eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. For the generation of remote work and operations, Check Point Remote Access VPN offers central management and policy administration for controlling access to corporate networks.

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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. Never get blocked” sales presentation from Bright Data/Luminati. and l-cdn.com.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

The researchers pointed out that the compromise of a network appliance such as the Vigor 3910 can lead to the following outcomes: Leak of the sensitive data stored on the router (keys, administrative passwords, etc.)

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Cisco Security

JULY 28, 2021

The return back to the office also presents its own problems – 67% of IT leaders expect an increase in phishing emails due to the transition and 54% are worried about their employees bringing infected devices into the workplace. Verify user identity and device trust with Cisco Secure Access by Duo and AnyConnect VPN.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

It presents new data on the group’s credential phishing, direct probing of webmail and Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover servers, and large-scale scanning activities to search for vulnerable servers.” “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

GoDaddy, Network Solutions) DNS service (E.g., That might mean time-bounding their logical access, and it does mean escorting them while they are present. If your staff has access to customer premises where PCI-sensitive data is present, (either physically or logically) they must conduct themselves in like manner.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

We will present these options in two categories: a priority tier and an advanced capability tier. It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits.

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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.

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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. Command and control (TA0011).

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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. 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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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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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

We appreciate Iain Thompson of The Register , for taking time to attend a NOC presentation and tour the operations. 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.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 12, 2021

Using a VPN can prevent attacks where an adversary is trying to exfiltrate data. The impact of attacks can also be reduced by manually configuring your DNS server so that it cannot be poisoned. You can also find some FAQs and a pre-recorded presentation made for USENIX Security about these vulnerabilities. Stay safe, everyone!

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

To be crystal clear, none of this is "hacking", it will merely involve looking at how the system responds to legitimate requests and observing the gap between what it does at present and what it ideally should do. They also blacklist vpn IP addresses. Geo-Blocking is (Almost) Useless. and it's accessible all over the world.

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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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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

On January 27, we delivered a joint presentation with TeamT5 and ITOCHU Corporation at Japan Security Analyst Conference (JSAC) to provide an update on the actor’s latest activities. Full control over the DNS, meaning they can provide responses for non-existent domains.

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McAfee

AUGUST 23, 2020

Remote users and branch offices were logically connected to this central network via technologies like VPN, MPLS, and leased lines, so the secure network perimeter could be maintained. While this approach sufficed for years, digital transformation has created major challenges. However, there are major drawbacks to this model.

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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). Finally, we present similarities with known TTPs of the MuddyWater group and attribute this campaign to them with medium confidence.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

4.2.2.2 # DNS servers to pass (not really required for our needs) opt lease 600 # 10 minute DHCP lease And we create our hook which copies in our DHCP config, /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/udhcpd : #! VPN Tunnel Before we go over connecting to a VPN, it is important to note that the information will be stored in the initramfs file, unencrypted.

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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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