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

Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack. Combine antivirus tools with DNS protection, endpoint monitoring, and user training for comprehensive protection.

Antivirus 122

Antivirus Education Cyber threats Phishing 122

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. Another clue that helped us was the use of DNS tunneling by Winnti which we discovered traces of in memory. The hardcoded 208.67.222.222 resolves to a legitimate OpenDNS DNS server.

Malware 144

Malware DNS Accountability Manufacturing 144

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. 54% on-prem infrastructure.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 123

Malwarebytes

JULY 26, 2022

Let’s start a ping to Google’s DNS server. One of the things that it’s going to do in this process is look for those backup versions of the files we created and restore those to the end user. Let’s restart it now so that we can see it carry out the backup! Looking for more demos of Malwarebytes EDR?

Encryption 84

Encryption Ransomware Backups Firewall 84

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites. Additional protection may be deployed using browser security, DNS security, or secure browsers to protect endpoints from malicious websites.

Firewall 111

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 111

Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Their complexity makes ensuring good cyber security challenging for some manufacturers. Cloud platform : many CCTV vendors offer storage on cloud platforms as a form of backup. This botnet was used to take various social networks offline via DDoS attack against their DNS provider.

Firmware 52

Firmware Mobile Marketing DNS 52