Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

PT Monday evening, Escrow.com’s website looked radically different: Its homepage was replaced with a crude message in plain text: The profanity-laced message left behind by whoever briefly hijacked the DNS records for escrow.com. Running a reverse DNS lookup on this 111.90.149[.]49 Image: Escrow.com.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

DNS, rogue employees and phishing/social engineering should be top of the list of threat areas for organizations to address.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is a type of social engineering cyberattack in which the website’s traffic is manipulated to steal confidential credentials from the users. The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. DNS Poisoning. Use a reliable DNS server.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

Online ads from search engine result pages are increasingly being used to deliver malware to corporate users. Click here for more information about DNS filtering via our Nebula platform. The lures are utilities commonly used by IT admins such as PuTTY and FileZilla.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

Not long ago, it was revealed that T-Mobile had been breached by bad actors who convinced employees to switch their SIM cards to let them bypass two-factor identification — reminding us how effective social engineering can still be. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage of protective DNS?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. “Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees. ” In the early morning hours of Nov. and 11:00 p.m.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Getting the information to his own server from deep inside well-protected corporate networks posed yet another problem which was solved by using DNS exfiltration. DNS data exfiltration is a way to exchange data between two computers without any direct connection, in a way that doesn’t draw much attention.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Distribution of malicious files using the Signal messenger The messages use social engineering to trick victims into opening malicious attachments (i.e. The group uses third-party services and/or resources of Telegram (Telegraph) to determine the IP addresses of C2 and avoid using the DNS subsystem.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

The group uses social engineering techniques to persuade their targets to open documents or download malware. The main targets of the Coldriver group are high-profile individuals in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), former intelligence and military officials, and NATO governments.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2023

Second, every Exchange server contains a copy of the company address book, which provides a lot of information that is useful for social engineering attacks, including organizational structure, titles, contact info, and more. . “First, user mailboxes often contain critical and sensitive data.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. This is where Protective DNS comes in.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

This script shows a social engineering message, such as a Flash update popup or a DNS error, and attempts to trick the victim into downloading a malicious file deploy a Cobalt Strike loader.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

In this article we analyse the technical features of the Trojan’s components, giving a detailed overview of obfuscation techniques, the infection process and subsequent functions, as well as the social engineering tactics used by the cybercriminals to convince their victims to give away their personal online banking details.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While you probably already have some combination of security tools in place, such as endpoint protection, DNS or web filtering, etc., the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report states that phishing and social engineering are still the primary tactics used in successful cybersecurity breaches.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

Figure 2 presents an example of an SMS sent to Internet end-users during the ANUBIS social engineering wave. Figure 2: Example of SMS sent during the social engineering wave. Operators can easily make this configuration through an interface that uses the CloudFlare API for configuring new DNS zones.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

This can be accomplished in a couple of different ways depending on the capabilities and configuration of the RBI implementation using either DNS C2 or Third-Party C2. DNS C2 Many RBI solutions only monitor HTTP/HTTPS traffic by default and either require explicitly configuring DNS monitoring or lack that capability altogether.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. Malwarebytes DNS filtering blocks malicious websites used for phishing attacks, as well as websites used to spread or control malware. How to avoid phishing Block known bad websites.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

The malware uses DNS and HTTP-based communication mechanisms. “Password spraying, DNS tunneling, social engineering, and abuse of security testing frameworks are common tactics, particularly from threat groups operating in the Middle East.” Another tool used by the group is kl. ”concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. According to recent research , phishing assaults targeted credential harvesting in 71.5% of cases in 2020. of cases in 2020.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 30, 2023

The SocGholish malware distribution network employs social engineering and drive-by compromise to drop malware on endpoints. The VirusTotal passive DNS entry for this IP address showed various subdomains being used. Figure 4: VirusTotal Intelligence Query Figure 5: Passive DNS replications for 88.119.169[.]108

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy. A mix of social engineering, hacking, and abuse of legitimate services makes this style of online crime incredibly effective. However, that seems to be a misconception because these cyberattacks often overlap.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. social engineering tactics and strange sender behaviors), they also use artificial intelligence algorithms.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) defends against human error in social engineering threats. Robust installations will likely make enumeration more difficult or perhaps block it. Useful links.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

We think that there was a social engineering attack on Network Solutions, including phony documents and so on.” According to Foy, the attack might have resulted in the hack of several other domains. “This part veers into some speculation, and Perl.com wasn’t the only victim. ” added Foy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Today, weaponized Microsoft office documents with macros, are one of the most common and more effective methods to deliver malware, because they also rely on simple social engineering tricks to lure users to enable them. . Last DNS activity was in December 2018. Figure 14 – previous DNS of C2. Technical analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

There are multiple other attack angles to test, including: Network compromises Social engineering (e.g., Pentesting is not just about servers and web apps It’s important to bear in mind that pentesting is not limited to hacking vulnerable servers that host apps and databases.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration testing can also involve common hacking techniques such as social engineering , phishing attacks , dropped USB drive attacks, etc. Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

How Phishing Works: Social Engineering The term “phishing” is broadly defined as sending an email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. All of them rely on social engineering, a term that describes methods of deception used to coerce a victim into giving up valuable information.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

This is done for the purpose of social engineering. Passive DNS data. If we check the passive DNS data for this domain, we find two other IP address resolutions: 172.93.201[.]253 If we pivot on the passive DNS data for this IP address, we can see that the domain: www.devguardmap[.]org Figure 3: Decoy content.

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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. . We’ve decided to take a closer look at the U.S

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A thorough inspection of the SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate of the accessible web server, DNS (domain name system) data, and information on the ElasticSearch instance itself allowed the team to confirm that the open database belongs to the Thomson Reuters Corporation. Media giant with $6.35 Why did it happen?

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

Seeing that some variants of their Android malware impersonate a popular messaging app in Asia, it is also likely that malicious APKs are distributed in a variety of ways, including social engineering to convince users to install fake updates for their applications.

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NopSec

JULY 3, 2017

Or will they need to start from scratch, including infiltrating the client by means of unauthorized access or social engineering, before even getting started on the actual hacking? Are they given credentials beforehand, including getting their own space in the client’s building? There are many factors to account for. Not a problem.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If your VPN includes all DNS requests and traffic then you could be hiding significantly from your ISP. You will eventually be hacked via phishing, social engineering, poisoning a site you already frequent, or some other technique. Now, let’s look at who we’re defending against if you use a VPN. This is true.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Roaming Mantis implements new DNS changer We continue to track the activities of Roaming Mantis (aka Shaoye), a well-established threat actor targeting countries in Asia. Android malware, used by Roaming Mantis, and discovered a DNS changer function that was implemented to target specific Wi-Fi routers used mainly in South Korea.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

You decide to take a look at their DNS cache to get a list of internal resources the user has been browsing and as you look through the list, there are several that you recognize based on naming conventions. Introduction Let me paint a picture for you. One in particular might be interesting: Atlassian.

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