eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

For example, the 2016 DDoS attack on the Dyn managed domain name service (DNS) caused the DNS service to fail to respond to legitimate DNS inquiries and effectively shut down major sites such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Yelp, and many others. Also read: How to Secure DNS. Types of DDoS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. ” The hacking group initially compromised one of the telecommunication companies by leveraging external DNS (eDNS) servers which are part of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. .

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Use Alternate Authentication Material. 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. Persistence.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Deployment routes like endpoints , agentless, web, proxy chaining, and unified authentication. A part of the vendor’s Autonomous Security Engine (ASE) solution, Censornet Cloud Access Security Broker comes integrated with adaptive multi-factor authentication and email and web security. . Recognition for Broadcom. Censornet. Microsoft

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Passwordless is this next paradigm in authentication where we don’t have to rely on human-created passwords and credentials. But when I was there, one of the first projects I worked on was auth systems for mostly DNS. So I went out trying to look at all these projects that were focused on what the next steps in authentication were.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

I've implemented CAA on HIBP and it's simply a matter of some DNS records and a check with a CAA validator : Unfortunately, there are no such records for Aadhaar: Now in fairness to Aadhaar, CAA is very new and the take-up is low ; we cannot be critical of them for not having implemented it yet. Again, see comments above re why this is odd.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2024

One of Ivanti’s August Vulnerabilities Added to KEV Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass. An incorrect implementation of vTM’s authentication algorithm could allow a remote threat actor to gain access to the admin panel without authenticating themselves.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In particular, the system.img file serves as the authentic payload archive used for initial Windows system infections. DNS resolutions for pool servers are cleverly concealed behind DNS over HTTPS requests to the Cloudflare DoH (DNS over HTTPS) service , adding an extra layer of stealth to its operations.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As Brian Krebs notes, this tactic has been around for some years and was spotted in 2016 being sent out via Skype spam. Malwarebytes DNS filtering blocks malicious websites used for phishing attacks, as well as websites used to spread or control malware. Now they're being used in a scam based on Amazon's popular Prime membership.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications.

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NopSec

JUNE 16, 2020

LLMNR is derived from DNS protocol, and is intended to enable hosts on a local network to easily perform name resolution. WPAD is a protocol that probes for a WPAD server hosting a proxy configuration file at the DNS address “wpad.domain.com”. to authenticate to other systems within internal network environments.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Its capabilities include smart brute-forcing by analyzing the initial request for authentication data it receives from a Telnet service. DNS changer Malicious actors may use IoT devices to target users who connect to them. On such a device, the configuration would be altered to make it use the operators’ DNS server.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

For some reason, the Shelly on my garage door is making a DNS request for api.shelly.cloud once every second! The growth has been driven by the free and easy availability of certificates, largely due to the emergence of Let's Encrypt in 2016. It also grants me more privacy as the devices aren't perpetually polling someone else's cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Microsoft Azure Microsoft Hyper-V 2016/2019 R2/2019 VMware ESXi up to 7.0 Prices are not generally published for higher end hardware or virtual appliances. Virtual Appliance supports most major virtualization options: Amazon AWS (EC2) KVM on CentOS 7.7. Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Successful exploitation would lead to the unauthorized disclosure of a user’s NTLMv2 hash, which an attacker could then use to authenticate to the system as the user. Important CVE-2024-49040 | Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability CVE-2024-49040 is a spoofing vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019.

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Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

Since 2016, I have been a Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Meraki and have worked on insanely large Meraki installations – some with twenty thousand branches and more than a hundred thousand access points, so setting up the Black Hat network should be a piece of cake right? Network Visibility.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

The threat used valid accounts against remote services: Cloud-based applications utilizing federated authentication protocols. The VPN was protected by two-factor authentication (2FA) by sending an SMS with a one-time password (OTP) to the user account’s primary or alternate phone number. Account discovery (T1087).

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

What if the recipient is in a hurry and under a lot of stress – will they be aware of how sophisticated and authentic-looking a well-crafted whaling attack can be? A well-crafted spear phishing attack can be extremely difficult to detect because attackers perform detailed research on their victims to make the email appear authentic.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2022

The CA will issue challenges (DNS or HTTPS) requiring the agent to take an action that demonstrates control over said domain(s). Use of this protocol should radically simplify the deployment of HTTPS and the practicality of PKIX-based authentication for other protocols based on TLS.”. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. with no internet. RAM Scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The FaceTime bug definitely proves that your phone can be used as a remote listening device "without any authentication" — Marcus J. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 17, 2016. " — Paul Asadoorian (@securityweekly) June 7, 2016. Carey (@marcusjcarey) January 29, 2019.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Trickbot (aka TrickLoader or Trickster), is a successor of the Dyre banking Trojan that was active from 2014 to 2016 and performed man-in-the-browser attacks in order to steal banking credentials. Trickbot was first discovered in October 2016. It retrieves the DNS names of all the directory trees in the local computer’s forest.

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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. 2011 — RSA SAFETY — Sophisticated hackers steal information about RSA’s SecurID authentication tokens, used by millions of people, including government and bank employees.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

campaigns from around 2016. Enabling two-factor authentication is perhaps the most important step toward resisting such tactics (attackers have intercepted SMS codes, so use other methods, if possible). More broadly: Enable two-factor authentication everywhere. Lock down domain registrar and DNS settings. government.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

He identified several points in the cycle of infection where Trinity Cyber would be able to detect the intruder: the HTTP command and control service hiding in intrusion telemetry, the Cobolt Strike communications, DNS CNAME patterned traffic, and communications to and from web shells. ” Maryland-based Trinity Cyber was founded in 2016.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

He identified several points in the cycle of infection where Trinity Cyber would be able to detect the intruder: the HTTP command and control service hiding in intrusion telemetry, the Cobolt Strike communications, DNS CNAME patterned traffic, and communications to and from web shells. ” Maryland-based Trinity Cyber was founded in 2016.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

forced the issue of cybersecurity into the political spotlight in 2016. All information used in the audit is available publicly through resources such as Google, campaign websites, DNS lookup, news articles and websites that allow internet users to check if their personal data has been compromised by data breaches.

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