Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

A few months later, Bryant documented the same technique being used to take over more than 120,000 trusted domains for spam campaigns. When someone wants to register a domain at a registrar like GoDaddy, the registrar will typically provide two sets of DNS records that the customer then needs to assign to his domain. ” SAY WHAT?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. Here’s a look at a recent CRM-based phishing campaign that targeted customers of Fortune 500 construction equipment vendor United Rentals. Stamford, Ct. .

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NetSpi Technical

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Let’s try DNS. To quickly test if we have DNS outbound, we can use Burp Suite Collaborator. This will give us a unique address that we can query and let us know if a DNS request was received. import socket data = socket.gethostbyname_ex(‘<collaborator URL>’) print(repr(data)) We have DNS outbound.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

The phishing emails contain a Microsoft Office attachment that includes an external reference in its metadata which downloads a malicious template file. Upon opening the document, a malicious template file is downloaded and saved on the system. We have observed similar behavior with DNS exfiltration tools such as DNSCAT2.”

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

Without the more restrictive enforcement policy, organizations place an unnecessary burden on email security applications and increase the likelihood of a phishing attack successfully impersonating a brand. Domains receiving emails can compare the envelope of the email and compare against DNS records. What is DMARC? What is SPF?

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

The group often uses spear-phishing emails and messages (Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal) as an initial attack vector. HTM, HTA, and LNK files) disguised as Office documents. Once the document is opened by the target, it will take between 30 and 50 minutes to steal data from the infected system.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

A successful DKIM check also verifies ownership of the email by matching the organization in the “from” fields of the email with the DNS associated with the organization. DKIM deploys as text files in an organization’s hosted Domain Name Service (DNS) record, but the standard can be complex to deploy correctly and maintain.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts.

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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. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials. Phishing attacks are becoming more difficult to detect. billion USD globally.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In mid-August, the state-sponsored hackers launched a highly targeted spear-phishing email to a high-ranking office in a Middle Eastern nation. “In August 2018, Unit 42 observed OilRig targeting a government organization using spear-phishing emails to deliver an updated version of a Trojan known as BONDUPDATER.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Trend Micro researchers spotted an elusive threat actor, called Earth Lusca, that targets organizations worldwide via spear-phishing and watering hole attacks. . The first cluster was set up using rented virtual private servers (VPS), it was employed in watering hole and spear-phishing attacks. Both clusters served as a C&C server.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

“On 18 March 2022, NK News shared multiple malicious artifacts with the Stairwell threat research team from a spear-phishing campaign targeting journalists who specialize in the DPRK. us had stopped resolving; however, from historic DNS resolutions, we were able to identify 142.93.201[.]77 ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Some of the phishing emails from the current campaign were sent from IP addresses corresponding to a range that belongs to Powerhouse Management, a VPN service. However, experts found differences in the attachments used for phishing emails, the remote access trojans (RATs) used the operator’s C&C infrastructure.

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Hot for Security

MAY 26, 2021

The document contains valuable technical information regarding Conti’s modus operandi. For example, the group is known to gain access to victims’ networks through phishing emails or Remote Desktop Protocol, by leveraging stolen credentials. In some cases where additional resources are needed, the actors also use Trickbot.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Security researchers from the Cisco Talos team uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting the aviation industry for two years avoiding detection. Security researchers from Cisco Talos uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting, dubbed Operation Layover, that targeted the aviation industry for two years without being detected.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination Nope, that isn’t Elon Musk , and he isn’t offering a free Topmist Dust watch either Four in-the-wild exploits, 13 critical patches headline bumper Patch Tuesday Is crypto’s criminal rollercoaster approaching a terminal dip?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

When creating payloads such as Office documents, .pdf Be mindful of how you implement the password, though, as fully encrypting a document with a password may get the file blocked since it cannot be scanned. If we dig into the documentation, we can get the complete set of information on the non-scannable files (Figure 10).

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. This document revealed Microsoft System Center as Target’s endpoint and point of sale (POS) management tool. It’s in this documentation that they found the details regarding the HVAC companies used by Target.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2021, the main attack vector used by this threat actor was credential phishing attacks through emails, posing as Naver, the popular South Korean search engine and web portal. Spear phishing emails distribution. In this email, a macro-based document was sent to the victim. Passive DNS data.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

For example, recently there has been news regarding MFA phishing kits. OTPs can be phished like primary credentials and used to access 2FA protected applications. In cases where an attacker is attempting to phish users, Duo Trust Monitor should see anomalous components of the access.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Manipulaters’ core brand in the underground is a shared cybercriminal identity named “ Saim Raza ,” who for the past decade across dozens of cybercrime sites and forums has peddled a popular spamming and phishing service variously called “ Fudtools ,” “ Fudpage ,” “ Fudsender ,” etc.

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Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Gamaredon often leverages malicious office files, distributed through spear phishing as the first stage of their attacks. Referring to a file type, we can see that the Gamaredon group prefers malicious office documents with macros. Office Open XML Document. Office Open XML Document. Office Open XML Document.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

For example, check out how it's used when embedded in the TXT record of a DNS entry which is then loaded into a WHOIS service which doesn't properly output encode the results. We've often seen CSRF attacks against routers result in DNS hijacking which, of course, is yet another risk that HTTPS protects against. DNS Hijacking.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

State-sponsored hackers launched spear-phishing attackes using weaponized documents. The bait documents reveal malicious activity from at least September 2019, to November 25, 2019. Gamaredon is using weaponized documents, sometimes retrieved from legitimate sources as the initial infection vector.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Today, weaponized Microsoft office documents with macros, are one of the most common and more effective methods to deliver malware, because they also rely on simple social engineering tricks to lure users to enable them. . Figure 2 – Document view inviting to enable macro. Last DNS activity was in December 2018. Conclusions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

While looking for threats targeting Ukraine, we identified a group we call “Nigerian Tesla” that has been dabbling into phishing and other data theft activities for a number of years. One of their preferred scams was phishing for Adobe login pages. hackforums.net exploit.in titan.email (.pw pw accounts, various scams).

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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. Implementation timeline: Image credit: [link] PCI v4.0

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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

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

Many people still don’t realize the dangers of phishing, malware, ransomware, unpatched software, and weak passwords. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., They also increase security and speed up transactions by enabling the authentication of electronic documents and online forms in seconds. Create a verification process.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

During that wave, we also observed OilRig leveraging additional compromised email accounts at the same government organization to send spear phishing emails delivering the OopsIE trojan as the payload instead of QUADAGENT.” ” reads the analysis published by Paolo Alto Network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

With hundreds of thousands of disruption actions taken every week, ZeroFox strikes out threats before they reach their targets, taking down the associated domains, social media profiles and phishing kits, mobile applications and bot accounts effectively rendering the attack infrastructure moot. About ZeroFox.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org After parsing the response to the DNS request, the backdoor launches a reverse shell, using the secondary C2 server for communications. An Excel document was attached to the message. org domain.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. The link leads to a RAR archive that masquerades as a Word document. To exploit the vulnerability, attackers embed a special object in a Microsoft Office document containing a URL for a malicious script.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them. A 2022 campaign known as Roaming Mantis, or Shaoye, spread an Android app whose capabilities included modifying DNS settings on Wi-Fi routers through the administration interface. The practice has not become widespread due to relative inefficiency.

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