Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

or higher ❯ Format messages according to the Internet Message Format standard ❯ Don’t impersonate Gmail “from:” headers. To get started: ❯ Have a DMARC Policy for your DNS. to avoid ever reaching a spam rate of 0.3% Yahoo will start enforcing a 0.3% threshold based on user-reported spam rates. Sending IPs must have a PTR record.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 13, 2022

.” “These could be the kind of vulnerabilities which appeal to ransomware operators as they provide the potential to expose critical data,” said Kevin Breen , director of cyber threat research at Immersive Labs.

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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. Implementing a Domain Name Service (DNS) security solution is the most efficient way to protect your business against a wide variety of attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

You know things are dire when the President of the United States uses his bully pulpit to warn American organizations they are likely to be the target of increased cyber threat activity and therefore have a responsibility to protect their infrastructure. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage of protective DNS?

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SC Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

This latest version of Chrome supports DoH, or DNS-over-HTTPS, said Sean Nikkel, senior cyber threat intel analyst at Digital Shadows. Nikkel said the DoH feature was previously only available in other browsers and operating systems and offers a much more secure method for making DNS requests.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

E-mail, also referred to as electronic mail, is an internet service which allows people and digital services to transmit messages(letters) in electronic form across Internet. SPF: also known as Sender Policy Framework, is a DNS record used for authentication mechanism in email addresses. What is an e-mail?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

As indoor spaces begin to open in the next few months, employees will want to venture out to new spaces to work, such as coffee shops and internet cafes – but working on open networks and personal devices creates unlocked gateways for cyberattacks to take place. DNS is frequently targeted by. DNS is frequently targeted by.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2021

Forescout Research Labs last month released a 14-page white paper and a 47-page research report detailing 33 vulnerabilities affecting millions of Internet of Things (IoT), Operational Technology (OT), and IT devices. Also Read: How to Build & Run a Threat Hunting Program. DNS Cache Poisoning: 2. Information Leaks: 6.

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

or higher Format messages according to the Internet Message Format standard Don’t impersonate Gmail “from:” headers. If you maintain your own mail servers, validate that each IP address has a corresponding PTR record in your DNS (also known as forward and reverse DNS or a hostname). to avoid ever reaching a spam rate of 0.3%

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This means that while you will create a new DNS record, similar to SPF, you will also have to generate “keys” for your DKIM process to work correctly. BIG NOTE: A major part of DKIM is that the “private key” will need to be placed on your email server, while the “public key” will go in your DNS record.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Luckily you can start to make a difference right now by implementing some changes to your DNS records. So for example, if you registered your website “www.mycompany.com” with GoDaddy, you would edit your DNS record on GoDaddy. Now that you have your list, head to your DNS provider and add a new entry. www.hivesystems.io).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

ESG Research says 69% of organizations have suffered a cyberattack that began with the exploitation of an unknown, unmanaged, or misconfigured internet-facing asset. While these aren’t generally the most critical assets, if these are exposed to the internet, they are easily available to attack by threat actors.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 2, 2022

What is cyber threat intelligence, and how do we use it in GReAT? This is what we call cyber threat intelligence. It also requires a large and representative set of knowledge about cyberattacks, threat actors and associated tools over an extended timeframe. But why are we offering cyber threat intelligence at all?

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing Threats Are Increasing in Scale and Sophistication Phishing remains one of the most dangerous and widespread cybersecurity threats. Source: IBM Security: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023) According to recent research, the number of phishing attacks vastly outpaces all other cyber threats. billion USD globally.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Judging a cyber threat by its name can be illusory. At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

targeting the DNS, and the remaining 3.7% Train employees on cybersecurity best practices, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and reporting potential threats or anomalies. Establish partnerships with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and other stakeholders for coordinated defense and rapid response during an attack.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thus, an antivirus is the most important security tool that everyone must have to protect themselves from viruses, malware, trojans, and similar cyber threats. An easy way to enhance your online security and privacy is by using a VPN while browsing the internet. Identity Theft Protection Tools.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 29, 2020

So once we’re done here, your DNS records will show the following: One SPF record - containing all your SPF sender information in it One or more DKIM records - one entry for each email company that supports DKIM One DMARC record - containing your “policy” for what to do with the results from the two previous check.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

Many of these web domains can pose threats to brands and consumers due to their registration patterns and behaviors. This research is part of CSC’s latest report, “ Two Year Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Security and Safety. To access the full report and additional details, visit our website.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

DNS subdomain scanning is a useful tactic to discover internet-exposed SaaS application portals and their APIs. As an added bonus, subdomain scanning can help you shed light on what potentially sensitive information about customers, subsidiaries, and partners you may be exposing to the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

The DDoS assault used multiple attack vectors for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) reflection, including Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Network Time Protocol (NTP). There was one peak in the attack, which lasted about 15 minutes.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nation-state cyber threat groups and ransomware attackers are moving in to exploit a critical flaw found in the seemingly ubiquitous Apache Log4j open-source logging tool, as attacks spread just days after the vulnerability that could affect hundreds of millions of devices was made public late last week. Expanding Log4j Attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We can observe the growth of JNDI related scans cross the internet: Figure 1. rmi|dns):/[^n]+' /var/log. JNDI related scans across honeypots. According to a Netlab blog on December 13, 2021, Netlab identified 10 different implants using the vulnerability to spread: Muhstik, DDoS+backdoor. Repackage your log4j-core-*.jar

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This team should be comprised of cyber specialists, data stewards, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) vendors with the goal of developing a risk-informed prioritization and implementation plan to adopt PQC approved algorithms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Information Technology (IT) integrity and availability, such as DNS server security. As cyber threats are increasingly becoming top business risks, enterprises need to establish and benefit from a centralized PKI governance and secure key management to: Scale and adapt to an evolving business and technology environment.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 26, 2022

It’s no secret that ransomware is one of the most pressing cyber threats of our day. Let’s start a ping to Google’s DNS server. Just keep in mind that right now we can effectively communicate out to the internet. But we’ll come back to that later. Part 2: Pinpointing the ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2024

Protecting your organization from these and other forms of cyber threats are precisely why you get up in the morning, it’s why you vie for budget, search for qualified staff, and evaluate and purchase technology to accomplish your cybersecurity mission. Classic blunders? Not if we can help it!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies – often combined as intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) – have been in use for decades, yet they remain important cybersecurity tools even in the face of today’s rapidly changing cyber threats and complex IT environments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2022

From the past few hours, some reliable news resources report Putin has asked the Russian Ministry of Digital Development to cut down internet connection to the west by severing internet lines laid in international waters. domain and all the ISPs will use a single domestic DNS server for operations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Keep minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. Exfil Domain in DNS Query. The use of open-source tools like Lazagne allows TeamTNT to stay below the radar for a while, making it more difficult for anti-virus companies to detect. Recommended actions. Detection methods.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

It is linked to a vulnerability in DNS resolvers that allows amplification attacks on authoritative DNS servers. Attacks on DNS servers are dangerous because all the resources they serve become unavailable, regardless of their size and level of DDoS protection. The bug was named TsuNAME. Statistics. Methodology.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 3, 2024

Swarming or DDoS attacks pose a threat to streamers. Multiple devices flooding your internet connection with traffic can cause slowdowns or crashes. On the Internet, every entity is assigned an IP address for identification. A reliable VPN provider always maintains a DDoS-protected server.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. Protects websites, networks, DNS and individual IPs. Multiple Tier 1 internet network providers.

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Fox IT

DECEMBER 12, 2021

To ensure that our managed services remain effective against the latest threats, NCC Group operates a Global Fusion Center with Fox-IT at its core. This multidisciplinary team converts our leading cyber threat intelligence into powerful detection strategies. Detecting DNS queries for dnslog[.]cn. log4shell-probes.rules.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s the infrastructure of cybercrime; the infrastructure they use on the internet to deliver instructions. We founded HYAS with a mission to tackle cyber threats differently — to use our expertise in adversary infrastructure to discover threats before they become attacks. HYAS Protect is for the corporate environment.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2022

These private sector businesses include shopping centers, hospitals, banks, farms, factories, oil and gas, and mass transit, but also big IT services like internet providers (e.g. Verizon), DNS resolvers (e.g. Segment internet-of-things (IoT) devices (e.g. Cloudflare), authentication platforms (e.g.

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