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The NSA Wants Businesses to Use DoH. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Webroot

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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Can Hackers Create Fake Hotspots?

Identity IQ

Connecting to a fake hotspot may unknowingly give criminals access to your personal information, including passwords, bank account information, and other sensitive data. Avoid doing sensitive activities like online banking or shopping while connected to a public Wi-Fi hotspot. A fake hotspot can be dangerous.

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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

Pretending to be someone else, these hackers manipulate their victims into opening doors to systems or unwittingly sharing passwords or banking details. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2024

SecureList

However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious. Coyote: a multi-stage banking Trojan Developers of banking Trojans are constantly looking for new ways to distribute their implants. Read our analysis here.

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Microsoft releases open-source tool for checking MikroTik Routers compromise

Security Affairs

TrickBot is a popular Windows banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features, including powerful password-stealing capabilities. The news wave of attacks aimed at cryptocurrency firms, most of them located in the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

Other victims included one of France’s largest hospital systems; a French automobile manufacturer; a major French bank; companies that work with or manage networks for French postal and transportation systems; a domestic firm that operates a number of airports in France; a state-owned railway company; and multiple nuclear research facilities.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 370 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

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