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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

For the second month in a row, Microsoft has patched scary flaws in the DNS servers on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker’s choice. “There is the outside chance this could be wormable between DNS servers,” warned Trend Micro’s Dustin Childs.

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Patch Tuesday, Good Riddance 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

Additionally, Microsoft released an advisory on how to minimize the risk from a DNS spoofing weakness in Windows Server 2008 through 2019. These vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Excel 2013 through 2019, Microsoft 365 32 and 64 bit versions, Microsoft Office 2019 32 and 64 bit versions, and Microsoft Excel for Mac 2019.”

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NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks

Security Affairs

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a security advisory to warn organizations of DNS hijacking attacks and provided recommendations this type of attack. In response to the numerous DNS hijacking attacks the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to warn organizations of this type of attack.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

A key concern for enterprises is another critical bug in the DNS server on Windows Server 2008 through 2019 versions that could be used to remotely install software of the attacker’s choice. A reliable backup means you’re less likely to pull your hair out when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system.

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A Cryptomining botnet abuses Bitcoin blockchain transactions as C2 backup mechanism

Security Affairs

Crooks are exploiting BTC blockchain transactions to hide backup command-and-control (C2) server addresses for a cryptomining botnet. Security experts from Akamai have spotted a new botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities that are abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to implement a backup mechanism for C2.

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Flaws in the BlueStacks Android emulator allows remote code execution and more

Security Affairs

Other issues included information disclosure and a flaw that allowed attackers to steal backups of the VM and its data. In April, the researcher Nick Cano discovered that BlueStacks versions prior than v4.90.0.1046 are affected by a DNS rebinding vulnerability that allowed attackers to gain access to the emulator’s IPC functions.

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Operation Triangulation: iOS devices targeted with previously unknown malware

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Since it is impossible to inspect modern iOS devices from the inside, we created offline backups of the devices in question, inspected them using the Mobile Verification Toolkit’s mvt-ios and discovered traces of compromise. The oldest traces of infection that we discovered happened in 2019.

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