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Muddling Meerkat, a mysterious DNS Operation involving China’s Great Firewall

Security Affairs

The China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat are manipulating DNS to probe networks globally since 2019. Infoblox researchers observed China-linked threat actors Muddling Meerkat using sophisticated DNS activities since 2019 to bypass traditional security measures and probe networks worldwide.

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Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center

Cisco Security

Like other Black Hat conferences, the mission of the NOC is to build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the training events, briefings, sponsors and attendees. Threat hunting is a core mission of the Cisco Secure team, while monitoring the DNS activity for potentially malicious activity.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

AsTech’s Kent said of Security+, “This crosses several domains and is a basic introduction to security. CISA is ISACA’s (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) high-level certification designed for those who audit, control, monitor, and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems.

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ThousandEyes Pi4 Wireless Deployment at Black Hat USA

Cisco Security

Please note that configuring wireless after booting the Pi will require enabling SSH on the TE agent, along with any requisite firewall rules to reach the Pi over port 22. Scroll down to the DNS configuration and enter the internal and External DNS servers. Click on the Network tab. Configure the hostname for the agent.

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Black Hat USA 2022 Continued: Innovation in the NOC

Cisco Security

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. Continued Integrations from past Black Hat events.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites.

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Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center: London called, We answered

Cisco Security

It is a team effort, where collaboration combines a robust backbone (Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and network full packet capture & forensics, with identity (RSA NetWitness). Leveraging SecureX device insights beta for iOS inventory and security, by Aditya Sankar.

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