Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2021

Firefox recently announced that it will be rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH) soon to one percent of its Canadian users as part of its partnership with CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority), the Ontario-based organization responsible for managing the.ca The DNS resolver the request is sent to also sees the DNS request, too.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 22, 2021

Once it’s enabled and you open Safari to browse, Private Relay splits up two pieces of information that — when delivered to websites together as normal — could quickly identify you. Those are your IP address (who and exactly where you are) and your DNS request (the address of the website you want, in numeric form).

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2022

What Is DNS Spoofing and How Is It Prevented? What Is the DNS and DNS Server? . To fully understand DNS spoofing, it’s important to understand DNS and DNS servers. The DNS “domain name system” is then what translates the domain name into the right IP address. What Is DNS Spoofing? .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

” The DNS part of that moniker refers to the global “ D omain N ame S ystem ,” which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. PASSIVE DNS.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2022

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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. ” continues the post.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 16, 2021

In fact, 63% of threats detected by Cisco Stealthwatch in 2019 were in encrypted traffic. The European Union is concerned enough that it drafted a resolution in November 2020 to ban end-to-end encryption, prompting outcry from privacy advocates. Keeping your destination private: DNS over HTTPS.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Look for the “https” in the website’s URL—it means there’s some level of encryption.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

The flaw affects multiple D-Link NAS devices, including models DNS-340L, DNS-320L, DNS-327L, and DNS-325. An attacker can exploit the flaw to achieve command execution on the affected D-Link NAS devices, gain access to potential access to sensitive information, system configuration alteration, or denial of service.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security protocol that encrypts the connection between a web browser and a server. This is especially beneficial for financial transactions as all the data, including credit card information, remains private. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Use data encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

The Bifrost RAT has been active since 2004, it allows its operators to gather sensitive information, including hostname and IP address. ” The sample binary analyzed by the experts is compiled for x86, the authors removed debugging information and symbol tables to hinder analysis. com by using the public DNS resolver at 168.95[.]1.1.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

Below the infection chain described by Avast: The eScan updater triggers the update The downloaded package file is replaced with a malicious one on the wire because of a missing HTTPS encryption (MitM is performed) A malicious package updll62.dlz GuptiMiner connects directly to malicious DNS servers, bypassing the DNS network entirely.

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Fox IT

AUGUST 11, 2022

This Saitama implant uses DNS as its sole Command and Control channel and utilizes long sleep times and (sub)domain randomization to evade detection. In May 2022, security firm Malwarebytes published a two 1 -part 2 blog about a malware sample that utilizes DNS as its sole channel for C2 communication. Introduction.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

At a high level, DKIM enables an organization to provide encryption hash values for key parts of an email. Using public-private encryption key pairs, receiving email servers can compare the received email hash value against the received hash value to validate if any alterations took place in transit.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In the initial phases, the Sunburst malware talks to the C&C server by sending encoded DNS requests. These requests contain information about the infected computer; if the attackers deem it interesting enough, the DNS response includes a CNAME record pointing to a second level C&C server. avsvmcloud[.]com”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered multiple issues in several security products from Fortinet, including hardcoded key and encryption for communications. “ Fortinet products, including FortiGate and Forticlient regularly send information to Fortinet servers (DNS: guard.fortinet.com) on.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

Primarily the Pharming attack is planned to gain sensitive data like login credentials, personally identifiable information (PII), social security numbers, bank details, and more. The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. DNS Poisoning.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Let’s Encrypt is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a flaw in the software used to verify users and their domains before issuing a certificate. A bug in Let’s Encrypt’s certificate authority (CA) software, dubbed Boulder, caused the correct validation for some certificates.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

PT Monday evening, Escrow.com’s website looked radically different: Its homepage was replaced with a crude message in plain text: The profanity-laced message left behind by whoever briefly hijacked the DNS records for escrow.com. The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Correctly managing encrypted DNS can be very challenging.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Spammy Bear targeted dormant but otherwise legitimate domains that had one thing in common: They all at one time used GoDaddy’s hosted Domain Name System (DNS) service. The domains documented by MyOnlineSecurity all had their DNS records altered between Jan. 31 and Feb. 22 report on the GoDaddy weakness. Image: Farsight Security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A wildcard certificate allows administrators to use a single wildcard certificate to protect each of subdomains, anyway, researchers warn that the use of wildcard TLS certificates could be exploited by attackers to decrypt TLS-encrypted traffic. ” reads the Cybersecurity Information Sheet released by NSA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Protect against phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks by preventing criminals from mimicking trusted websites and tricking users into entering sensitive information. Ensure data confidentiality and integrity with robust encryption algorithms to protect information transmitted between browsers and website servers. Trust level.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. E-mail headers are metadata information attached with every email sent or receive across the internet, email headers contain important information required for delivery of emails. What is an e-mail?

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 18, 2018

Interesting idea : we present Oblivious DNS (ODNS), which is a new design of the DNS ecosystem that allows current DNS servers to remain unchanged and increases privacy for data in motion and at rest. The authoritative server then forwards the DNS request to the appropriate name server, acting as a recursive resolver.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Compatibility note (port 53) Portmaster binds to Port 53 (DNS). This error isn’t fatal, but can reduce Portmaster’s functionality or create DNS issues where you can’t connect to the internet. Usually, this is because another service (likely DNS-related) is listening to this port.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 26, 2022

Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! As you can see, our files have in fact been encrypted by the ransomware across multiple directories with the “ encrypt ” extension. Let’s start a ping to Google’s DNS server. encrypted versions of the same file. .

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. In it we talked about how REvil/Sodinokibi compromised far more endpoints than Ryuk, but had far less DNS communication. Figure 1-DNS activity surrounding REvil/Sodinokibi. Encrypting files.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The daemon connects to Circle and Netgear to obtain version information and updates to the circled daemon and its filtering database. “This daemon connects to Circle and Netgear to obtain version information and updates to the circled daemon and its filtering database. .” ” concludes the report.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How to protect your data A sophisticated, layered security strategy will already have prevention tools like endpoint and DNS protection in place as well as security awareness training to stop threats before they reach your network. If a cyber criminal gets access to emails, they won’t be able to access that sensitive data if it’s encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 23, 2023

SPF deploys within the Domain Name Service (DNS) records with the organization’s domain hosting provider. Email-receiving servers check the email header for the sending domain and then perform a DNS lookup to see if an SPF file exists that matches the sending domain. Incorrect vendor information , which can create SPF fail conditions.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

For example, the 2016 DDoS attack on the Dyn managed domain name service (DNS) caused the DNS service to fail to respond to legitimate DNS inquiries and effectively shut down major sites such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Yelp, and many others. Also read: How to Secure DNS. The plan may include: Contact information.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 1, 2018

QuickDDNS is a Dynamic DNS service provider operated by Dahua. Amcrest customer service informed us that Dahua was the original equipment manufacturer. Their first two findings are that "Many IoT devices lack basic encryption and authentication" and that "User behavior can be inferred from encrypted IoT device traffic."

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Another interesting issue addressed by Microsoft with Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates is a Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-24078. “This patch fixes a bug in the Windows DNS Server that could allow remote code execution on affected systems.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Once executed, the malware makes unique DNS connections, experts determined that the binary was leveraging a DNS data exfiltration technique by sending unique DNS queries to a target C2 DNS server. “This technique works by sending an encrypted string appended to the DNS query set as a subdomain.

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SecureList

JANUARY 22, 2024

A downloader A completed “patching” kicked off the main payload, with the sample reaching out to its C2 for an encrypted script. With this URL, the sample made a request to a DNS server as an attempt to get a TXT record for the domain. The ciphertext was AES -encrypted in CBC mode.

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