Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

This article will focus on the widespread and highly persistent malware injector campaign “Balada,” which has reportedly infected over 1 million individual websites by exploiting weaknesses in Elementor Pro, WooCommerce, and several other WordPress plugins. Basic Balada Injector workflow and capabilities against a WordPress CMS.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture. Basic resilience starts with data backups and redundancy for key components such as firewalls, routers, and data servers.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20,551 gambling industry attacks. 54% on-prem infrastructure. 50% cloud targets.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

For this article, we will explore 10 solutions with Active Directory as the primary focus, within three categories: Active Directory Auditing. Active Administrator simplifies group policy management, monitors the health of domain controllers, and enables automated backup and recovery of AD. Active Directory Monitoring and Management.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The PlugX families we observed used DNS [ T1071.001 ] [ T1071.004 ] as the transport channel for C2 traffic, in particular TXT queries. The malware described in the article is attributed to the Winnti malware family. Another clue that helped us was the use of DNS tunneling by Winnti which we discovered traces of in memory.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

This article looks at 15 of the best network monitoring tools and what to consider when evaluating monitoring solutions in 2022. Whether it’s detecting a behavioral abnormality , bandwidth hog, responding to a novel threat , or using historical data to map trends, monitoring tools will remain essential far into the future.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

This article will briefly outline the types of security needed to secure a network. Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites. In the event of device failure, backups can reduce the risk of business disruption by accelerating recovery.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The common methods for analyzing an iOS mobile infection are either to examine an encrypted full iOS backup or to analyze the network traffic of the affected device. However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Backup and Recovery Tools. In this day and age of digital communication where the most common method of recording and storing information is digital, backup and recovery tools are indispensable if you want to protect your digital data. DNS ad blockers are a new breed of ad blockers that use DNS to effectively block ads.

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2019

To make the migration smooth and not lose critical data along the way, you need to take care of the following things: Backup your files Define data that can’t be migrated and what to do with it Determine what policies (i.e. To avoid this scenario, get started with the migration only after you created a backup for your G Suite data!

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. Partnering with SentinelOne , N-able launched its endpoint detection and response (EDR) and password management solutions in 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This article looks at the top SD-WAN vendors for enterprise security and how each is addressing exposure through built-in security functionality or integrated capabilities. Networking specialists like Cisco and HPE’s Aruba are moving deeper into security. Features: Open Systems Secure SD-WAN and SASE. Features: Versa SASE.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This article dives into the lexicon of malware, offering descriptions, protections, and examples of each. As you browse the myriad of malicious software featured in this article, we offer tips for how best to defend against each type. As a term, crimeware encompasses much of the malware types listed in this article. RAM Scraper.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Article by Greg Foss, Senior Cyber Security Strategist, VMware Carbon Black. Or they might move the data out slowly through protocols such as DNS. Wherever there is disruption, cybercriminals see opportunity. By now the attacker has achieved the first part of their goal.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Near the end of this article all the tactics and techniques used by the adversary are listed with links to the MITRE website with more information. Besides using the Cobalt Strike beacon, the adversary also searches for VPN and firewall configs, possibly to function as a backup access into the network. The DNS-responses weren’t logged.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In some cases, DNS amplification was also used. Also in Q4, the Indonesian journalism initiative Project Multatuli got DDoSed after publishing an article criticizing the work of local law enforcement agencies. In addition, Glupteba uses the Bitcoin blockchain to store the addresses of backup C2 servers, making it harder to defeat.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

This article deals specifically with this initial access market. There is access data to 2-3 domains of that network, the total number is 3-4, I don’t know exactly, see the screenshot below for DNS servers! There is access to a network, admin-level access, direct connection to SSH servers, access to backups. more in pm!

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. In the Forbes article I never published, Dan said quote- “The reason that software is so inexpensive, we actually are very good at estimating development time. When was the backup made?

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Recently Evil Corp has changed a number of TTPs related to their operations further described in this article. Of course, these choices will also be heavily influenced by what we may term their ‘business model’ – which also means they should be able to disable or disrupt backup applications and related infrastructure. Windows NT 6.3;

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