SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

.” Quad9 is a non-profit offering a free recursive DNS service that does not log user data. It offers additional privacy and security features, including screening for malicious domains and encryption. and Google Public DNS. surveillance and accept GDPR as a global “gold standard” of privacy protections.

DNS 96

DNS Telecommunications Surveillance Data collection 96

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I highly recommend reading Zuboff’s New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power as well as viewing Rifkin’s riveting speech, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy. These credentials are then used by the user to access the backend.

Internet 223

Internet Internet Cryptocurrency Software 223

Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

For years, Apple has marketed its iPhone as the more secure, more private option when compared to other smart phones, which do not, by default, include an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, warn users repeatedly about app location requests, or provide a privacy-forward Single Sign-On feature. VPNs encrypt your iPhone’s app traffic.

VPN 111

VPN Mobile Internet Internet 111

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 86

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 86

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

We believe that the most significant aspect of the Ecipekac malware is that the encrypted shellcodes are inserted into digitally signed DLLs without affecting the validity of the digital signature. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. When this technique is used, some security solutions cannot detect these implants.

Malware 94

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 94

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

The configuration was encrypted, and looked like this: Config file forms the end of ntuser.dat That configuration was encrypted using AES. Attackers made a great and long surveillance of this victim, which extended until Jan 2023. What is clear is that the principal motive of the attack was surveillance and data gathering.

Surveillance 72

Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 72

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

Although Lyceum still prefers taking advantage of DNS tunneling, it appears to have replaced the previously documented.NET payload with a new C++ backdoor and a PowerShell script that serve the same purpose. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138