Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office , Azure ,NET Framework , Visual Studio , SQL Server , DNS Server , Windows Defender , Bitlocker , and Windows Secure Boot. “BlackLotus can bypass functionality called secure boot, which is designed to block malware from being able to load when booting up.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. When it was initially set up, it took advantage of two managed DNS servers assigned to it by GoDaddy — ns17.domaincontrol.com,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While they can’t directly read your password, they can still download malware or gather enough information to steal your identity. DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2022

The internet can be a dangerous place. There are several types of phishing attacks, which are just one form of cybercrime. . A phishing attack takes place when a criminal pretends to be someone they’re not to trick people into giving over their personal information, such as their credit card details.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab spotted GhostDNS, a malware that already infected over 100K+ devices and targets 70+ different types of routers. Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign that leverages the GhostDNS malware. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Year after year, phishing tops the list of the leading causes of data breaches. Or maybe the malicious site pretends to be the home of some well-known software and lets the user download an “update” all on their own (with a little malware added…). Once identified, these employees can then be given a refresher course or more training.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 23, 2023

Dangling domains are DNS records that point to a domain or subdomain that no longer exists or is not configured properly. It occurs when a domain or subdomain has been deleted, but the DNS record that resolves the domain or subdomain still exists in the DNS server.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

Without the more restrictive enforcement policy, organizations place an unnecessary burden on email security applications and increase the likelihood of a phishing attack successfully impersonating a brand. Domains receiving emails can compare the envelope of the email and compare against DNS records. What is DMARC?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 11, 2022

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Implementing a Domain Name Service (DNS) security solution is the most efficient way to protect your business against a wide variety of attacks.

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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. Threat Grid (Secure Malware Analytics).

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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. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks, the recent mass scanning activity represents a change in the modus operandi of the group. “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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eSecurity Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Social engineering can manifest itself across a wide range of cybersecurity attacks: Phishing Smishing Vishing Whaling Pharming Baiting Pretexting Scareware Deepfakes. Phishing is a broad category of social engineering attacks that specifically target most businesses’ primary mode of communication: email.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

A large-scale phishing campaign leveraging the Anubis Network is targeting Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting Internet-end users in Brazil and Portugal since March 2022. Figure 1: High-level diagram of the ANUBIS phishing network and its components (2020).

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. It would be easy to chalk up this increase to the development and introduction of new advanced types of malware, but the surprising fact is that many of the same threats and exploits used in data breaches in 2013 are still being successfully employed 10 years later.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing Threats Are Increasing in Scale and Sophistication Phishing remains one of the most dangerous and widespread cybersecurity threats. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials. Phishing attacks are becoming more difficult to detect. billion USD globally.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Anti-virus and anti-malware . One of the most common mistakes made by small businesses is that they adopt all new IT equipment and computers but leave their internet and Wi-Fi susceptible to external threats. In fact, over 25% of small businesses are using a VPN to access the internet. Two-factor authentication . Firewalls .

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

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. “ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. ” reads a blog post published by Avast.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination Nope, that isn’t Elon Musk , and he isn’t offering a free Topmist Dust watch either Four in-the-wild exploits, 13 critical patches headline bumper Patch Tuesday Is crypto’s criminal rollercoaster approaching a terminal dip?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

The standard enables email security solutions and internet service providers (ISPs) to filter in “good” emails and improve their ability to filter out “bad” emails. A DMARC policy is included in a DNS record for a given domain, enabling the sender to specify if messages are protected by SPF or DKIM. How Does DMARC Work?

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

In one of many robust internet debates (as is prone to happen on Twitter), the discussion turned to the value proposition of HTTPS on a static website. For example, check out how it's used when embedded in the TXT record of a DNS entry which is then loaded into a WHOIS service which doesn't properly output encode the results.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

million, financial services firms are laser-focused on cloud vulnerabilities, attacks against internet-of-things devices and other prevalent threats. . Phishing attempts are a constant source of concern. With data breaches causing an average loss of $4.2 Cloud networking attacks are also prevalent.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030. Tested, tried.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to the independent institute AV-TEST , the number of total new malware in 2020 increased by 13% compared to the last year, and malware for macOS by 1200% for the same period. An easy way to enhance your online security and privacy is by using a VPN while browsing the internet. Identity Theft Protection Tools.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

This research is part of CSC’s latest report, “ Two Year Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Security and Safety. ” The report’s findings are gathered using CSC’s newly launched DomainSec SM platform , which makes the connections between newly registered, dropped, and existing domain names, online brands, and fraud (phishing).

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SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Just to clarify, the subheading isn’t a normal quote, but a message that Janicab malware attempted to decode in its newest use of YouTube dead-drop resolvers (DDRs). Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on MacOS and Windows operating systems. MAC address. F1B5675E1A60049C7CD. 823EBA93FE977. Janicab 1.2.9a.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2021, the main attack vector used by this threat actor was credential phishing attacks through emails, posing as Naver, the popular South Korean search engine and web portal. We identified three unique attack chains used by the threat actor to distribute the malware in emails: Figure 1: Attack flow. Passive DNS data.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Since the early days of computing, a wide range of malware types with varying functions have emerged. Best Practices to Defend Against Malware. Jump ahead: Adware. RAM scraper.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself. Many of these faux-Zoom sites were used to distribute malware under the guise of links to online meetings. A Prime Target for Hackers. All of these can be extinction-level events.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The Cybaze -Yoroi ZLab dissected one of these recent Danabot variants spread across the Italian cyberspace leveraging “ Fattura ” themed phishing emails (e.g. The malware tries to connect to the remote host 149.154.157.104 (EDIS-IT IT) through an encrypted SSL channel, then it downloads other components and deletes itself from the filesystem.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Malware is one of the biggest threats businesses face, and with nearly a third of all malware coming through the internet and email, businesses and consumers alike need ways to protect themselves. This guide covers the major categories of internet security suites and includes a few of the top options for each.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

Note: This OSINT analysis has been originally published at my current employer's Web site - [link] where I'm currently acting as a DNS Threat Researcher since January, 2021. . In this analysis we’ll take a closer look at the Internet connected infrastructure behind the U.S We’ve decided to take a closer look at the U.S

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. ” continues the blog post. ” concludes the post.

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