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Sea Turtle Hackers Spy on Dutch ISPs and Telecommunication Companies

Heimadal Security

DNS hijacking and traffic redirection that leads to man-in-the-middle attacks are among their cyber espionage techniques. Their goal is to collect economic and political intelligence […] The post Sea Turtle Hackers Spy on Dutch ISPs and Telecommunication Companies appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Iran-linked Lyceum APT adds a new.NET DNS Backdoor to its arsenal

Security Affairs

Iran-linked Lyceum APT group uses a new.NET-based DNS backdoor to target organizations in the energy and telecommunication sectors. The Iran-linked Lyceum APT group, aka Hexane or Spilrin, used a new.NET-based DNS backdoor in a campaign aimed at companies in the energy and telecommunication sectors, ZScaler researchers warn.

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Why You Need a Secondary DNS

Security Boulevard

Last month, a large Canadian telecommunications provider suffered a catastrophic outage for more than 18 hours. The post Why You Need a Secondary DNS appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many Canadians found themselves disconnected when cellular networks and the internet failed to respond—at home or at work.

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DHS issues emergency Directive to prevent DNS hijacking attacks

Security Affairs

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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What is Telecom LightBasin Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Interestingly, the findings state that the threat actors, probably funded by a government, were hiding in the external DNS servers of telcos and conducting espionage through General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) networks. The post What is Telecom LightBasin Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Massive Surge in DDoS Attacks Reported in First Quarter of 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

StormWall , a premier cybersecurity firm specializing in the defense of websites, networks, and online services from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, has published an in-depth report on the DDoS landscape during the first quarter of 2023. targeting the DNS, and the remaining 3.7% aimed at other objectives.

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Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Krebs on Security

is overseen by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an executive branch agency of the U.S. ” “We stand against DNS abuse in any form and maintain multiple systems and protocols to protect all the TLDs we operate,” the statement continued. US phishing domains.US Department of Commerce.

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