Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The attack can be performed without user interaction if the management interface of the device has been configured to be internet facing. An attacker can trigger the flaw by supplying carefully crafted username and/or password as base64 encoded strings inside the fields aa and ab of the login page.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Milisic purchased the T95 Android TV box to run Pi-hole , which is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Milisic also devised a trick to block the malware using the Pi-hole to change the DNS of the command and control server, YCXRL.COM to 127.0.0.2. ” continues the expert.

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Malware Firmware DNS Internet 93

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

. “Successful exploits could allow attackers to monitor users’ internet activity, highjack internet connections and redirect traffic to malicious websites or inject malware into network traffic. “NETGEAR is aware of multiple security vulnerabilities on the RAX30. ” reads the advisory published by NETGEAR.

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Hacking Firmware Authentication DNS 92

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

This year, security experts at Avast have blocked more than 4.6 The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. Most recently, Netflix became a popular domain for DNS hijackers.”

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DNS Passwords Advertising Banking 69

Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Effectively protecting complex networks against sophisticated phishing attacks involves a comprehensive security stack including multi-factor authentication (MFA) , single sign-on (SSO) , and domain name system (DNS) security. PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc.) Case-in-point, we’ve all heard of the classic Nigerian prince scheme.

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Phishing DNS Authentication Risk 54

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Mozi botnet was spotted by security experts from 360 Netlab, at the time of its discovered it was actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them. ” state researchers at Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence Center and Section 52 at Azure Defender for IoT.

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IoT DNS Manufacturing Firmware 102

Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

This requires a robust connection to the Internet (Lumen and Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and network full packet capture & forensics and SIEM (RSA NetWitness); with Cisco providing cloud-based security and intelligence support. DNS traffic at Record Low.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

change DNS settings to hijack the traffic, perform MitM attacks). ” reads the security advisory. While analyzing the dual-band D-Link DSL-2875AL wireless router, the expert discovered that a file located at https : //[router ip address ] /romfile.cfg contains the login password of the device in plaintext. download=true.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH ($266,789 at the time of the hack) as well as a large number of tokens. Once gained the access the Cloudflare account they were able to lock out any other employee of the company.

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Hacking DNS Cryptocurrency Accountability 78

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ).

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DNS Mobile Malware Firewall 123

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Common ways of defeating password controls include spraying, finding, intercepting, cracking, guessing, relaying, bypassing, and even asking for passwords. Are the organization’s users constructing strong passwords, regardless of length and complexity rules? Can password hashes be intercepted and relayed or passed?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

” The hacking group initially compromised one of the telecommunication companies by leveraging external DNS (eDNS) servers which are part of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. Crowdstrike collected evidence of the use of password-spraying attempts using extremely weak either third-party-focused passwords (i.e.

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Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 108

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

The DreamBus bot has a worm-like behavior that is highly effective, it is able to spread to systems that are not directly exposed to the internet by scanning private RFC 1918 subnet ranges for vulnerable systems. ” reads the post published by Zscaler. ” continues the analysis.

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Cryptocurrency Malware DNS Passwords 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the hackers, stolen data includes: Domain purchases Domain transfers WHOIS history DNS changes Email forwards, catch-alls, etc. Anonymous group pointed out that the above data can allow tracing the “actual ownership and management of the fascist side of the internet.”. “They claim it included all the user data.

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Hacking Data breaches DNS Media 104

Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

Before beginning the configuration, note that the SSID and SSID password must be hard coded. If the hardcoded SSID and password need to be changed after the initial setup, it will be necessary to (re)enable SSH on the TE agent. /bin/bash Change the default password to something more secure and click Change Password.

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Wireless Media Passwords DNS 70

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The nation-state hackers are scanning the entire internet, in search of vulnerable webmail and Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers that expose TCP ports 445 and 1433. “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages. ” continues the report.

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Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 130

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Sophos X-Ops is currently tracking a campaign by threat actors targeting unpatched Citrix NetScaler systems exposed to the internet. The attackers obtained encrypted passwords from NetScaler ADC configuration files, and the decryption key was stored on the ADC appliance. Network-segmentation controls blocked this activity too.

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VPN Ransomware DNS Malware 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. The flaw affects the procedure for changing expired passwords, the backdoor could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious commands with root privileges on the machine running vulnerable Webmin. .”

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Passwords System Administration Advertising DNS 78

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 6 A requirement coming into force in March 2025 is that organisations will need to have a web application firewall in place for any web applications exposed to the internet. Section 8 Password strength requirements have increased, moving from a minimum of 7 to 12 alpha and numeric characters.

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Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

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). Endpoint: Enables access for human users and computer services and commonly includes PCs, laptops, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT).

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Architecture Network Security Firewall Risk 117

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. ” PicTrace appears to have been a service that allowed users to glean information about anyone who viewed an image hosted on the platform, such as their Internet address, browser type and version number.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

The malicious binaries use sqlite to get the history of downloaded files from internet in the format as shown below: sqlite3 /Users/<>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2 select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent where LSQuarantineDataURLString like “%s3.amazonaws.com%”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. This instance left sensitive data open and was already indexed via popular IoT [internet of things] search engines. Original post at [link].

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IoT Engineering Passwords Media 112

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. The flaw affects the procedure for changing expired passwords, the backdoor could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious commands with root privileges on the machine running vulnerable Webmin.

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DDOS System Administration Advertising DNS 78

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Pink also adopts the DNS-Over-HTTPS ( DoH ) for the distribution of configuration information that’s done either via a project hidden on GITHUB or Baidu Tieba, or via a built-in domain name hard-coded into some of the samples.

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Architecture DDOS Advertising Firmware 116

Lenny Zeltser

APRIL 16, 2020

The tool’s documentation explains that SpiderFoot can gather details such as Whois, web pages, DNS, “spam blacklists, file meta data, threat intelligence lists,” and more. Define a username and password you’ll use to log into the SpiderFoot browser interface using basic auth. Launching SpiderFoot as a Web App.

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DNS Internet Internet Software 112

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. As for the panel presentation at SecureWorld Denver , it features Edgar Acosta, Experienced Cybersecurity Professional (former CISO at DCP Midstream ); Craig Hurter, Sr. Demand and Delivery Director, Optiv.

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Encryption Technology Risk Architecture 90

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Microsoft states that multiple news reports have linked the company to the Subzero malware toolset used to hack a broad range of devices, phones, computers, and network and internet-connected devices. com Running PowerShell scripts directly from a GitHub gist created by an account associated with DSIRF.

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Surveillance Malware Authentication DNS 85

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

People fell prey for these manipulative emails and provide confidential details like passwords and bank information in their negligence. This information is then used for unauthorized and illegal activities, which could have a devastating impact on individuals and organizations. Use Two Factor Authentication.

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Phishing Accountability Authentication Passwords 86

Lenny Zeltser

JULY 6, 2017

To obtain an Internet-accessible system where you’ll install Algo VPN server software, you can create a “droplet” on DigitalOcean running Ubuntu 16.04 When prompted, supply the p12 password that the Algo installer displayed at the end of the installation. ” Creating a DigitalOcean Virtual Private Server.

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VPN Software DNS Internet 111

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Over 600k GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456. Experts devised advanced SMS phishing attacks against modern Android-based phones. JSWorm: The 4th Version of the Infamous Ransomware. Creator of multiple IoT botnets, including Satori, pleaded guilty.

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IoT Data breaches DNS Advertising 72

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

The issue discovered by the expert, in fact, could be used by attackers to discover if the vulnerable routers are still using default administrative passwords. Mursch discovered that about 4,000 of the vulnerable devices were still using the default admin credentials.

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Wireless IoT DNS Advertising 83

Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

They think it’s giving them security that it isn’t because they haven’t properly understood the tech and haven’t considered the attack scenarios. VPNs encrypt the traffic between you and some endpoint on the internet, which is where your VPN is based. So your security measure isn’t going to help there.

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VPN Risk Hacking Encryption 326

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. 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 60

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Cisco is honored to be a Premium Partner of the Black Hat NOC, and is the Official Network Platform, Mobile Device Management, Malware Analysis and DNS (Domain Name Service) Provider of Black Hat. The result was one SSID for all of training: BHTraining, and each classroom had their own password. Acknowledgments. About Black Hat.

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Engineering Mobile Malware Wireless 62