Projects Advertised By Spam I can register bulletproof domains for sites and projects advertised by spam(of course they must be legal).

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 215

SC Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

He identified several points in the cycle of infection where Trinity Cyber would be able to detect the intruder: the HTTP command and control service hiding in intrusion telemetry, the Cobolt Strike communications, DNS CNAME patterned traffic, and communications to and from web shells.

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DNS Technology Advertising Media 64

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. appeared first on SC Media.

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Ransomware Antivirus Software Technology 112

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Enabling two-factor authentication is perhaps the most important step toward resisting such tactics (attackers have intercepted SMS codes, so use other methods, if possible). More broadly: Enable two-factor authentication everywhere. Require authentication for printer, server, computer, and device access even on local networks.

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Cybersecurity Social Engineering Authentication Software 111

SC Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

He identified several points in the cycle of infection where Trinity Cyber would be able to detect the intruder: the HTTP command and control service hiding in intrusion telemetry, the Cobolt Strike communications, DNS CNAME patterned traffic, and communications to and from web shells.

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DNS Technology Advertising Media 52

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Its capabilities include smart brute-forcing by analyzing the initial request for authentication data it receives from a Telnet service. DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them. On such a device, the configuration would be altered to make it use the operators’ DNS server.

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IoT DDOS Passwords Malware 92

SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. However, some may prefer their assets broken out, with things like software components and DNS names in searchable, filterable lists. Company background. Deployment and configuration.

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Penetration Testing DNS Mobile Marketing 57

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Deployment routes like endpoints , agentless, web, proxy chaining, and unified authentication. A part of the vendor’s Autonomous Security Engine (ASE) solution, Censornet Cloud Access Security Broker comes integrated with adaptive multi-factor authentication and email and web security. . Recognition for Broadcom. Censornet. Microsoft

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Risk Firewall Authentication Encryption 140

SC Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

These include basic cyber and email hygiene practices like identity management, authentication, limiting information, access and administrative control to authorized users, and verifying and limiting connections to external systems over the internet.

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Government Hacking Cybersecurity DNS 68

eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications.

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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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Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 107

SC Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

These include basic cyber and email hygiene practices like identity management, authentication, limiting information, access and administrative control to authorized users, and verifying and limiting connections to external systems over the internet.

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Government Hacking Cybersecurity DNS 53

Google Security

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although we were able to significantly reduce this overhead in the past ( for example to less than 1% in media codecs ), even very small increases in CPU load can have a substantial impact in some environments. Where to apply sanitizers Both BoundSan and IntSan have a measurable performance overhead.

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Firmware Architecture DNS Technology 90

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The new evolution of ransomware attacks involves: Research Phase: the adversary gathers intelligence about your organization through open-source intelligence gathering (OSINT) – everything from social media, geographical footprint, publicly exposed IP addresses found on Shodan. Paying special attention to organisations employees.

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Ransomware Encryption Phishing DNS 59

NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

What if the recipient is in a hurry and under a lot of stress – will they be aware of how sophisticated and authentic-looking a well-crafted whaling attack can be? A well-crafted spear phishing attack can be extremely difficult to detect because attackers perform detailed research on their victims to make the email appear authentic.

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Phishing Social Engineering Engineering Healthcare 40

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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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The hackers provided no explanation for the move, but it appeared to be related to an increase in media coverage. Finally, it is worth mentioning the CVE-2022-34724 vulnerability, which affects Windows DNS Server and can lead to denial of service if exploited. Number of new modifications.

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Mobile Malware Ransomware IoT 90

SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. The initial setup process is notable, as CAST joins a small club of ASM vendors that not only offer multifactor authentication by default, they require it to be configured on first login.

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Penetration Testing Technology Marketing Engineering 87

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. Media scrutiny eventually leads the consumer data broker, which has since been purchased by LexisNexis, to reveal another 128,000 people had information compromised. .

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. Some of the most common types of spam emails include fake responses, PayPal, returned mail, and social media.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

There is access data to 2-3 domains of that network, the total number is 3-4, I don’t know exactly, see the screenshot below for DNS servers! For example, according to media reports, a European travel agency dished out $4.5 Screenshot translation. Hi, I offer VPN-RDP access. Country: Australia. but garments etc.! more in pm!

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