SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

He was concerned that his phone had been hacked he contacted Toronto's Citizen Lab and agreed to let them install a VPN application that would give researchers a chance to track metadata associated with his Internet traffic. His phone did not set the SNI in the HTTPS Client Hello message and it did not perform a DNS lookup for bananakick.net.

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Spyware Surveillance Hacking Media 52

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them. A 2022 campaign known as Roaming Mantis, or Shaoye, spread an Android app whose capabilities included modifying DNS settings on Wi-Fi routers through the administration interface. The practice has not become widespread due to relative inefficiency.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration tests include the use of vulnerability scanning tools and will generally be applied against external security devices and applications including, but not limited to, firewalls , web servers, web applications, gateways , and VPN servers. However, a huge number of attacks start through social media or through phishing.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

For example, an attacker may access the victim’s social media profiles to learn about their friends and colleagues, and utilize that information to appear credible by claiming to be in the same social circles. The attacker may utilize a website such as nwtools.com to look through the target organization’s DNS records.

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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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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Request for access to corporate VPN. I sell VPN accounts of USA companies, revenue is 1kkk$. Access type: VPN. Access type: VPN. Sale] VPN-RDP accounts for network access. Access type: VPN-RDP. Access type: VPN-RDP. Access type: VPN-RDP. Access type: VPN-RDP. Countries: US, CA, AU, GB.

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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. Other PlugX samples we observed injected themselves into Windows Media Player and started a connection with the following two domains: asmlbigip.com. Application layer protocol: DNS. 180.50.*.*.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Such emails are sent after detailed research about you, and often their primary source of collecting data is your social media accounts. It involves DNS cache poisoning as it redirects users to a malicious site even if they enter the correct web address. You can further secure your connection by using a VPN.

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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.

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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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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, it utilizes the “Install from Media (IFM)” ntdsutil command to dump the Active Directory database and various registry hives to the %Temp% folder. It retrieves the DNS names of all the directory trees in the local computer’s forest. < The vpnDll32 module establishes a VPN connection.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The hackers provided no explanation for the move, but it appeared to be related to an increase in media coverage. Finally, it is worth mentioning the CVE-2022-34724 vulnerability, which affects Windows DNS Server and can lead to denial of service if exploited. Number of new modifications.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

During an attack of this nature, it is difficult to find clear patterns without fast data and log processing and ad-hoc tools but our DNS servers were clearly recording these spikes of DNS updates every time the botnet was renewing IP addresses. Expert documentation from Luminati explaining the “resolve DNS at super proxy” feature.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The attackers used vulnerabilities in an SSL-VPN product to deploy a multi-layered loader we dubbed Ecipekac (aka DESLoader, SigLoader and HEAVYHAND). On March 31, Google TAG released an update on this activity showing another wave of fake social media profiles and a company the actor set up mid-March.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

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