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Security firm released Singularity, an open source DNS Rebinding attack tool

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity firm NCC Group has released an open source tool for penetration testers that allows carrying out DNS rebinding attacks. Security firm NCC Group has released an open source tool for penetration testing dubbed Singularity of Origin that allows carrying out DNS rebinding attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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How to Secure DNS

eSecurity Planet

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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Calling Home, Get Your Callbacks Through RBI

Security Boulevard

HTTP Authentication When attempting to have HTTP traffic egress an RBI security product, you must be prepared to authenticate to get out. It can automatically utilize stored NTLM credentials if available on a local system using the WinInet API if the proxy accepts it for basic or NTLM authentication.

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

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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SW Labs | Review: Bishop Fox CAST

SC Magazine

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. One issue with traditional penetration tests is that they are point-in-time, typically performed only once or twice a year. Company background.

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What Is a Firewall Policy? Steps, Examples & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

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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Responder: Beyond WPAD

NopSec

Penetration testing demands a diverse skill set to effectively navigate and defeat security controls within the evaluated environment. LLMNR is derived from DNS protocol, and is intended to enable hosts on a local network to easily perform name resolution. to authenticate to other systems within internal network environments.

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