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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I had the chance to meet with Randy Watkins, Critical Start’s chief technology officer at Black Hat USA 2019. Even more ambitiously, the company wants to lead the way in pivoting network security back to a risk-oriented approach, instead of what Watkins opines that it has all too often become: a march toward meeting controls-based checklists.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 25, 2023

From there, further research identified a DNS signature not related to Pupy components. Infoblox claims that this unique DNS signature for Decoy Dog “ matches less than 0.0000027% of the 370 million active domains on the internet ” Pupy itself has been seen in numerous nation state attacks and other serious compromises.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Pairing vulnerability scanners with attack surface management (ASM) gives security teams high-fidelity analysis and prioritization of assets and exposures, while limiting noise and false positives commonly associated with technology-only platforms.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Back in 2008, the late, great security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a serious security flaw in a ubiquitous Internet technology: the domain name system, or DNS. Vendors worldwide were able to take steps that largely mitigated the risk of attack before any details of the flaw became publicly known. .

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

But, the issues around cybersecurity are here to stay, and the gas pedal must not be eased – especially with the increased risks associated with continued remote working. The Risk Grows Despite lockdown restrictions easing, cybersecurity risks remain and are likely to grow as COVID-19 changes the working landscape.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What Stateful Inspection Defends Against Stateful inspection protects network assets against attacks that attempt to corrupt or abuse processes such as TCP or Domain Name Service (DNS) that don’t check context when they receive data packet instructions. instead of eSecurityPlanet.com.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

DMARC builds upon the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and the Domain Keys Identified Message (DKIM) technologies to add security and instructions for a specific domain. A public key is stored with the Domain Name System (DNS) for download by any email server receiving emails with the encrypted digital signature. What is DKIM?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. The panel will tackle topics and questions, including: The potential risks quantum computing poses to current cryptographic methods. When will these risks come to fruition, and who are the main threat actors?

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

Through this partnership, we aim to provide comprehensive solutions that not only mitigate risks but also foster a culture of proactive defense and resilience, and allow organizations to move their businesses forward with confidence. Don’t miss our upcoming threat intelligence webinar!

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2021

Source: The Register) NSA advised to strengthen the security of operational technology (OT). Source: The Daily Swig) tsuNAME, a vulnerability that can be used to DDoS DNS. Other cybersecurity news: Cisco HyperFlex web interface has a critical flaw. Source: Tripwire) Tesla automobiles vulnerable to compromise over WiFi.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

For several years, Cisco Secure provided DNS visibility and architecture intelligence with Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ; and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX. Cisco Technologies. alphaMountain.ai

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The post Cloudflare Targets Security Poverty Line With Free Tools For At-Risk Groups appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Humanitarian groups, local governments and non-profits will be able to use Cloudflare’s Zero Trust One suite of security tools at no cost, the company announced.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The three vulnerabilities that have been fixed (CVE-2023-42114, CVE-2023-42115, and CVE-2023-42116) are all related to Secure Password Authentication (SPA)/New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM), and EXTERNAL authentication. Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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SC Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

Jeremy Brown helped Trinity Cyber develop counter maneuvers for a DNS exploit requiring deep parsing of a certain kind of traffic, deploying it to all clients in less than two days. They developed a powerful new approach to intrusion prevention system as-a-service, delivered through a service edge architecture and patent-pending technology.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Attack surface management (ASM) is a relatively new cybersecurity technology that combines elements of vulnerability management and asset discovery with the automation capabilities of breach and attack simulation (BAS) and applies them to an organization’s entire IT environment, from networks to the cloud.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2024

The nature of the SMB needs, security requirements, compliance demands, use of technology, shifting workloads to the cloud, and hybrid work operating models are evolving both compute infrastructure as well as the business reliance on IT. By Frank Picarello, Go-to-Market Advisor for Judy Security Managed IT Services continue to evolve.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The list of tools and features included with InsightIDR include: User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) Endpoint detection and response (EDR) Network traffic analysis (NDR) Centralized log management Automated policy capabilities Visual investigation timeline Deception technology File integrity monitoring (FIM). Rapid7 Competitors.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Risk Level. Email technology is old. Luckily you can start to make a difference right now by implementing some changes to your DNS records. So for example, if you registered your website “www.mycompany.com” with GoDaddy, you would edit your DNS record on GoDaddy. Category Guides. Ok hold up. What are those?”

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Pairing vulnerability scanners with attack surface management (ASM) gives security teams high-fidelity analysis and prioritization of assets and exposures, while limiting noise and false positives commonly associated with technology-only platforms.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Port Knocking and SPA Implementation Risks. Additionally, these technologies are strongest in obscurity. While we can use this technology on many devices, the advantage is lost on commonly used devices. Between this risk and the time required for expert installation, many IT managers pass on these techniques.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The researchers observed C2 infrastructure relying on dynamic DNS domains masquerading as Ukrainian telecommunication service providers.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

It is known to use the technique of querying DNS servers to obtain the base64-encoded URL in order to receive the next stage of another malware family currently distributed by Satacom. To do so, it performs a DNS request to don-dns[.]com com (a decrypted HEX string) through Google DNS (8.8.8.8, com don-dns[.]com

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Difference Between Threats and Risks. The problem we have as humans is that opportunity is usually coupled with risk, so the question is one of which opportunities should you take and which should you pass on. And If you want to take a certain risk, which controls should you put in place to keep the risk at an acceptable level?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cain and Alexander DeMine Overview Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) is a security technology which has been gaining popularity for large businesses securing their enterprise networks in recent years. A DNS C2 channel will commonly establish successful callbacks using UDP traffic that will be under less scrutiny rather than egressing a proxy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

One of the things that makes these threats so dangerous is that they often come without warning, posing a huge risk to the companies or individuals at stake. And even when discovered, zero day vulnerabilities can take weeks to fix , leaving those who use the affected software at risk. How Dangerous Are Zero Day Threats?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Usually this is accomplished either by deploying malware that changes the target computer’s host files, or by using a technique known as DNS cache poisoning. In the latter approach, attackers target the website hosting server and change the DNS table so that users are redirected to a fake website. Pretexting.

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Lenny Zeltser

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Members of specific teams are typically assigned security responsibilities in the company’s security policies and procedures, which communicate expectations such as: DevOps or IT teams patch systems according to risk-based, agreed-upon timelines. Addressing security risks upfront will minimize the chances of a disruption to their project.

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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

A visitor photographs a symbol of a cloud at the Deutsche Telekom stand the day before the CeBIT technology trade fair. It’s crucial to understanding the fitness of the CSP to assess future risk. Security risk review. Ensuring clean connectivity will reduce risk so there’s less of a chance for outages. Technical review.

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SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

In our APT predictions for 2022 , we noted that despite these risks, we expected more attackers to reach the sophistication level required to develop such tools. DNS requests are performed in this fashion, using either Google’s DNS server (8.8.8[.]8) 8) or a custom one (222.222.67[.]208). Infrastructure. First seen.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 18, 2022

During such reconnaissance operations, attackers collect relevant data about their victims, but it’s not without risks for them. Public WHOIS data such as DNS name servers, IP blocks, and contact information. It’s essential for companies and organizations to understand this initial step to prevent breaches and detect attacks early.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

PKI is a well-established technology that businesses leverage across various use cases, including: Access control and endpoint protection. Operational Technology (OT) safety and reliability, such as securing smart grids. Operational Technology (OT) safety and reliability, such as securing smart grids.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From hardware or software issues and hidden backdoor programs to vulnerable process controls, weak passwords, and other human errors, many problems can put your transactions at risk and leave the door open to cybercriminals. They can work with up-to-date technology, reduce their workload, work smarter, and improve their performance.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software. Vulnerabilities force organizations to perform a critical task: risk assessment. Many vulnerability scans will produce a list of ratings that may not seem very important.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And they didn’t even give it a DNS look up until almost a year later. The majority of this tactic took place from a C2 perspective through the partial exfiltration being done using DNS. Some of the things I would suggest is identifying the assets of risk, and I always talk about BCP. This is continuity planning.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This article focuses on helping to prevent cyberattacks purely through technology; though of course, businesses need a combination of technology, people, and strategy to truly become cyber resilient. That being said, security experts advise against relying solely on a single technology or technique to protect business endpoints.

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