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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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

To set such a stratagem in motion, cybercriminals poison legitimate websites with ads that lead to shady URLs or download malicious code camouflaged as something harmless. If a user gets on the hook, they are redirected to a landing page or prompted to download an ostensibly innocuous file.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The first and probably most fundamental upgrade to your site’s security is to implement a web application firewall, or WAF. With a simple DNS change and SSL cert approval, SiteLock TrueShield WAF protects sites, WordPress.com or otherwise, from malicious traffic, suspicious bots, scrapers and spam comments.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Smished messages usually contain links that launch a malicious site or download when tapped. Usually this is accomplished either by deploying malware that changes the target computer’s host files, or by using a technique known as DNS cache poisoning.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

See the Top Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) What is SPanel? They can change SPanel’s branding with their own, get usage reports, and download or view the Apache and PHP logs. It also allows them to easily restore and download the saved information. That’s where SPanel can help.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The package also sets two registry values under the key “HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager” and runs a.vbs script that creates a Windows firewall rule to block incoming connections on ports 135, 139, and 445. . The final backdoor is a DLL file protected by the VMProtect.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. According to recent research , phishing assaults targeted credential harvesting in 71.5% of cases in 2020. of cases in 2020.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mitigation Although it can be difficult to mitigate DDoS risks, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is encouraging healthcare organizations to enable firewalls to mitigate application-level DDoS attacks and use content delivery networks (CDN). Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Introduction to Cisco Secure Firewall 7.3. Cisco’s latest release of Secure Firewall operating system, Secure Firewall Threat Defence Version 7.3, addresses key concerns for today’s firewall customers. allows for the fingerprinting of traffic that is using the QUIC Protocol in Secure Firewall 7.3. Reduced TCO.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

DDoS ads distributed by month, H1 2023 ( download ) The price of a service like that is driven by numerous factors that determine attack complexity, such as DDoS protection, CAPTCHA, and JavaScript verification on the victim’s side. DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 30, 2023

It deceives individuals into downloading a fake update (as seen below) that contains an archive file with an embedded SocGholish JavaScript payload. Figure 2: SocGholish site details Figure 3: SOCGholish HTML DOM Once a site visitor initiated the download of the fake update, an archive file was dropped on the end user’s hard disk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

7z to decompress downloaded files. Once the malware is finished with its “pre-setup,” it downloads the second phase of the attack from its C&C, which includes another bash script (‘run.sh’) along with the Lazagne project, as seen in figure 4. AV TROJAN TeamTNT CoinMiner Downloader. Detection methods.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

The installation procedure is to download the TE Pi installer from the TE GUI, connect the Micro SDs to the provisioning laptops, and then use balenaEtcher to install the TE image to the Micro SD. Locate the entry for Raspberry Pi 4 and click the Download – IMG button. Click on Add New Enterprise Agent. Click on the Network tab.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Monitoring infrastructure like Domain Name Servers (DNS) and web servers for malicious activity. Employees clicking on malicious links or downloading malicious files are still one of the biggest sources of attacks, so repeat employee cybersecurity training often. Employee training. Put recovery strategies in place. Trust no one.

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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. FRP is a fast reverse proxy written in Go that allows access from the Internet to a local server located behind a NAT or firewall.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

“What this means is that an attacker who’s listening to your satellite signal gets to see what your internet service provider would expect to see: Every packet that comes to your modem, every BitTorrent you download, every website you visit,” Pavur said.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this guide we look at how to get familiar with using/tweaking Safing Portmaster , an open-source and host-based application firewall available for Linux and Windows machines. Download Portmaster Running Portmaster Running Portmaster is easy; it can be ran from the GUI of Windows or Linux or via the Linux command line.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This string can force the vulnerable system to download and run a malicious script from the attacker-controlled system, which would allow them to effectively take over the vulnerable application or server. Kinsing comes with multiple shell scripts that download and install the backdoor, miner, and rootkit alter the system itself.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For effective DDoS defense, priority for patching and updates should be placed on devices between the most valuable resources and the internet such as firewalls, gateways , websites, and applications. Hardening includes, but is not limited to: Block unused ports on servers and firewalls. Anti-DDoS Architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

25+ Years of Black Hat (and some DNS stats), by Alejo Calaoagan. Cisco is a Premium Partner of the Black Hat NOC , and is the Official Wired & Wireless Network Equipment, Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider of Black Hat. Meraki syslogs into NetWitness SIEM and Palo Alto Firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Downloading an attachment would, for example, infect the target device with a virus, which could enable hackers to gain access to confidential data, credentials, and networks. Endpoint security tools like EDR typically include security software capable of detecting and blocking dangerous attachments, links, and downloads.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Users sometimes unknowingly infect themselves with adware installed by default when they download and install other applications. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Besides using the Cobalt Strike beacon, the adversary also searches for VPN and firewall configs, possibly to function as a backup access into the network. Figure 1: Example of a download location for GetHttpsInfo.exe. We observed the use of Cobalt Strike’s C2 protocol encapsulated in DNS by the adversary in 2017 and 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Downloadable malware : When clicked, links in emails or extensions on websites immediately download malicious software onto a host machine. 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.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Amending firewall rules to allow sensitive, outgoing protocols. SaveBreach reported SolarWinds was “using [an] unencrypted plain FTP server for their Downloads server in the age of global CDN technologies.” Fidelis Cybersecurity also confirmed downloading the trojan app. Mail DNS controls. Encryption.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. For example, an IP tried AndroxGh0st Scanning Traffic against the Registration server, blocked by Palo Alto Networks firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

SWGs achieve this by blocking web-based attacks that forward malware, phishing , drive-by downloads, ransomware, supply chain attacks , and command-and-control actions. Many of these vendors also rank on our top next-gen firewall (NGFW) page. Reporting for DNS activity by type of security threat or web content and the action taken.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration expands on Elastic’s on-going expansion of Cisco integrations including ASA, Nexus, Meraki, Duo and Secure Firewall Threat Defense. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Read more here. Read more here.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) protocol is used to establish secure connections over UDP, through which most DNS queries, as well as audio and video traffic, are sent. While the resource was down, cryptocurrency newbies were invited to download a copy of Bitcoin Core via a torrenting service.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Palo Alto Networks has brought its considerable security expertise to bear on the CASB and SaaS protection market with an offering that includes SaaS monitoring, compliance, DLP and threat protection, plus strong integration with Palo Alto firewalls and access solutions. Palo Alto Networks Features. Also Read: Cloud-based security: SECaaS.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Using legitimate file-sharing tools like RClone and MegaCmdServer to mask activity, malicious actors can go undetected while downloading your network’s data. Whether it’s a VPN , firewall , or remote access server, unauthorized entry via network gateways is a problem. Also Read: How to Prevent DNS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Checks downloads, installs, and executables for viruses and threats. Free download that runs on the desktop. DNS filtering. A range of firewall appliances that include ransomware protection. TotalAV’s Key Features. Multi-device compatibility for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices. Scan scheduling.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

It is not advised that readers attempt to recreate these conditions, attempt to download and use known vulnerable software in any capacity, or attempt these exploitation techniques against systems not owned by the reader. Some are less obvious, such as ensuring sound DNS security through solutions like Cisco Umbrella or DNSFilter.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The file contains a script that launches PowerShell and attempts to download a remote file. Image 21 – Script launching PowerShell to download further files. By enforcing security at the DNS layer, Umbrella blocks requests to malware before a connection is even established—before they reach your network or endpoints.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

At its broadest level, it aims to secure everything outside enterprise firewalls , a concept known as the ever-expanding network edge. Specific technologies found in SASE offerings often include SD-WAN and Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) , secure web gateways , ZTNA, firewalls as a service (FWaaS) , VPNs and microsegmentation.

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