Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. GhostDNS reminds us of the infamous DNSChanger malware that made the headlines for its ability to change DNS settings on the infected device. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.”.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Microsoft announced to have taken down 62 of the original 69 TrickBot C&C servers, seven servers that could not be brought down last week were Internet of Things (IoT) devices. At the end of 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the DNS protocol for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Creator of multiple IoT botnets, including Satori, pleaded guilty. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Crooks stole €1.5 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

The expert used the Binary Edge IoT search engine to find vulnerable devices, earlier this week he discovered 25,617 routers that were leaking a total of 756,565 unique MAC addresses. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. In some cases the router is reconfigured to use rogue DNS servers, which redirect victims to phishing pages that closely look like real online banking sites.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized real-time communication that is also used for instant messaging, IoT communications, and VoIP or WebRTC signaling. “The rebuilt infrastructure itself is secure, however, and the DNS issue has been solved without further abuse. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

Serious security vulnerabilities in the Treck TCP/IP stack dubbed Ripple20 expose millions of IoT devices worldwide to cyber attacks, researchers warn. A remote attacker could exploit the flaw by sending specially crafted IP packets or DNS requests to the vulnerable devices. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

It is quite easy to find Wind River VxWorks in IoT devices, including webcam, network appliances, VOIP phones, and printers. An attacker can intercept the TCP connection in different ways, for example using DNS changer malware, targeting DNS servers and carrying out Man-in-The-Middle attacks.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. In the Credential Access tactic, credential dumping attacks appear to be targeting routers and IoT devices such as CCTV cameras.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

A user reported that its D-Link DNS-320 device was infected by malicious code. The D-Link DNS-320 model is no more available for sale, one of the members of the forum explained that the firmware of its NAS was never updated and its device was exposed to WAN through ports 8080, FTP port 21, and a range of ports for port forwarding.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. What makes the Roboto botnet a singular bot is its P2P structure that is rare for IoT DDoS bots, other botnets with a similar capability are the Hajime and Hide’N ‘ Seek botnets. ” reads the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

For modern networks, the introduction of new endpoints – be it remote laptops for personnel or client IoT devices – is a roadblock being actively addressed. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Types of Endpoints Matter. Distributed PKI and multi-signature login capabilities. Blockchain-Powered Cybersecurity Vendors.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The youngest of companies picked for this year’s list, Kentik has been a budding networking monitoring vendor since 2014. Catchpoint Features. The Kentik Network Observability Cloud includes a bundle of network tools for ingesting, enriching, and integrating traffic across the hybrid IT environment. Zabbix Features.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Particularly in IoT, where we find ourselves using MQTT and other ancient protocols, not for what they were originally designed for, but for our immediate need for lightweight communications among devices. Our story now skips ahead twenty years to 2014.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed. Particularly in IoT, where we find ourselves using MMQT and other ancient protocols, not for what they were originally designed for, but for our immediate need for lightweight communications among devices. Our story now skips ahead twenty years to 2014.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But to find that information back in 2014, he had to scan the Internet, the entire internet and that was a very noisy process. Behind that is a sequence of numbers resolved by your DNS and that sequence of numbers is the site's IP address. And there was a lot, about 600,000. And so there are about 3.7 And so there are about 3.7

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Cisco Security

MAY 24, 2021

Average fuel prices rose to their highest since 2014 and President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency to allow additional transport of fuel by road to alleviate shortages. Enforce security at the DNS layer. To learn more about how you can secure your IoT/OT infrastructure, visit our IoT Security page or contact us.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. Dan found a flaw that could have crippled the internet. CODEN: Very much.

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