SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

29, 2020, in Houston. Between the DNS attacks and ongoing ransomware scourge, it’s beyond time for providers to seek more creative responses to cyber challenges even with limited budgets, in combination with participation in threat-sharing programs and while relying on free or low-cost resources. Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images).

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Software Antivirus Technology 112

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. DDoS attacks on single networks or websites render them unavailable, but DDoS attacks on DNS resolvers bring down all networks and websites using that DNS resource.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 123

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

While investigating attacks on the defense industry in mid-2020, we were able to observe the complete life-cycle of an attack, uncovering more technical details and links to the group’s other campaigns. We saw a fall in numbers in 2020, the drop-off coinciding with the worldwide lockdowns that came in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malware 139

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 139

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In their 2021 Internet Crime Report , the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said that Non-Payment / Non-Delivery scams such as these led to more than $337 million in losses, up from $265 million in 2020. According to Cisco Umbrella , many of the sites asking for credit card details are known phishing sites, or worse, host malware.

Scams 145

Scams Phishing Malware Internet 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

2020 started for Marriott with an attack on their records by stealing the credentials of two of their staff members. These accounts, compromised in July 2020, included both private and corporate users. The attackers used the stolen credentials to access the third-party app used by the company to manage records of their guests.

Accountability 144

Accountability Scams Risk Software 144

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Researchers from threat intelligence firm RiskIQ, using passive DNS data related to Knotweed attacks, linked the C2 infrastructure used by the malware since February 2020 to DSIRF. Confirm that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is updated to security intelligence update 1.371.503.0 or later to detect the related indicators.

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Surveillance Malware Authentication Accountability 100

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. of cases in 2020. Running an antivirus scan on the asset. Blocking the URL domain and IP.

Phishing 85

Phishing Authentication Cyber threats DNS 85

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. With over 600,000 devices, this botnet exposed just how vulnerable IoT devices could be and led to the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. with no internet.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recent research by Positive Technologies looked at the cyber threat landscape during Q2 2021 and found that ransomware attacks reached “stratospheric” levels, accounting for 69% of all malware attacks, a huge jump from 39% in Q2 2020. DNS filtering. Integrated one-on-one Spyware HelpDesk support.

Ransomware 111

Ransomware VPN Backups Malware 111

SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In 2020, we discovered a whole new distribution method for the WinDealer malware that leverages the automatic update mechanism of select legitimate applications. Full control over the DNS, meaning they can provide responses for non-existent domains. And yet, the most extraordinary aspect of WinDealer lies elsewhere. 111.120.0.0/14

Malware 137

Malware Encryption Social Engineering Telecommunications 137

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The version of Free Download Manager installed by the infected package was released on January 24, 2020. They mention the dates 20200126 (January 26, 2020) and 20200127 (January 27, 2020). Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org org domain.

Malware 138

Malware Ransomware Encryption Energy and Utilities 138

SecureList

NOVEMBER 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.

Malware 134

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 134

Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to the independent institute AV-TEST , the number of total new malware in 2020 increased by 13% compared to the last year, and malware for macOS by 1200% for the same period. Thus, an antivirus is the most important security tool that everyone must have to protect themselves from viruses, malware, trojans, and similar cyber threats.

Identity Theft 40

Identity Theft Backups VPN Antivirus 40

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Pricing & Delivery Pricing for Versa’s SASE product was originally called Versa Secure Access and announced in 2020 to start at $7.50 IT teams can still apply policies, receive reports, and view analytics using the Versa Titan Portal. per user per month without limitation for the number of devices.

Firewall 98

Firewall Software Internet Internet 98

SecureList

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Several publicly available data sets, such as the one from John Bambenek, include DNS requests encoding the victim names. When the malicious code was first added, in February 2020, the file didn’t change size in a significant manner. How many victims have been identified? What is Teardrop?

Malware 80

Malware Telecommunications DNS Government 80

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As of August 30, 2021, many malware samples still have zero antivirus (AV) detections and others have low detection rates. TeamTNT has been one of the most active threat groups since mid 2020. Exfil Domain in DNS Query. Background. Their activity typically uses open source tools for malicious activity. Appendix B.

Cryptocurrency 84

Cryptocurrency Malware Passwords Authentication 84

Fox IT

JUNE 2, 2020

Publicly discovered in late April 2020, the Team9 malware family (also known as ‘Bazar [ 1 ]’) appears to be a new malware being developed by the group behind Trickbot. For example: 332330332330330335331338 (ASCII format, host date: 2020-05-18). Antivirus name and installed applications. Identified DNS IPs. Introduction.

Malware 48

Malware DNS Backups Architecture 48

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

— Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. link] pic.twitter.com/cVIyB44o6q — Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 22, 2020. Ingenious!

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. As it turned out, it was active for a very short time around September 2020 on a host that appears to have been impersonating the popular Mail.ru The activities peaked in November 2020, but are still ongoing.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The first page of Alfa Bank’s 2020 complaint. The data at issue refers to communications traversing the Domain Name System (DNS), a global database that maps computer-friendly coordinates like Internet addresses (e.g., DNS lookups from Alfa Bank constituted the majority of those requests. trump-email.com).

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Banking DNS Internet Internet 363