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3 ways DNS filtering can save SMBs from cyberattacks

Malwarebytes

That’s where DNS filtering comes in. But first, DNS in a nutshell. So normally, every time your customer types in your web address, their computer makes a request to a DNS server. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go. But which web-based cyberthreats in particular does DNS filtering stop, you ask?

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Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targets Ukrainian authorities with new malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The former is a VBScript used to download next-stage VBScript from a remote server. Currently, the Gamaredon group is using the GammaLoad and GammaSteel SPZs in their campaigns.

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Russia-linked InvisiMole APT targets state organizations of Ukraine

Security Affairs

Upon opening the LNK file, an HTA file will be downloaded and executed on the victim’s computer. The group was first spotted by ESET in 2018, when the experts detected a sophisticated piece of spyware, tracked as InvisiMole , used in targeted attacks in Russia and Ukraine in the previous five years.

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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. 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. One of the biggest pitfalls with malvertising is how difficult it can be to detect.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2023

SecureList

The attackers were able to embed malicious code into the libffmpeg media processing library to download a payload from their servers. If the target opened the document and enabled the macros, a malicious script would extract the embedded downloader and load it with specific parameters.

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InvisiMole group targets military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe

Security Affairs

The group was first spotted by ESET in 2018, when the experts detected a sophisticated piece of spyware, tracked as InvisiMole, used in targeted attacks in Russia and Ukraine in the previous five years. The attack chain begins with the deployment of a TCP downloader that fetches the next stage payload.

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