Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Spyware 66

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 66

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals are constantly crawling the web for targets, and they’ll often go after websites you might not expect, such as a vegan cooking blog. An SSL Certificate is used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam.

Hacking 98

Hacking DDOS eCommerce Firewall 98

Webroot

JUNE 21, 2021

It may be as simple as the deployment of antivirus plus backup and recovery applications for your end users, or a more complex approach with security operations center (SOC) tools or managed response solutions coupled with network security tools such as DNS and Web filtering, network and endpoint firewalls, VPNs, backup and recovery and others.

Backups 119

Backups DNS Ransomware Antivirus 119

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration expands on Elastic’s on-going expansion of Cisco integrations including ASA, Nexus, Meraki, Duo and Secure Firewall Threat Defense. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Read more here. Read more here.

Firewall 115

Firewall Authentication Passwords Threat Detection 115

Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

In part one of our Black Hat USA 2022 NOC blog, we discussed building the network with Meraki: Adapt and Overcome. 25+ Years of Black Hat (and some DNS stats), by Alejo Calaoagan. If there is a specific DNS attack that threatened the conference, we supported Black Hat in blocking it to protect the network.

DNS 74

DNS Wireless Malware Firewall 74

Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

I won’t go into all the details here (see this Umbrella blog for more) but we have radically simplified the deployment and management process. This functionality is powered by the massive, real-time Talos threat intelligence feed (>40,000 active threat detection elements) to extend the depth of the Umbrella cloud-delivered firewall.

Firewall 74

Firewall Architecture Internet Internet 74

Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2023

Webinar: Emulating Threat Actors in OT Networks - DNS Tunneling Mar 23 @ 10:00 AM (PST) While it is possible to write signatures for malware of this type after analysis is completed, it takes time — time during which the malware is able to evade even the most advanced EDRs while it goes about its business. Next-gen protective DNS.

Phishing 59

Phishing DNS Malware Antivirus 59

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When Patching Goes Wrong Now that I've finished talking about how patching should be autonomous, let's talk about the problems with that starting with an issue I raised in this tweet from yesterday: In the first of my IoT blog series yesterday, I lamented how one of my smart plugs was unexplainably inaccessible. So, what's the right approach?

IoT 357

IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 357

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. Also read: Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors for 2021. Dave Kennedy | @hackingdave. Denial-of-Suez attack.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., IDS/IPS solutions must detect and alert on any covert malware communications being used such as DNS tunnelling.

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

. “Based on the analysis of the available data, the entire network of Lord & Taylor and 83 Saks Fifth Avenue locations have been compromised,” the firm wrote in a blog post examining the breach. Evolving threats. Errors to avoid. Multi-factor authentication is also required for remote access.

Retail 52

Retail Encryption Malware Artificial Intelligence 52

SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Complex attacks almost invariably feature several phases, such as reconnaissance, initial access to the infrastructure, gaining access to target systems and/or privileges, and the actual malicious acts (data theft, destruction or encryption, etc.). are you the person who enters, checks nothing and encrypts the first random machines? $1k?

VPN 95

VPN Accountability Ransomware Encryption 95

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

This is the first of a series of consultant-written blogs around PCI DSS. GoDaddy, Network Solutions) DNS service (E.g., GoDaddy, Network Solutions) DNS service (E.g., Many organizations have multiple IAM schemes that they forget about when it comes to a robust compliance framework such as PCI DSS. PCI DSS v4.0

Accountability 57

Accountability DNS DDOS VPN 57

Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Use encrypted chat for sensitive discussions. Minimize the use of email, if practical, in favor of closed-group, encrypted messaging tools. Encrypt your network communications and watch out for security warnings. Lock down domain registrar and DNS settings. Automatically delete old messages.

Cybersecurity 111

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Authentication Software 111

McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this blog, we present an overview of how you can mitigate the risk of this vulnerability exploitation with McAfee Enterprise solutions. As we are writing this blog, on MVISION Insights there are 1,813 IOCs including MD5, SHA256, URL, IP, DOMAIN, HOSTNAME. MCFE Log4Shell Vulnerability Blog: [link].

Malware 98

Malware Risk Internet Internet 98

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

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. For example, an IP tried AndroxGh0st Scanning Traffic against the Registration server, blocked by Palo Alto Networks firewall.

Wireless 60

Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 60

Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

This research project covers the fingerprinting of Cobalt Strike servers and is described in Fox-IT blog “ Identifying Cobalt Strike team servers in the wild ”. Besides using the Cobalt Strike beacon, the adversary also searches for VPN and firewall configs, possibly to function as a backup access into the network.

VPN 68

VPN Accountability Passwords DNS 68

Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

The shellcode copies the encrypted payload into another buffer allocated by calling the VirtualAlloc API, and then decrypts this with an XOR based algorithm in a similar way to that described above. WastedLocker aims to encrypt the files of the infected host. This is described in more detail in the String encryption section.

Ransomware 45

Ransomware Encryption Malware Architecture 45

Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In Secure Kali Pi (2022) , the first blog post in the Raspberry Pi series, we set up a Raspberry Pi 4 with full disk encryption. If you are only interested in using the Raspberry Pi as a Wi-Fi client, you can stop here, and unmount everything like we did in our secure Kali Pi blog post. hcd usr/lib/firmware/brcm/BCM-0bb4-0306.hcd

Firmware 52

Firmware Wireless Passwords VPN 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Just don’t.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. Just don’t.

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52