CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. DMARC is a protocol used to authenticate emails and prevent phishing attacks by verifying the sender’s domain.

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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. The likelihood that the target will respond to a message is increased by this personalization.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

In this article we analyse the technical features of the Trojan’s components, giving a detailed overview of obfuscation techniques, the infection process and subsequent functions, as well as the social engineering tactics used by the cybercriminals to convince their victims to give away their personal online banking details.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. Malwarebytes DNS filtering blocks malicious websites used for phishing attacks, as well as websites used to spread or control malware. How to avoid phishing Block known bad websites.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

It's also imperative to verify website authenticity before interacting with its content. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy. A mix of social engineering, hacking, and abuse of legitimate services makes this style of online crime incredibly effective.

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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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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? How Phishing Works: Social Engineering The term “phishing” is broadly defined as sending an email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

You decide to take a look at their DNS cache to get a list of internal resources the user has been browsing and as you look through the list, there are several that you recognize based on naming conventions. You could stand up a tool, such as SharpWebServer , with the hopes of capturing Net-NTLMv2 authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance ( DMARC ) began gaining traction a few years ago as a way to validate the authenticity of emails. DMARC is based on email authentication, and much of the responsibility rests with senders and their DNS text resource records. Forensic Reports.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2021

For added credibility, attackers can copy the design and style of a particular sender’s emails, stress the urgency of the task, and employ other social engineering techniques. To combat spoofing, several mail authentication methods have been created that enhance and complement each other: SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The FaceTime bug definitely proves that your phone can be used as a remote listening device "without any authentication" — Marcus J. Formerly on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Kevin Mitnick is a crucial figure in the history of information security, including approaches to social engineering and penetration testing.

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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. Phishing and Social Engineering. How to Defend Against a Keylogger. RAM Scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

The truth is that solutions like single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can spell disaster if initial access is all a malicious actor needs to traverse the network’s resources. With initial access to a gateway, hackers can move laterally to an on-premises server, leading them to the internal DNS and Active Directory.

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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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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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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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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

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