eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What Stateful Inspection Defends Against Stateful inspection protects network assets against attacks that attempt to corrupt or abuse processes such as TCP or Domain Name Service (DNS) that don’t check context when they receive data packet instructions. instead of eSecurityPlanet.com.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks cause problems for organizations of all sizes. To fight DDoS attacks, organizations and teams need to implement the three standard phases for any IT threat: preparation, reaction, and recovery. To skip ahead, click on the links: What is a DDoS Attack? Types of DDoS Attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2021

Source: The Daily Swig) tsuNAME, a vulnerability that can be used to DDoS DNS. Other cybersecurity news: Cisco HyperFlex web interface has a critical flaw. Source: The Register) NSA advised to strengthen the security of operational technology (OT). Source: tsuname.io ). Stay safe, everyone!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Malicious bots can be used to carry out a range of cyber threats like account takeovers and DDoS attacks, so bot protection is an increasingly important defense for web-facing assets. Bot protection products can also help prevent DDoS attacks. Limited customization options for smaller businesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2022

As CIOs and CTOs are getting extremely worried about distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), here’s a brief article that can help to enlighten their mind on protecting their corporate networks, without the need of any professional help. Running a DDoS Testing- It is essential, although it is a 3 hour effort to conduct.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Is your organization prepared to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against mission-critical cloud-based applications? A DDoS attack is a cyber attack that uses bots to flood the targeted server or application with junk traffic, exhausting its resources and disrupting service for real human users. Source: Testbytes.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software. This software contains vulnerability CVE-2022-24198 that allows a specially crafted PDF to cause a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Why Both Are Important.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

Financial services firms are fighting multiple threats, as evidenced by the top five security threats that respondents anticipate in the next 12 months: Internet of Things attacks (22%) Cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations (19%) Attacks to manipulate data and statistics (17%) DNS and DDoS attacks (15%) Phishing (13%) .

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. The very first DDoS attacks occurred when network engineers misconfigured networks and overwhelmed components by accident. Volumetric DDoS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2021

Redirects can leave the door open for attackers to drive users of your application to an untrusted external site, creating security issues for your user and leaving your reputation at risk. Businesses that use a hybrid approach of in-house and cloud environments can experience the highest level of risk exposure. Path traversal.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Below a video PoC of the attacks abusing the MQTT protocols: The researchers did not find security flaws in the CoAP protocol, but warned that it is susceptible to IP spoofing, attackers could exploit it for DDoS amplification attacks. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

“Necurs is the multitool of botnets, evolving from operating as a spam botnet delivering banking trojans and ransomware to developing a proxy service, as well as cryptomining and DDoS capabilities,” explained Mike Benjamin, head of Black Lotus Labs. ” concludes the post. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Tbps distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer. Microsoft announced that its Azure DDoS protection platform has mitigated a record 3.47 The news of the attack was reported in the “ Azure DDoS Protection —2021 Q3 and Q4 DDoS attack trends.” ” reads the report. Tbps and 2.55

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

There is the concrete risk that Ramnit operators are using the two malware to build a large, multi-purpose proxy botnet that could be used for many fraudulent activities (i.e. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns). Server-X asks the bot to start the TCP server. Bot-B connects to Bot-A.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In general, software that is not updated or maintained poses a serious security risk as this software may contain unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities that will weaken your security. The exploitation attempt will use different types of services like LDAP, RMI, DNS etc. x is an outdated version no longer supported.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Application and website security monitors and manages tools to prevent incidents such as server attacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Email security deploys tools , uses techniques, and implements protocols such as SPF , DKIM , and DMARC to prevent threats delivered via email and attachments.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Domain name system (DNS) security: Protects the DNS service from attempts to corrupt DNS information used to access websites or to intercept DNS requests.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Your level of prevention is determined by how much risk you accept to take on. There are two extremes to prevent cyberattacks: Overly permissive prevention and absolute prevention—and where you fall on that spectrum depends on the level of risk in your organization. DNS filtering. Something like, “Here's a laptop.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

DDoS, SQL injections, supply chain attacks, DNS tunneling – all pervasive attacks that can arrive on your doorstep anytime. But your strategy is incomplete if you only secure the perimeter and do not address internal risks. End users with privileged access present unique risks to your network and data.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

With Reveal(x) Advisor, organizations can have an on-demand analyst help with deployment, application mapping, and SOC or risk optimization. Kentik’s solutions can protect core, edge, and cloud networks while adding DDoS and botnet protection, supply chain analytics, and synthetics. Catchpoint Features. Kentik Features.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS). Mirai represents a turning point for DDoS attacks: IoT botnets are the new norm. OVH DDoS attack. At that time, It was propelled in the spotlight when it was used to carry massive DDoS attacks against. For more information on DDoS techniques, read. Krebs on Security.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s not often we observe a large-scale attack by APT threat actors – they usually avoid such attacks because they are too ‘noisy’ and risk drawing attention to the campaign. LuminousMoth is an exception. We observed a high number of infections; although we think the campaign was aimed at a few targets of interest.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Instead, multiple types of controls will need to be implemented that reinforce each other so that risks will be mitigated even if a single control fails. Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

EU and US agencies warn that Russia could attack satellite communications networks Avoslocker ransomware gang targets US critical infrastructure Crooks claims to have stolen 4TB of data from TransUnion South Africa Exotic Lily initial access broker works with Conti gang Emsisoft releases free decryptor for the victims of the Diavol ransomware China-linked (..)

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage. DoS and DDoS attacks DDoS attacks can make your public-facing applications and websites inaccessible, causing massive revenue loss.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Better network security access controls can improve security and decrease cost and risk. Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) : Growing organizations face increased breach risk as the potential damages from stolen credentials increase with company size and reputation.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Risk-based analytics: Considers the level of risk as the context for the level of permission needed to access systems, applications, and data. NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Blockchain Cons.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

This trend spreads out data center risk over the internet and increases the potential vectors for attack. Overcoming Edge Computing Risks This article was originally written by Paul Shread on November 24, 2020 and revised by Chad Kime on August 11, 2023. For additional reading: Top SASE Solutions What Is Edge Security?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) shields cloud workloads from a range of threats like malware, ransomware, DDoS attacks, cloud misconfigurations, insider threats, and data breaches. Streamlines threat investigation procedures prioritize high-risk incident detections and aggregate associated events.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites. Since 2018, we have been tracking Roaming Mantis – a threat actor that targets Android devices.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. Such threats pose a risk to Ukrainian organizations and their partners, as well as foreign organizations with premises in Ukraine. We exposed similarities between DarkHalo’s SunShuttle backdoor and the Tomiris implant.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Finally, it is worth mentioning the CVE-2022-34724 vulnerability, which affects Windows DNS Server and can lead to denial of service if exploited. Detailed IoT-threat statistics are published in the DDoS report for Q3 2022. Countries and territories where users faced the greatest risk of online infection.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Kevin Holvoet of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) said Russian-sponsored attacks in recent months against Ukraine and other targets have included: DDoS attacks on government, military, finance and communications. Inventory B2B VPNs and block all high-risk protocols (see slide below). Plan for rapid containment.

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