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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

For even more tips from Webroot IT security experts Tyler Moffitt, Kelvin Murray, Grayson Milbourne, George Anderson and Jonathan Barnett, download the complete e-book on hacker personas. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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A 3-Tiered Approach to Securing Your Home Network

Daniel Miessler

Change your DNS to 1.1.1.2, Next, you can consider changing your DNS settings on all your devices to use those by Cloudflare. The Ubiquiti stuff has been getting better and better over the years, and as someone who started in firewall engineering, I’m starting to see tons of enterprise features in these things. or 1.1.1.3

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10 Best Attack Surface Management Tools

Security Boulevard

Provided the hacker has an internet connection, they can exploit the following vectors to launch an attack: Misconfiguration: Cybercriminals can use incorrectly configured firewall policies, network ports, and wireless access points. This helps in identifying potential attack vectors and unmanaged assets that could be exploited.

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Abusing cloud services to fly under the radar

Fox IT

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. We observed the use of Cobalt Strike’s C2 protocol encapsulated in DNS by the adversary in 2017 and 2018. The DNS-responses weren’t logged. Command and control (TA0011).

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

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. Raymond, from his 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

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. Raymond, from his 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Excited to announce that @codingo_ and I are currently working on “The Bug Hunter’s Methodology” book. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.