Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Aqua said it gathered data from public repositories that contain code and tools for targeting cyber-aggression on both sides of the conflict. Both container images also included attack tools that initiate a DNS flood aimed at against Russian banks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e.gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.”.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. Manipulating the Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol and rerouting the victim from its intended web address to the fake web address can be done in the following two ways: •Changing the Local Host file.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 14, 2022

.” In such assaults, the perpetrators leverage unmanaged Domain Name Servers (DNS) or other devices on the Web to create huge traffic floods. Ideally, DNS servers only provide services to machines within a trusted domain — such as translating an Internet address from a series of numbers into a domain name, like example.com.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Attacks happen often, and they can have devastating consequences. Read the case study.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Since bad actors need to communicate back to their C2, digital exhaust often takes the form of DNS records , which if monitored properly allows organizations to detect anomalous patterns and stop the communications, and thus the breach, before the criminals can do any major harm. That's where technologies like protective DNS come in.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Episode 229: BugCrowd’s Casey Ellis On What’s Hot In Bug Hunting Episode 227: What’s Fueling Cyber Attacks on Agriculture ? Back in 2008, the late, great security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a serious security flaw in a ubiquitous Internet technology: the domain name system, or DNS.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

Since this hybrid and remote way of working looks like it’s here to stay, businesses must ensure they have the right infrastructure in place to combat any cyber threats. This includes a layered combination of DNS networking, secure endpoint connections, and an educated and empowered human workforce. DNS is frequently targeted by.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2021

At the time of this writing, it is unclear if the outage is the result of a technical issue or it is the result of a cyber attack against the infrastructure of the social network giant. About five minutes before Facebook's DNS stopped working we saw a large number of BGP changes (mostly route withdrawals) for Facebook's ASN.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2023

They tested and measured the power of the HYAS data by looking at the effectiveness of our Protective DNS solution, HYAS Protect , and their conclusion validates everything about that first conversation I had with my friend, the serial entrepreneur and investor. Are you ready to protect yourself in a more dangerous cyber landscape?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

Note: This OSINT analysis has been originally published at my current employer's Web site - [link] where I'm currently acting as a DNS Threat Researcher since January, 2021. Sample personal emails known to have been currently in use by the "Jabber ZeuS" also known as "Aqua ZeuS" gang: donsft@hotmail[.]com. johnny@guru[.]bearin[.]donetsk[.]ua.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

The Russian government fears the consequence of data breaches suffered by its organizations or possible interference by third-party nation state actors that could exploit the ongoing attacks to carry out covet cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

The US CISA warns of cyber attacks targeting Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway devices. The attackers attempted to verify outbound network connectivity with a ping command and executed host commands for a subnet-wide DNS lookup. Network-segmentation controls blocked this activity too.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. ” One of the methods of getting the C2 IP address relies on the usage of legitimate third-party services, such as Telegram and cloudflare-dns[.]com.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A significant part of hacking consists of diverting the function of existing systems and software, and hackers often use legitimate security tools to perform cyber attacks. If the attack succeeds, hackers can maintain a persistent connection between the beacon and Cobalt Strike rogue servers, sending data periodically.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield found that all of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, thus far, are making sure their campaigns are current on software patching, as well as Domain Name System (DNS) security; and several are doing much more. Beyond Simple Passwords : Provides detailed information on keeping strong passwords and deploying two-factor authentication.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

The timing of this collaboration is particularly significant, given the escalating cyber threats facing organizations across the region. With cyber attacks becoming increasingly sophisticated and frequent, there is an urgent need for proactive defense mechanisms that adapt to evolving threats in real-time.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

The threat actor’s methodology wasn’t unique — they used a six-step approach that can be mapped directly to cyber attack frameworks. Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. Though we still don’t know the identity of the attacker(s), we know they carried the attack in six basic steps.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

While investigating a cyber attack on the Microsoft Exchange server of an organization in Kuwait, experts found two new Powershell backdoors. Security experts from Palo Alto Networks have spotted two never-before-detected Powershell backdoors while investigating an attack on Microsoft Exchange servers at an organization in Kuwait.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Russia plans to disconnect the country from the internet as part of an experiment aimed at testing the response to cyber attacks that should isolate it. Currently, among the 12 organizations that oversee DNS base servers worldwide where isn’t an entity in Russia.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

Experts found multiple vulnerabilities in Teltonika industrial cellular routers that could expose OT networks to cyber attacks. A joint analysis conducted by industrial cybersecurity firms Claroty and O torio discovered multiple flaws in Teltonika Networks’ IIoT products that can expose OT networks to remote attacks.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

A multi-layered approach integrates different layers of defense, making it much harder for an attacker to compromise all systems simultaneously. Combine antivirus tools with DNS protection, endpoint monitoring, and user training for comprehensive protection.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The Russian authorities did not reveal the type of tests conducted on its infrastructure, it is only known that the experts also simulated a cyber attack from a foreign state-actor that forced the country from disconnecting from the Internet. “According to Sokolov, several scenarios were worked out during the exercises.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

It can also deploy web filtering, threat prevention, DNS security, sandboxing, data loss prevention, next-generation firewall policies, information security and credential theft prevention. . It incorporates zero-trust technologies and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). But it much further.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

According to the Russian government, the law aims at ensuring that Russian sites will be reachable even if disconnected to the global internet, a scenario that could result from a cyber attack or an outage caused by an incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

Highly destructive HTTP attacks are becoming more accessible, resulting in 82.3% of DDoS attacks targeting the application layer (L7), 11.7% targeting the DNS, and the remaining 3.7% attack share), India (14.2%), and China (11.7%) remain the most targeted countries. aimed at other objectives.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

The IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate , based on the NICE Framework’s Cyber Defense Analyst role, is designed for learners entering the workforce, professionals switching careers, and IT professionals who need to enhance their cyber security skills. Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack. A new variant of Shamoon was uploaded to Virus Total while Saipem was under attack. Cyber attack hit the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem. A new Mac malware combines a backdoor and a crypto-miner. Expert devised a new WiFi hack that works on WPA/WPA2.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and are becoming more potent with each day. Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. DNS ad blockers are a new breed of ad blockers that use DNS to effectively block ads.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft quickly issued a patch – but slow updates by users left the hole open for NotPetya , a huge cyber attack that disabled systems and made them inaccessible just two months later. In July 2021, another wave of attacks hit SolarWinds. Further reading: Top Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors for 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Adblock Plus filter can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in web pages. Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. CVE-2019-0803 Windows flaw exploited to deliver PowerShell Backdoor.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

According to a report from Trend Micro , 62% of IT security decision-makers admit to having blind spots that weaken their security posture and 73% are concerned about the size of their digital attack surface. It can grow unwieldy as more assets that you didn’t build in-house get added.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. The same IPs were previously associated with cyber attacks conducted by Iranian cyberspies. With these techniques, attackers are able to harvest usernames , passwords and domain credentials.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2022

domain and all the ISPs will use a single domestic DNS server for operations. The post Russia to launch offensive cyber attacks on UK appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. At first, the target will be the UK and then their target will be the rest of the western world, including Canada and North America.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 6, 2021

My team and I are responsible for building and improving Delphix’s compliance product, which allows our enterprise customers to meet global and regional data privacy regulations while protecting their data against cyber attacks. . How did you get started in software engineering, and what brought you to Delphix? .

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