Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines the architecture of the platform firmware used for booting the computer hardware and its interface for interaction with the operating system. ” states CERT/CC. . ” states CERT/CC.

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Firmware DNS Advertising Architecture 129

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The campaign was uncovered by CrowdStrike by investigating a series of security incidents in multiple countries, the security firm added that the threat actors show an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

Telecommunications 135

Telecommunications Mobile Hacking Architecture 135

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

The script downloaded several next stage payloads for several *nix architectures from the open directory named “Simps” in the same C2 URL from where the shell script was downloaded (see Figure 1). The shell script (hash : c2d5e54544742b7a1b04cf45047859a10bb90c6945d340120872f575aa866e6d ), ‘ur0a.sh’ was downloaded from the C2 URL 23.95.80[.]200.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The Momentum bot targets various Linux platforms running upon multiple CPU architectures, including ARM, MIPS, Intel, and Motorola 68020. ” Momentum supports 36 different methods for DDoS attacks, including multiple reflection and amplifications attack methods that target MEMCACHE , LDAP , DNS and Valve Source Engine.

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Malware DDOS Advertising DNS 98

Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

25+ Years of Black Hat (and some DNS stats), by Alejo Calaoagan. Cisco is a Premium Partner of the Black Hat NOC , and is the Official Wired & Wireless Network Equipment, Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider of Black Hat. Umbrella DNS into NetWitness SIEM and Palo Alto Firewall .

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DNS Wireless Malware Firewall 103

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Germany-based independent security evaluators AV-TEST found that HYAS Protect Protective DNS is the most effective operational resiliency solution on the market today to drive business continuity and continued operations. While businesses’ entire security stacks do matter, it’s impossible to stop all nefarious activity beforehand.

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DNS Architecture Marketing Cyber threats 69

Cisco Security

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Integrating Security. As the needs of Black Hat evolved, so did the Cisco Secure Technologies in the NOC: Cisco SecureX : Extended Detection and Response actions / Automations. Cisco Umbrella : DNS visibility and security. These are static “pins” that will sit on the map to indicate where the DNS query originated from.

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DNS Malware Accountability Wireless 102

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

CISA is ISACA’s (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) high-level certification designed for those who audit, control, monitor, and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems. These individuals will be the elite of information security and the top practitioners in the field.

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Cybersecurity Penetration Testing System Administration Cyber Attacks 122

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

The malicious code performs a DNS request every 24 hours to resolve a subdomain (hardcoded string unique for each victim). “The executable code of BellaCiao compares a resolved IP address returned by a DNS server under the control of a threat actor with an IP address that has been hardcoded into the program.

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Malware DNS Media Architecture 98

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Director of Information Security, State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology; and Toby Zimmerer, Sr. Protecting the key, both at rest and in use, is part of a larger security strategy in how to implement cryptography into any application. Demand and Delivery Director, Optiv.

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Encryption Technology Risk Architecture 109

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Encryption DNS Architecture Firewall 111

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The PortReuse backdoor has a modular architecture, experts discovered that its components are separate processes that communicate through named pipes. Experts detected multiple PortReuse variants with a different NetAgent but using the same SK3.

Manufacturing 107

Manufacturing Mobile Malware Software 107

SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Companies transitioning to the cloud have to think of cybersecurity as more than firewalls, access controls and incident response, and define goals of security that go beyond confidentiality, integrity and availability, said Randy Vickers, chief information security officer for the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Cloud Migration CISO Firewall Risk 87

Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Effectively protecting complex networks against sophisticated phishing attacks involves a comprehensive security stack including multi-factor authentication (MFA) , single sign-on (SSO) , and domain name system (DNS) security. We didn’t have a reliable security capability or any sort of architecture for our security offering.”

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Phishing DNS Authentication Risk 59

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Huge arrays of unstructured data utilized and modified by many users as well as the ever-growing complexity of attacks, lead to the fact that the usual means of protecting the perimeter of a corporate network no longer meet current information security requirements. What is Data-Centric Audit and Protection?

Technology 97

Technology Unstructured Data Data breaches Information Security 97

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

For this reason, we decided to dig into this piece of malware and figure out its inner secrets, uncovering a modular architecture with advanced offensive capabilities, such as the presence of functionalities able to deal with multi-factor authentication (MFA). The “Dns” Plugin. The DnsPlugin handles the machine’s DNS configuration.

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Malware DNS Architecture Advertising 92

SC Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Design core cloud security patterns that comply with the policy and standards. Design core cloud security to detect violations of fundamental security design principles. Implement reference architectures based on the security patterns. Raj Badhwar, chief information security officer, Voya Financial.

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Penetration Testing Technology DNS CISO 78

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. Disrupting their work affects the Internet, which is why registrars are targeted by state-sponsored threat actors. The development of 5G networks will create new threats to this industry.

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Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 122

SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

Security pros have a lot on their plate dealing with all the breaches and vulnerabilities thrown at them every day. And with more people working remotely during the pandemic, there’s been a push to the cloud, which has forced them to rethink their basic networking and security architectures. The post Ready to move to the cloud?

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Firewall Cloud Migration Architecture Information Security 57

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The PortReuse backdoor has a modular architecture, experts discovered that its components are separate processes that communicate through named pipes. Experts detected multiple PortReuse variants with a different NetAgent but using the same SK3.

Malware 71

Malware Passwords Advertising DNS 71

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. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).

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Wireless DNS Mobile Technology 97

Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

Malware Threat Intelligence made easy and available, with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics and SecureX by Ben Greenbaum . In addition to the Meraki networking gear, Cisco Secure also shipped two Umbrella DNS virtual appliances to Black Hat Asia, for internal network visibility with redundancy, in addition to providing: .

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Malware Accountability Technology DNS 106

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? They won with Mayhem, an assisted intelligence application security testing solution. This is another chunk.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Artificial Intelligence Computers and Electronics Software 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? They won with Mayhem, an assisted intelligence application security testing solution. This is another chunk.

InfoSec 40

InfoSec Artificial Intelligence Computers and Electronics Software 40

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? They won with Mayhem, an assisted intelligence application security testing solution. This is another chunk.

InfoSec 40

InfoSec Artificial Intelligence Computers and Electronics Software 40