SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. His phone did not set the SNI in the HTTPS Client Hello message and it did not perform a DNS lookup for bananakick.net. Spyware attacks becoming harder to detect. Spyware attacks becoming harder to detect.

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Spyware Surveillance Hacking Media 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

The group was first spotted by ESET in 2018, when the experts detected a sophisticated piece of spyware, tracked as InvisiMole, used in targeted attacks in Russia and Ukraine in the previous five years. Experts also observed attackers using a DNS downloader that was designed for long-term, covert access to the target machine.

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DNS Advertising Spyware Software 82

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 72

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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Malware Spyware DNS Architecture 70

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy.

Cybercrime 79

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 79

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. FireEye releases FLASHMINGO tool to analyze Adobe Flash files. A new variant of HawkEye stealer emerges in the threat landscape.

Computers and Electronics 63

Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches DNS 63

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2018

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Spyware Banking DNS Retail 42

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Make sure all devices and computers at your office have installed anti-virus, and anti-spyware as these are connected to the network, offering a gateway to hackers. There are different kinds of cyber attacks that are faced by small businesses, including malware, phishing, SQL injection, DNS tunneling, and more.

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Small Business Cyber Attacks VPN Backups 145

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As KrebsOnSecurity noted in 2016 , in conjunction with his RAT Rezvesz also sold and marketed a bulletproof “dynamic DNS service” that promised not to keep any records of customer activity. Rezvesz appears to have a flair for the dramatic , and has periodically emailed this author over the years.

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Advertising Malware Marketing Software 215

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Tomiris called, they want their Turla malware back We first reported Tomiris in September 2021, following our investigation into a DNS hijack against a government organization in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Using a number of vulnerabilities in iOS, the attachment is executed and installs spyware.

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Malware Spyware Cryptocurrency Government 73

eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Five possible solutions that potentially meet these requirements are: Fidelis Network IPS (software) Part of Fidelis ecosystem Protects endpoints, cloud applications, and containers Palo Alto Networks IPS (virtual or physical appliance, cloud) Integrated into Palo Alto firewalls Integrates vulnerability protection, anti-malware and anti-spyware detection (..)

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Firewall Wireless Software Antivirus 109

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. Cybersecurity vendors like Panda Security suggest the best way to defend against crimeware is using a combination of antivirus, anti-spyware, firewalls, and threat detection technology. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker. RAM scraper.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, they included an additional module that constantly monitored the messenger and sent data to the spyware creator’s C2 server. Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org org domain.

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Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 91

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits. Email security tools offer features that screen emails for malicious content using antivirus, anti-spam, DNS, attachment, and other analytics.

Firewall 79

Firewall DNS Authentication Malware 79

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. One of the things you can do to protect yourself from advanced mobile spyware is to reboot your device on a daily basis. Other malware. Noreboot: faking an iPhone restart.

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Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 103

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) that conducts surveillance on adversaries confirmed MuddyWater was being funded by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security(MOIS) having a history of breaching governments networks across the globe and having a developmental hold in the blacklisted NSO Group that developed the dreaded Pegasus Spyware. (..)

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Hacking Spyware DNS Surveillance 110

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Integrated one-on-one Spyware HelpDesk support. The Sophos Virus Removal Tool detects all types of malicious software, including viruses, spyware, rootkits, ransomware and Conficker and returns systems to a working state. DNS filtering. Free Remover allows one remediation and removal for results found. Scan scheduling.

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Ransomware VPN Backups Malware 109

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

” sLoad implements a broad range of capabilities including the ability to take screenshots, read the list of running process, exfiltrate DNS cache, exfiltrate outlook e-mail and other typical spyware functionalities. lnk file); Legitimate image flagged as hidden.

Spyware 92

Spyware DNS Advertising Malware 92

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. Experts spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks. Scraping the TOR for rare contents.

Small Business 57

Small Business Media Spyware DNS 57

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Citizen Lab has published a new report about the Pegasus spyware. On infected devices, Pegasus is a powerful spyware that can do many things, such as record conversations, steal private messages, exfiltrate photos, and much much more. Thus, our list of 45 countries necessarily includes countries that are not NSO Group customers.

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Spyware DNS Malware Internet 224

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Israeli blamed Russia for jamming at Israeli Ben Gurion airport. New variant of Dridex banking Trojan implements polymorphism. Singapore Government will run its third bug bounty program.

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Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 48

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It unites spyware, malware, and virus protection with a policy and reporting engine. By enforcing security at the DNS and IP layers, Umbrella blocks requests to malicious and unwanted destinations before a connection is established—stopping threats over any port or protocol before they reach networks or endpoints.

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Digital transformation Engineering Internet Internet 101

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.) For example, malware, spyware, adware, computer worms, botnets, trojan horses and similar malware do not normally impact network equipment (routers, firewalls, etc.) or network traffic.

Network Security 98

Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

DNS leak protection Kill switch No log policy. While some email accounts include protections, others may require additional layers of security, including spam filtering, ransomware protection, spyware protection, and encryption. Mobile applications. Best VPNs for Consumers.

Internet 144

Internet Internet Software Antivirus 144

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites. Endpoint Security: Antivirus , anti-spyware , endpoint detection and response (EDR), and other controls should be deployed to secure the endpoint against compromise.

Firewall 109

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 109

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

Cybersecurity 70

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 70

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. Although Lyceum still prefers taking advantage of DNS tunneling, it appears to have replaced the previously documented.NET payload with a new C++ backdoor and a PowerShell script that serve the same purpose.

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Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 139

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A new report published by Citizen Lab revealed that the NSO Pegasus spyware was used against targets across 45 countries worldwide. A new investigation of the Citizen Lab revealed that the powerful Pegasus mobile spyware was used against targets across 45 countries around the world over the last two years. COUNTRY NEXUS. 2012-2014.

Spyware 82

Spyware Mobile Surveillance DNS 82

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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Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 2008 — Heartland Payment Systems — 134 million credit cards are exposed through SQL injection to install spyware on Heartland’s data systems. billion dollars in damages.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

NullMixer is a dropper that includes more than just specific malware families; it drops a wide variety of malicious binaries to infect the machine with, such as backdoors, bankers, downloaders, spyware and many others. Satacom sends a DNS TXT-query to ‘ reosio.com ‘ and receives a response with a base64 encoded string.

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Malware Cryptocurrency Passwords Software 108