eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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DDOS DNS Firewall Media 127

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

They then authenticated to the victim’s VPN to initiate a remote desktop protocol (RDP) connection to the domain controllers. This unfortunate turn of events shows how adversaries can quickly sneak into a system and exploit vulnerabilities to escalate privileges and compromise the whole network. Security Best Practices.

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Accountability VPN Authentication Passwords 117

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Additional security features include privileged password vaulting, cloud, and virtual infrastructure security, and integrations with existing security information and event managers (SIEM). The Remote Access VPN enables more robust security with the encryption of transmitted data, system compliance scanning, and multi-factor authentication.

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VPN Software Authentication Encryption 120

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The lowest tier of Cloudflare One provides support for 50 users maximum, 24 hours of activity logging, and up to three network locations for office-based DNS filtering. Upgrading to the pay-as-you-go tier eliminates any user maximum and provides 30 days of activity logging and 20 office-based DNS filtering network locations.

DNS 95

DNS DDOS IoT Firewall 95

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The PlugX families we observed used DNS [ T1071.001 ] [ T1071.004 ] as the transport channel for C2 traffic, in particular TXT queries. Another clue that helped us was the use of DNS tunneling by Winnti which we discovered traces of in memory. The hardcoded 208.67.222.222 resolves to a legitimate OpenDNS DNS server. 180.50.*.*.

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Malware DNS Accountability Manufacturing 144

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In the event that ransomware does make it through, there are a number of behavioral and technique-based heuristics for early identification of ransomware as well as deception techniques that serve as a deterrence and minimize impact. Free VPN with up to 300 MB of traffic per day. Unlimited, secured VPN traffic for online privacy.

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Ransomware Backups Malware VPN 109

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. DDoS attacks on single networks or websites render them unavailable, but DDoS attacks on DNS resolvers bring down all networks and websites using that DNS resource.

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Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Ransomware 116

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

With Aruba, clients can also bundle SD-WAN coverage with the company’s security solutions for virtual private network ( VPN ), network access control ( NAC ), and unified threat management ( UTM ). EdgeConnect Enterprise critically comes with firewall , segmentation , and application control capabilities. Features: Versa SASE.

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Firewall Architecture Encryption Network Security 120

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) provides a high security, high availability network in one of the most demanding environments in the world – the Black Hat event. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).

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Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 96

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

million records on US consumers (this started a series events which ultimately led to me testifying in front of Congress ), South Africa had data on everyone living in the country (and a bunch of deceased folks as well) leaked by a sloppy real estate agent and data from Australia's Medicare system was being sold to anyone able to come up with $30.

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Hacking Government InfoSec Encryption 279

Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

After obtaining a valid account, they use this account to access the victim’s VPN, Citrix or another remote service that allows access to the network of the victim. This specific document described how to access the internet facing company portal and the web-based VPN client into the company network.

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Accountability VPN Passwords DNS 68

SecureList

JULY 9, 2024

MITRE most relevant data components The column on the far right in the image above (Event Logs) illustrates the possibilities of expanding the methodology to cover specific events received from real data sources. This Event Logs example is rather intended as an illustration. the latest at the time of writing this.

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Engineering DNS Technology Accountability 115

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Even "voguish" and very expensive Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems have their own limitations and disadvantages. DCAP also covers your network: proxy servers, VPN and DNS, cloud solutions like Microsoft 365 and G Suite, as well as various third-party applications. What attacks can DCAP systems prevent?

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Technology Unstructured Data Data breaches Information Security 98

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Virtual private networks (VPNs): Secure remote user or branch office access to network resources through encrypted connections to firewalls or server applications.

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Architecture Network Security Firewall Risk 117

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.) DNS security (IP address redirection, etc.), Bad devices can also include attacks that attempt to steal or redirect network traffic to connect to malicious resources.

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Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 97

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Specifically, the first header received in the email indicates that the message originated from the IP address 69.167.8.118, which is associated with Powerhouse Management VPN. In order to identify such events, the malware examines the title of each newly opened window. netperfect5.publicvm[.]comperfect8.publicvm[.]comAll comperfect8.publicvm[.]comAll

Insurance 86

Insurance Phishing Banking Encryption 86

SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

Each reboot event is logged in this file, along with multiple environment characteristics: these log files can have entries going back several years, providing a wealth of information. However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious.

Banking 114

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 114

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Virtual Private Network (VPN) : For remote access, remote desktop protocol (RDP) no longer can be considered safe. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution. Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites.

Firewall 108

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 108

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits. Email security tools offer features that screen emails for malicious content using antivirus, anti-spam, DNS, attachment, and other analytics.

Firewall 77

Firewall DNS Authentication Malware 77

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Managed detection and response (MDR) services monitor a broad array of alerts, often delivered to a security incident and event management (SIEM) tool or an internal SOC and then remediate any detected attacks. assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.), and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.).

Telecommunications 97

Telecommunications Firewall Penetration Testing Cybersecurity 97

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

You may use a VPN or install utilities to capture and forward traffic to other subnets, or configure proxychains. This phase is usually skipped during a CTF (Capture The Flag event) because the goal is to practice attacking techniques, but in real-world conditions, a pentester must cover all tracks.

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Penetration Testing Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Hacking 141

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. The attackers used vulnerabilities in an SSL-VPN product to deploy a multi-layered loader we dubbed Ecipekac (aka DESLoader, SigLoader and HEAVYHAND). We attribute this activity to APT10 with high confidence.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

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. VPN Vulnerabilities Although VPNs create a private tunnel for organizations’ network communications, they can still be breached.

Network Security 109

Network Security Firewall DDOS Internet 109

Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2025

This assessment is based on a publicly exposed directory ( opendir ) found on attacker-controlled infrastructure, which contained detailed event logs capturing operations across multiple compromised systems. 53 , including payloads such as: Figure 6 - Network Event logs showing command execution. /bin/bash 53 at 08:49:00 AM.

DNS 52

DNS Energy and Utilities Malware Encryption 52

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. com was a dangling DNS subdomain, which was registered by the attackers around April 15 to masquerade as the official Visual Studio Code website. The C2 domain code.microsoft[.]com

Malware 145

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 145

Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Some of those early NGFW implementations took shortcuts to improve performance by simply treating all UDP/53 traffic as DNS and TCP/23 as Telnet, but eventually everyone invested in good enough DPI to get beyond those obvious pitfalls. This is where a software agent on the host operating system can provide a lot of benefit.

Firewall 140

Firewall Network Security Software Encryption 140