Troy Hunt

JULY 19, 2018

If you have an efficient function that executes quickly it can be extremely cost effective as I recently demonstrated with the Pwned Passwords figures : So here's the hard facts - I'm dipping into my pocket every week to the tune of. for you guys to do 54M searches against a repository of half a billion passwords ??

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This week, the Reddit security team attributed the leak of US-UK trade documents through its platform to a coordinated information campaign linked to Russia. “We We were recently made aware of a post on Reddit that included leaked documents from the UK,” the statement said. “We ” reads the press release.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is sensitive because years of testing shows whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other proprietary data belonging to hundreds of thousands of systems at major companies around the globe. ” Further reading: Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions (PDF).

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, Cloudflare Zero Trust blocks uploads and downloads of encrypted, password-protected files or files larger than 15MB by default because it cannot scan those files. When creating payloads such as Office documents, .pdf Other RBI solutions are set to a fail-closed state that blocks the download of a file if it cannot scan it.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documents earlier of August by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos that tracked it as Hexane. Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. The malware uses DNS and HTTP-based communication mechanisms.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 13, 2022

For example: IMPACT : An SSH server which supports password authentication is susceptible to brute-forcing attacks. Look for “keyboard-interactive” and “password” methods. However, the detection engine was really saying, “I suspect there is DNS tunnelling activity happening through your DNS server—just look at the volume.”.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 24, 2023

name-types documented within the Kerberos RFC Active Directory Principal Search Active Directory uses a somewhat complex search algorithm to find which user will be used for authentication purposes when searching for principals within the realm. I had to use the domain administrator password when using the administrator@ad.ginge.com username.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2022

Rapid7’s online documentation is very thorough, and their knowledge base articles helped us navigate a few configuration hiccups we ran into along the way. However, be careful in that if you ever need to do a password reset with that temporary email address, or access the account for any reason in the future, you may not be able to.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

The threat actor typically exploits Word documents, using shortcut files for the initial intrusion. Roaming Mantis implements new DNS changer We continue to track the activities of Roaming Mantis (aka Shaoye), a well-established threat actor targeting countries in Asia. However, in September 2022, we analyzed the new Wroba.o

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Justification must be documented within the newly added Appendix E (Customized Approach Template). Section 4 New requirements call for detailed documentation, tracking, and inventory of SSL and TLS certificates used for sensitive data transmission across public networks. This means no more ‘your password is incorrect’.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ). The other half is Clarity for iOS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH ($266,789 at the time of the hack) as well as a large number of tokens. Court documents obtained by ZDNet in exclusive refer the employee was Z.C., ” reported ZDNet.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Effectively protecting complex networks against sophisticated phishing attacks involves a comprehensive security stack including multi-factor authentication (MFA) , single sign-on (SSO) , and domain name system (DNS) security. Domain name system security (DNS) is another layer of protection that stops users from ever opening fraudulent links.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten ). According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. Leaked Source code.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

A deployment guide for wireless ThousandEyes agents deployed to monitor the Black Hat 2023 conference by Adam Kilgore & Ryan MacLennan ThousandEyes (TE) Black Hat 2023 Deployment Guide This guide documents the setup and installation procedures used to deploy ThousandEyes at Black Hat 2023. Click on Add New Enterprise Agent.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

logins, passwords, etc.), In some cases, the emails were delivered with Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel) or password-protected archives with the documents attached. The documents contained macros and victims were prompted to open the attachments with claims that they contained important information (e.g.,

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This activity was immediately blocked by ThreatDown, marking the first documented evidence of a security breach. Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security. These were attempts to communicate with known malicious external sites and IPs, involving several endpoints within the network.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Great documentation. Best Password Crackers. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. The software combines various techniques to crack passwords.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Year after year, the Verizon Data Breach Report highlights the fact that compromised credentials contribute to the majority of breaches — and MFA remains the strongest mechanism to deter the use of stolen passwords. Passwordless removes the password from the authentication and relies on asymmetric keys to verify the user.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

To understand the basis for these recommendations, read the documents mentioned at the end of the post. Use a password vault, avoiding password reuse. Attackers stole sensitive documents. Adversaries have routinely pursued sensitive campaign documents. Change default passwords for devices and apps.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

In this email, a macro-based document was sent to the victim. Figure 3 below shows that the decoy content of the document is related to Menlo Security company. For instance, in the document with MD5 hash: 1a536709554860fcc2c147374556205d, the decoy content used was related to Ahnlab - a Korea-based computer security company.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

A document sent from one colleague to another on a topic, which is currently being discussed, is unlikely to trigger any suspicion. Ultimately, it elevates the level of trust sufficiently for the document to be opened. server-side document viewer like GoogleDocs, Collabora Online, ONLYOFFICE, Microsoft Office Online, etc.).

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SecureList

APRIL 22, 2024

A connection like this created on domain controllers allows attackers to obtain the IP addresses of hosts on the internal network through DNS queries. Data collection tools Cuthead for data collection Recently, ToddyCat started using a new tool we named cuthead to search for documents. The open-source tool icsharpcode/SharpZipLib v.

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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). These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. At the same time, the extracted document will be shown in order to divert the user attention and to continue the infection unnoticed. Fake document to divert attention on malware execution.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From hardware or software issues and hidden backdoor programs to vulnerable process controls, weak passwords, and other human errors, many problems can put your transactions at risk and leave the door open to cybercriminals. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ?

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Lenny Zeltser

APRIL 16, 2020

The tool’s documentation explains that SpiderFoot can gather details such as Whois, web pages, DNS, “spam blacklists, file meta data, threat intelligence lists,” and more. Define a username and password you’ll use to log into the SpiderFoot browser interface using basic auth. Running Your Initial Scans.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Distributed in a ZIP container (a copy is available here ) the interface is quite intuitive: the Microsoft exchange address and its version shall be provided (even if in the code a DNS-domain discovery mode function is available). which according to Microsoft documentation dates back to 2012. WebService.dll assemply version.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

These are, of course, on top of the obviously ominous features such as password retrieval and key logging that are normally seen in Remote Access Trojans.”. “This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. Rezvesz appears to have a flair for the dramatic , and has periodically emailed this author over the years.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Tomiris’s endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents. Some samples contain traces of Russian language.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This information includes website login usernames and passwords, as well as personal autofill data such as name, address, phone number, company, and job title. com/amf9esiabnb/documents/releases/download/ tcp://pool.minexmr[.]com:4444 During these scans, it collects a range of sensitive information from all active users.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Since 2018, Lazarus has persistently targeted crypto-currency-related businesses for a long time, using malicious Word documents and themes related to the crypto-currency business to lure potential targets. The threat actor not only develops its own tools, but also uses open source or commercially available implants and offensive tools.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The experts pointed out that even setting the username and password would not enough to protect the devices because the credentials would be shared across a large fleet of clients. “The INI files contain a long list of configurable parameters detailed on more than 100 pages by official Dell documentation.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

The malware then uses a kleptomaniacal scheme to harvest database credentials, archive files, log data, or valuable documents that aren’t adequately secured, while establishing numerous Command and Control (C2) channels for persistence. Organizations should also enforce a strong password policy (complexity, 16+ characters, etc.),

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