Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

” Once the mobile app has discovered the IP address of the lights, it authenticates with them, receives an authentication token and retrieves information about the device. Experts found a flaw in the authentication process, it only authenticates the lights to the app and not visa- versa. .

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tech will only go so far, but Safe Browsing and known-bad RPZ into consumer DNS as well (probably) — Joel Samuel (@JoelGSamuel) October 26, 2020 I'm sure it'd be very nice to have this team, but what are they actually going to build? Displaying company's (trademarked) logo next to the authentic URL, defined in a special registry?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

The DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) email authentication standard enables email servers to check incoming emails to verify the sender and detect email message alterations. A successful DKIM check also verifies ownership of the email by matching the organization in the “from” fields of the email with the DNS associated with the organization.

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NetSpi Technical

JUNE 11, 2025

When present with other vulnerabilities, the unauthenticated attacker can elevate privileges to the DSA account and obtain a foothold in the Active Directory environment. The authentication is done using the SAM-R protocol where authentication can be downgraded from Kerberos to NTLM and results in the DSA’s Net-NTLM hash being captured.

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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. Never get blocked” sales presentation from Bright Data/Luminati. and l-cdn.com.

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Google Security

MARCH 28, 2024

Tianhao Chi and Puneet Sood, Google Public DNS The Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental protocol used on the Internet to translate human-readable domain names (e.g., When a user enters a domain name in their browser, the DNS resolver (e.g. Google Public DNS). www.example.com) into numeric IP addresses (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 23, 2023

The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) authentication method identifies the authorized mail servers permitted to send email on behalf of a given domain. SPF enables a form of email authentication that defines the domains and internet protocol (IP) addresses authorized by an organization to send emails.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The attack may be initiated remotely, but requires simple authentication for exploitation. The attacker must be authenticated and possess the permissions for page creation to be able to exploit this vulnerability. This permission however is often present for an authenticated user.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) standard for email authentication is adopted by all U.S. DMARC addresses weaknesses in other email authentication standards to check for misleading “From” fields in emails and to improve tracking of potential spoofing campaigns. How Does DMARC Work?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Don’t both of these mitigate being compromised, since the vulnerability is already technically present? DNS filtering. The next technology you need to prevent cyberattacks is a DNS filter. But first, a little bit about what DNS (domain name system) is. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 23, 2020 Clearly it was never TP-Link's intention for people to use their plugs in the fashion HA presently is and I'll talk more about why HA does this in the next section of this post. For some reason, the Shelly on my garage door is making a DNS request for api.shelly.cloud once every second!

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

I reviewed the techniques that Matt Nelson mentioned could be used to coerce authentication from the client push installation account and found that when the “Clear Install Flag” site maintenance task is enabled, SCCM will eventually initiate client push installation if you simply remove the client software from a system. Background.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. The SANS Institute presentation, “ The Five Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques ,” is an RSAC staple by this point.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. I'ill share detailed information about my presentation and vulnerabilities very soon! Webmin, the popular open-source web-based interface for Unix admin contained a remote code execution vulnerability for more than a year.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. Persistence.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

” We are glad to present you our services! I can not provide DNS for u, only domains. Here’s snippet of Icamis’s ad on Spamdot from Aug. 2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.”

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

To be crystal clear, none of this is "hacking", it will merely involve looking at how the system responds to legitimate requests and observing the gap between what it does at present and what it ideally should do. Geo-Blocking is (Almost) Useless. A little context first: the Aadhaar website runs over at uidai.gov.in

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 24, 2023

In hindsight I should have submitted a 45-minute talk as there were some elements missing from what I presented, based on additional research since submitting the CFP. A spoofed Kerberos ticket can be presented to GSSAPI based authentication stacks resulting in privilege escalation on the target host or service.

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SecureList

JULY 11, 2024

They’re not easy to see for what they are: the attackers avoid errors in technical headers and don’t use email tools that could get them blocked, such as open email relays or bulletproof hosting services included in blocklists, such as DNS-based blocklist (DNSBL).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Reconnaissance.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

The following checklist presents several categories of attack methods and proposes countermeasures. 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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

us had stopped resolving; however, from historic DNS resolutions, we were able to identify 142.93.201[.]77 Goldbackdoor is executed as a PE file (portable executable), it includes a set of API keys used to authenticate against Azure and retrieve commands. The archive was hosted on the domain dailynk[.]us

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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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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

We will present these options in two categories: a priority tier and an advanced capability tier. It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If the PowerShell is not present, the malware generates a hidden file with MZ-PE loader with a randomized name located in % APPDATA % directory. If administrative rights are present, its ether executes a PowerShell script that creates two task scheduler entries with GUID-like names and with different triggers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2022

Once confirmed by the administrator, NordLayer can fully launch and presents the available countries in which the user can connect through to establish the VPN connection. Enable two-factor authentication – Allows the corporation to require, or the user to choose, additional security through two factor authentication.

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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. If a blockchain user completes a transaction via a web browser, they could unknowingly be presenting sensitive details to a browser hijacker or keylogger.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 12, 2021

The frame aggregation feature of Wi-Fi uses an “is aggregated” flag that is not authenticated and can be modified by an adversary. Other implementation flaws are assigned the following CVEs: CVE-2020-26139 : NetBSD forwarding EAPOL frames even though the sender is not yet authenticated. CVE-2020-26147 : Linux kernel 5.8.9

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

We appreciate Iain Thompson of The Register , for taking time to attend a NOC presentation and tour the operations. 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.

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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: . The user is presented with the results of their inquiry or the action they requested. Workflow #1: Handle Slash Commands.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

"Preparing for a Post-Quantum World" is the topic of a panel presentation at SecureWorld Denver on September 19, and with good reason. As for the panel presentation at SecureWorld Denver , it features Edgar Acosta, Experienced Cybersecurity Professional (former CISO at DCP Midstream ); Craig Hurter, Sr.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We carefully surveyed the field and present below our recommendations for the top CASB vendors and industry-wide wisdom for buyers. Deployment routes like endpoints , agentless, web, proxy chaining, and unified authentication. ” Security features included in CASB solutions include: Authentication, authorization, and SSO.

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NetSpi Executives

JUNE 24, 2025

It also makes the results more defensible when presented to auditors, regulators, or leadership. Active reconnaissance involves probing systems to gather information like service banners, DNS records, or exposed endpoints. Password Cracking to bypass authentication systems using weak or reused passwords.

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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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BH Consulting

JULY 17, 2024

MFA momentum gathers after AWS adoption and Snowflake breach Multi-factor authentication (MFA) got a boost on two fronts recently. A common example is multi-factor authentication (MFA), which is often a prerequisite for policy purchase.” MORE The US CISA agency has a guide to implementing DNS protocols.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

The file is not present in a reference Android version. These functions handle communication with the dnsproxyd service in Android, which performs DNS requests using a client-server model. oat ) located in the same directory. making access to the original domain impossible. making access to the original domain impossible. db database.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Payload Ingress When delivering payloads to clients through RBI solutions, these solutions’ sandboxing and scanning capabilities present significant hurdles that must be overcome to achieve code execution in your target environment. Although not impossible, the likelihood of bypassing the RBI in a technical manner is low.

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