Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s where DNS filtering comes in. But first, DNS in a nutshell. So normally, every time your customer types in your web address, their computer makes a request to a DNS server. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go. But which web-based cyberthreats in particular does DNS filtering stop, you ask?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year. US phishing domains.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

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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Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2022

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Intuit phish says “We have put a temporary hold on your account” The Quad commits to strengthening cybersecurity in software, supply chains Double-whammy attack follows fake Covid alert with a bogus bank call Microsoft Office zero-day “Follina”—it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! (It’s

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Manipulaters’ core brand in the underground is a shared cybercriminal identity named “ Saim Raza ,” who for the past decade across dozens of cybercrime sites and forums has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “ Fudtools ,” “ Fudpage ,” “ Fudsender ,” etc.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. People fell prey for these manipulative emails and provide confidential details like passwords and bank information in their negligence. People fell prey for these manipulative emails and provide confidential details like passwords and bank information in their negligence.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 4, 2023

You may be familiar with the common phishing tactics like fake emails or text messages from a hacker pretending to be someone at your place of work, or maybe it’s someone pretending to be from your bank or credit card company.

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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. From here, the driver would be convinced to hand over banking details or log in to a fake portal. How to avoid phishing Block known bad websites. Don't take things at face value.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

There are several types of phishing attacks, which are just one form of cybercrime. . A phishing attack takes place when a criminal pretends to be someone they’re not to trick people into giving over their personal information, such as their credit card details. Email phishing is also known as deception phishing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. GhostDNS reminds us of the infamous DNSChanger malware that made the headlines for its ability to change DNS settings on the infected device.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in Romania. Cobalt crime gang has been active since at least 2016, it targeted banks worldwide. 2831589 - ETPRO TROJAN Cobalt Group Downloader (apstore.info in DNS Lookup) (trojan.rules).

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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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Fox IT

JUNE 29, 2022

Like the majority of Android banking malware, Flubot abuses Accessibility Permissions and Services in order to steal the victim’s credentials, by detecting when the official banking applicationis open to show a fake web injection, a phishing website similar to the login form of the banking application. Introduction.

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Banking Malware DNS Encryption 97

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses. Hackers can manipulate DNS settings to redirect your internet traffic to malicious websites, even if you entered the correct web address.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. Crooks targeted users of many major organizations, including Netflix and large banks like Santander, Bradesco, and Banco do Brasil.

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SecureList

AUGUST 19, 2024

The eagle goes phishing The spreading method used by BlindEagle is via phishing emails. Depending on the type of cyberoperation they conduct, it could be spear phishing (used in targeted espionage attacks) or more generalized phishing (particularly used in financial attacks).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2025

This includes: Passive DNS Data : Historical records of DNS queries, enabling investigators to trace domains used in past attacks. For example, imagine uncovering a domain linked to phishing attacks. WhoIs Records : Ownership and registration details of domains involved in malicious activities. Here are two examples: 1.

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DNS Cyber threats Malware Internet 59

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The group’s distinctive features are the high quality of their phishing attacks and the use of legitimate services, which makes it very difficult to detect its malicious activity in companies’ infrastructures. Hacking banks around the world is the prerogative of Russian-speaking hackers: they still make up the majority of attacking groups.

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Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 123

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2021

According to Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence team, the suspect, dubbed Dr HeX by Group-IB based on one of the nicknames that he used, has been active since at least 2009 and is responsible for a number of cybercrimes, including phishing, defacing, malware development, fraud, and carding that resulted in thousands of unsuspecting victims.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

A large-scale phishing campaign leveraging the Anubis Network is targeting Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting Internet-end users in Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. Figure 1: High-level diagram of the ANUBIS phishing network and its components (2020). The Phishing template.

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Phishing Social Engineering Banking DNS 102

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. ” continues the analysis.

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DNS Firmware Advertising Banking 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

QakBot, also known as QBot or Pinkslipbot, is a banking trojan primarily used to steal victims’ financial data, including browser information, keystrokes, and credentials.” The attacks began with a spam/phishing email containing malicious URL links. ” reads the report published by Cybereason.

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Ransomware Malware DNS Phishing 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

Financial organizations and their customers and clients feel the fallout of major ransomware and phishing campaigns more than ever, and there’s often more at stake. Banks and financial services firms in particular are obvious targets for threat actors that know which targets are most lucrative. Download the use cases 1.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards. Experts devised advanced SMS phishing attacks against modern Android-based phones. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. US cyberattack temporarily paralyzed the ability of Iran to target oil tankers in the Gulf. Crooks stole €1.5

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

We attribute the campaign, named SnatchCrypto, to the BlueNoroff APT group, the threat actor behind the 2016 attack on Bangladesh’s central bank. The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. The phishing kit market.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. ” continues the blog post. ” concludes the post.

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Hot for Security

MAY 26, 2021

For example, the group is known to gain access to victims’ networks through phishing emails or Remote Desktop Protocol, by leveraging stolen credentials. Once Conti actors deploy the ransomware, they may stay in the network and beacon out using Anchor DNS.”. The attackers do so by employing throw-away VoIP numbers or via ProtonMail.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We have been tracking Roaming Mantis since 2018, and published five blog posts about this campaign: Roaming Mantis uses DNS hijacking to infect Android smartphones. Roaming Mantis dabbles in mining and phishing multilingually. Link from smishing message redirects to Wroba or phishing page. Roaming Mantis, part III.

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Phishing DNS Mobile Malware 99

IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

DDoS, SQL injections, supply chain attacks, DNS tunneling – all pervasive attacks that can arrive on your doorstep anytime. Particular attacks include: Phishing and spear phishing attacks , in which criminals purport to be a trusted source and solicit information from their target.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

They also created numerous fake domains that look like venture capital and bank domains: most of these imitate Japanese venture capital companies, indicating that the group has an extensive interest in Japanese financial entities. Our analysis revealed more than 70 domains used by this group, meaning that they were very active until recently.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

BlindEagle’s primary method to gain initial access to the targets’ systems is through phishing emails. Once accessed, the threat actor usually employs commodity.NET Remote Access Trojans (RATs), like AsyncRAT, RemcosRAT, and more, to steal credentials from various banking service providers. gov.co" top-level domain.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation. European Commission is not in possession of evidence of issues with Kaspersky products.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The Cybaze -Yoroi ZLab dissected one of these recent Danabot variants spread across the Italian cyberspace leveraging “ Fattura ” themed phishing emails (e.g. Banking website without js injection. Figure 9: Banking website with js injection. Technical Analysis. Web-Inject.

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Banking Malware Internet Internet 104

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From online shopping to banking, transferring funds, and sending invoices, online transactions ensure utter convenience and efficiency. Many people still don’t realize the dangers of phishing, malware, ransomware, unpatched software, and weak passwords. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g.,

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