Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2024

Unique features include multiple DNS resolution methods, prioritizing DNS over HTTPS ( DoH ) for command and control (C2) resolution, and using the uncommon Smux library for C2 communication, encrypted via XOR The analysis revealed that Zergeca’s C2 IP address, 84[.]54.51.82, ” concludes.

DDOS 137

DDOS DNS Encryption Malware 137

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

SD-WAN integration with the SASE controller for Meraki, Catalyst, and others Cisco Umbrella SIG unifies firewall, SWG, DNS-layer security, CASB, and threat intelligence functions into a single and well-tested cloud service. Subscribe The post Cisco+ Secure Connect SASE Review & Features 2023 appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

Firewall 98

Firewall DNS Architecture Technology 98

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

At a high level, DKIM enables an organization to provide encryption hash values for key parts of an email. Using public-private encryption key pairs, receiving email servers can compare the received email hash value against the received hash value to validate if any alterations took place in transit.

Technology 103

Technology DNS Encryption Authentication 103

Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. We appreciate alphaMountain.ai , Pulsedive and Recorded Future donating full licenses to the Black Hat USA 2023 NOC.

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Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 96

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages.

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Phishing Cryptocurrency DDOS Internet 275

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cisco provided automated malware analysis, threat intelligence, DNS visibility and Intrusion Detection; brought together with SecureX. The findings report addresses several security topics, including: Encrypted vs. Unencrypted network traffic. Domain Name Server (DNS). Firepower Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE).

Wireless 98

Wireless DNS Education Encryption 98

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

IT threat evolution in Q2 2023 IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. We had observed few victims compromised using Gopuram, but the number of infections increased in March 2023 — a spike that was directly related to the 3CX supply chain attack.

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Malware Spyware Government Cryptocurrency 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Subscribe The post Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023 appeared first on eSecurity Planet. The platform, previously called Versa Secure Access or Versa Secure Access Fabric, connects to both cloud and local resources with ease. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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Firewall Software Internet Internet 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

For secure communication, operators employ DNS/ICMP tunneling, WSS, and QUIC protocols. The backdoor serializes, encrypts, archives, and sends the collected data to a designated server that stores compromised data. The communication between GoRed and its C2 server relies on the RPC protocol.

Cybercrime 117

Cybercrime Telecommunications DNS Technology 117

Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

Image: Joerussori.com That other website is a domain registered in January 2023 called thedomainsvault[.]com However, searching passive DNS records at DomainTools.com for thedomainsvault[.]com A deceptive snail mail solicitation from DomainNetwork’s previous iteration — US Domain Authority. Thedomainsvault[.]com

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Scams Business Services Accountability Marketing 292

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2023

A financially motivated actor linked to the FIN8 group exploits the CVE-2023-3519 RCE in attacks on Citrix NetScaler systems in massive attacks. The hackers are exploiting the remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2023-3519 , in a large-scale campaign. The flaw CVE-2023-3519 (CVSS score: 9.8) ” continues the report.

VPN 124

VPN Ransomware DNS Malware 124

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

DNS 98

DNS Data breaches Hacking Backups 98

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning of cyber attacks against Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway devices exploiting recently discovered zero-day CVE-2023-3519. “Exploits of CVE-2023-3519 on unmitigated appliances have been observed.

VPN 98

VPN Cyber Attacks DNS Software 98

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 122

SecureList

JUNE 1, 2023

As of the time of writing in June 2023, the attack is ongoing, and the most recent version of the devices successfully targeted is iOS 15.7. Optional: decrypt the backup If the owner of the device has set up encryption for the backup previously, the backup copy will be encrypted. net backuprabbit[.]com com businessvideonews[.]com

Malware 145

Malware Backups Mobile DNS 145

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. However, as of September 2023, the number had dropped to 60,000 since the last update in April 2023.

Malware 144

Malware DNS Encryption Ransomware 144

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

GuardDuty collects data from a variety of sources, including AWS CloudTrail logs, VPC Flow Logs, DNS Logs, Amazon S3 Logs, Amazon EC2 Logs, and AWS Config. To protect data from unwanted access, exfiltration, or data leakage, a good CWP platform should include features such as encryption, data loss prevention (DLP), and access controls.

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Threat Detection Software Data breaches Malware 98

SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

It is known to use the technique of querying DNS servers to obtain the base64-encoded URL in order to receive the next stage of another malware family currently distributed by Satacom. The encrypted data is stored inside the malicious payload. To do so, it performs a DNS request to don-dns[.]com com don-dns[.]com

Cryptocurrency 113

Cryptocurrency DNS Malware Encryption 113

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The attacks began in late 2023, coinciding with other industrial system breaches, and continued into mid-2024. It employs DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to evade network monitoring tools and encrypts configurations with AES-256-CBC. -made Gasboy fuel management systems in Israel and the United States.

IoT 106

IoT Malware DNS Antivirus 106

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

CISA: hackers breached a state government organization Russia-linked Turla APT uses new TinyTurla-NG backdoor to spy on Polish NGOs US Gov dismantled the Moobot botnet controlled by Russia-linked APT28 A cyberattack halted operations at Varta production plants North Korea-linked actors breached the emails of a Presidential Office member Nation-state (..)

Cybercrime 130

Cybercrime Ransomware Malware Data breaches 130

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

In December 2023, the US charged two Russians believed to be members of this group, for their role in a campaign that hacked government accounts. These lure documents, which are harmless PDF files, are sent to the target, but when they open them the content appears to be encrypted.

Social Engineering 109

Social Engineering Government Media DNS 109

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Data breaches Malware Mobile Spyware 98

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

“Symantec researchers observed it being used in some activity in 2020 and 2021, as well as this more recent campaign, which continued into the first quarter of 2023. .” reads the analysis published by Symantec. ” The threat actors have also employed an updated version of the ZXShell rootkit.

Encryption 98

Encryption DNS Phishing Malware 98

Security Boulevard

JULY 22, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview Revisiting Waterfox in 2023 Waterfox is independent A refreshed download/install experience Waterfox appears to still uphold its no telemetry claim Update conclusion What is Waterfox? Lencr.org is owned by Let's Encrypt, which provides free TLS certificates for websites (so you connect via HTTPS instead of HTTP ).

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Data collection Engineering Encryption DNS 52

SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

In late December, in a presentation at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3), experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) described the attack chain in detail , including – for the first time – how the attackers exploited the CVE-2023-38606 hardware vulnerability. You can read the full analysis here.

Banking 116

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 116

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Just to illustrate the scope of the issue, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team spotted more than 800 malvertising campaigns in only the first six months of 2023, noting that the number of attacks that flew under researchers' radar was likely much higher.

Cybercrime 107

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 107

Fox IT

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

2023 initially did not bring new developments for Blister. In summary, 2023 brought new developments for Blister, with added obfuscations to the first stage and a new type of payload. Looking back at Blister In early 2023, we observed a SocGholish infection at our security operations center (SOC).

Computers and Electronics 92

Computers and Electronics Encryption DNS Ransomware 92

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

It can be time consuming to establish these protocols on an organization’s DNS servers, but doing so will provide two key benefits. Email security tools offer features that screen emails for malicious content using antivirus, anti-spam, DNS, attachment, and other analytics.

Firewall 80

Firewall DNS Authentication Malware 80

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 26, 2023

Like many other ransomware gangs, Vice Society is known to steal information from victims' networks before encryption for the purposes of double extortion—threatening to publish the data on the dark web unless you pay up the ransom they demand. That’s more than any other RaaS gang so far this year. The Vice Society leak site 3.

Education 96

Education Ransomware Phishing DNS 96

SecureList

APRIL 22, 2024

A connection like this created on domain controllers allows attackers to obtain the IP addresses of hosts on the internal network through DNS queries. 54112" Krong is a proxy that encrypts the data transmitted through it using the XOR function. It protects data with the current user’s password and a special encryption master key.

VPN 142

VPN Passwords Encryption Malware 142

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Encryption will regularly be used to protect the data from interception. In the broadest sense, defense in depth uses: Data security : protects data at rest and in transit such as encryption, database security, message security, etc. DNS security (IP address redirection, etc.),

Network Security 98

Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

SecureList

MAY 23, 2023

We are going to describe the latest version, which was observed in January 2023 (8C1070F188AE87FBA1148A3D791F2523). Code snippet used to generate the BOT_ID The resulting BOT_ID is used also to initialize the DES key and IV, which are then used to encrypt communication with the C2. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 6.1;

Malware 144

Malware Encryption Government Technology 144

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Enter Mystic Stealer, a fresh stealer lurking in the cyber sphere, noted for its data theft capabilities, obfuscation, and an encrypted binary protocol to enable it to stay under the radar and evade defenses. Example Mystic Stealer constant obfuscation technique Encrypted binary custom protocol. Polymorphic string obfuscation.

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The following map shows the countries where we detected Tomiris targets (colored in green: Afghanistan and CIS members or ratifiers).

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Malware DNS Government Software 135

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

While registration has closed for 2022, it’s likely to be offered again in 2023. Key skills acquired include managing and encrypting a zero-trust environment, deploying VPNs and SSL/SSH encryption, analyzing firewall logs and configuring security controls, and mitigating vulnerabilities using packet capture and analysis.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Penetration Testing System Administration Cyber Attacks 121

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools 12 Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2023 10 Best Open-Source Vulnerability Scanners for 2023 Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Testing: An Important Difference The post Best Enterprise Vulnerability Scanning Vendors appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

Penetration Testing 98

Penetration Testing IoT Engineering Risk 98

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

The configuration was encrypted, and looked like this: Config file forms the end of ntuser.dat That configuration was encrypted using AES. Attackers made a great and long surveillance of this victim, which extended until Jan 2023. The IV is the first 16 bytes of the config. The key can be recovered from the fourth MZ.

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Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 82