Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Sometime around 2013, Taleon launched a partnership with a money transfer business called pm2btc[.]me. In 2019, someone hacked BriansClub and relieved the fraud shop of more than 26 million stolen payment cards — an estimated one-third of the 87 million payment card accounts that were on sale across all underground shops at that time.

Cryptocurrency 272

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Retail Government 272

Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

DNS encryption. DNS encryption plugs a gap that makes it easy to track the websites you visit. The domain name system (DNS) is a distributed address book that lists domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. And yet almost every Internet account requires one. It’s ascendancy seems assured.

Internet 127

Internet Internet Technology DNS 127

Troy Hunt

MARCH 1, 2018

This is a little project I started whilst killing time in a hotel room in late 2013 after thinking "I wonder if people actually know where their data has been exposed?" If I'm honest, I'm constantly surprised by the extent of how far Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) is reaching these days.

Government 200

Government Data breaches Passwords Authentication 200

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

Malware 98

Malware DNS Media Architecture 98

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In 2013 ( version 2.0-beta9 Using a DNS logger (such as dnslog.cn ), you can generate a domain name and use this in your test payloads: // if server in test is running on localhost curl 127.0.0.1:8080 Refreshing the page will show DNS queries which identify hosts who have triggered the vulnerability.

DNS 134

DNS Internet Internet Accountability 134

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Valid Accounts [ T1178 ]. Account Discovery [ T1087 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. CVE-2013-2185. Percent of. organizations.

Firewall 113

Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability 113

Troy Hunt

JUNE 15, 2023

We can't touch DNS. Let me illustrate by example: in January this year, I loaded a rather large breach into HIBP: New scraped data: Twitter had over 200M accounts scraped from a vulnerable API in 2021. We don't have any of those 4 aliases on our domain. We can't add a meta tag. We can't upload a file.

Accountability 240

Accountability Small Business InfoSec DNS 240

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The skip-2.0

Malware 71

Malware Passwords Advertising DNS 71

Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. It would be easy to chalk up this increase to the development and introduction of new advanced types of malware, but the surprising fact is that many of the same threats and exploits used in data breaches in 2013 are still being successfully employed 10 years later.

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Data breaches DNS Malware Phishing 52

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

The least common of SQL injection attacks, the out-of-band method relies on the database server to make DNS or HTTP requests delivering data to an attacker. . . . Because the Windows process generated by xp_cmdshell has the same security privileges as the SQL Server service account, the attacker can cause severe damage. .

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Penetration Testing Firewall Software Accountability 118

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's the address on Aadhaar's Twitter account , it's the first result on a Google search and time and time again, it's promoted as the site people should go to before doing anything else Aadhaar related. Why HSTS is here and not (consistently) on the root domain is unclear and unfortunately, it means that someone browsing from uidai.gov.in

Hacking 278

Hacking Government Encryption Risk 278

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet. Additional security features include IP login restrictions, session timeouts, 2FA, and account lockouts for brute force attacks. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software.

VPN 114

VPN Software Authentication Encryption 114

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Administrators can use network monitoring tools to enhance visibility and deepen performance control, fault tolerance, and system or account activity. Catchpoint Features. Dynatrace offers a full-stack application performance monitoring and digital experience platform for modern hybrid environments. ManageEngine.

Marketing 114

Marketing DDOS Threat Detection DNS 114

NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The attacker may utilize a website such as nwtools.com to look through the target organization’s DNS records. The FBI estimates that from October 2013 to February 2016, whaling attacks were attributed to $2.3 The passwords were then used to deposit future paychecks into the attacker’s account. billion in losses.

Phishing 40

Phishing Social Engineering Engineering Healthcare 40

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Parisa Tabriz | @laparisa.

Accountability 135

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 135

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. us , a site unabashedly dedicated to helping people hack email and online gaming accounts. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus. Abusewith[.]us Copies of near-reality[.]com

Hacking 200

Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 200

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This included all contacts, sent and received messages with attached files, names of chats/channels, name and phone number of the account owner – the target’s entire correspondence. Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org org domain.

Malware 131

Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 131

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

Many of the domains used by COBALT DICKENS were registered between May and August 2018, most of them resolved to the same IP address and DNS name server. According to the Treasury Department, since 2013, the Mabna Institute hit 144 US universities and 176 universities in 21 foreign countries. “In March 2018, the U.S.

Phishing 105

Phishing Advertising DNS Hacking 105

SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It retrieves the DNS names of all the directory trees in the local computer’s forest. EMBEDDED SYS MODULE timestamp:2013-03-25 InternalName:RwDrv.sys. This is a driver from the RWEverything utility. This utility enables access to computer hardware. GlobalCatalog (GC) queries using ADSI. rdpscanDll32. vpnDll32.

Banking 145

Banking Passwords VPN Internet 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

On April 7th, 2013, for instance, the most successful attack executed by Anonymous group using data leakage and DoS conditions against a huge number of Israeli websites was noted. According to media (see this link ), since the attack in 2013, the number of participants and supporters is decreasing. Final Thoughts.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 106

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

On April 7th, 2013, for instance, the most successful attack executed by Anonymous group using data leakage and DoS conditions against a huge number of Israeli websites was noted. According to media (see this link ), since the attack in 2013, the number of participants and supporters is decreasing. Final Thoughts.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cyber Attacks 40

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135