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HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS?

Security Affairs

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation analyzed the blocking implemented by four different operators in Belarus. The Internet was shutdown several days and more than 80 websites, most of them news and political sites, were blocked. Qurium forensics report: Internet blocking in Belarus. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Internet).

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing DNS, domain names and Certificates to improve security postures

The Last Watchdog

In 2019, we’ve seen a surge in domain name service (DNS) hijacking attempts and have relayed warnings from the U.S. Our most recent Domain Name Security report featuring insights from the defense, media, and financial sectors illustrates the risk trends. •Do Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, U.K.’s

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DDoS Cyber Attack downs internet in North Korea

CyberSecurity Insiders

As internet access and media publishing are strictly monitored by the government agencies, it seems to be unclear the impact of the digital damage. The post DDoS Cyber Attack downs internet in North Korea appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes

Krebs on Security

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. Yes, you read that right. “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

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Sea Turtle Hackers Spy on Dutch ISPs and Telecommunication Companies

Heimadal Security

Sea Turtle Turkish state-backed group changed to focus on internet service providers (ISPs), telcos, media, and Kurdish websites. DNS hijacking and traffic redirection that leads to man-in-the-middle attacks are among their cyber espionage techniques.

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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

Krebs on Security

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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INTERNET BLOCKING IN MYANMAR – SECRET BLOCK LIST AND NO MEANS TO APPEAL

Security Affairs

Several legitimate and acknowledged media related to minority ethnic groups and news focusing on the Rakhine state were found on the list. Our findings show that both Telenor and MPT block websites using DNS tampering. The mail account hostmaster@urlblocked.pw, published as contact details in DNS, bounces all incoming mails.