Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

Top of the heap this month in terms of outright scariness is CVE-2020-1350 , which concerns a remotely exploitable bug in more or less all versions of Windows Server that attackers could use to install malicious software simply by sending a specially crafted DNS request.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

The Domain Name System (DNS) is often referred to as the phone book of the internet. DNS translates web addresses, which people use, into IP addresses, which machines use. But DNS was not designed with security in mind. This has only worsened with the adoption of encrypted DNS, known as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

For even more tips from Webroot IT security experts Tyler Moffitt, Kelvin Murray, Grayson Milbourne, George Anderson and Jonathan Barnett, download the complete e-book on hacker personas. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Change your DNS to 1.1.1.2, Next, you can consider changing your DNS settings on all your devices to use those by Cloudflare. Being a member gets you access to the newsletter every week instead of just twice a month, access to the UL Slack Channel, the UL Book Club, the UL Archives, and access to future member-only content.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

And, going forward, hackers could take advantage of excited travellers waiting to book their next holiday once the travel ban is lifted, deploying fake travel websites, for example. This includes a layered combination of DNS networking, secure endpoint connections, and an educated and empowered human workforce.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses. Hackers can manipulate DNS settings to redirect your internet traffic to malicious websites, even if you entered the correct web address.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

DNS encryption. DNS encryption plugs a gap that makes it easy to track the websites you visit. The domain name system (DNS) is a distributed address book that lists domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. You still have to trust the resolver you send your requests to, but the eavesdroppers are out in the cold.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Another interesting issue addressed by Microsoft with Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates is a Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-24078. “This patch fixes a bug in the Windows DNS Server that could allow remote code execution on affected systems.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz ru , which for many years was a place to download pirated e-books. The registration records for the website Cryptor[.]biz guru , or by sending a Jabber instant message to the address “ masscrypt@exploit.im.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Flight booking platform Option Way exposes customer and internal data. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Cisco addresses CVE-2019-12643 critical flaw in virtual Service Container for IOS XE. Malspam campaign bypasses secure email gateway using Google Docs. JSWorm: The 4th Version of the Infamous Ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2021

The Domain Name System ( DNS ) translates domain names used by people, like blog.malwarebytes.com into the IP addresses used by computers, like 130.211.198.3. The DNS system is often compared to a phone book where you can look up a person’s name to find their phone number. For that we can use either 0.0.0.0 IPv4 octets.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 23, 2023

Dangling domains are DNS records that point to a domain or subdomain that no longer exists or is not configured properly. It occurs when a domain or subdomain has been deleted, but the DNS record that resolves the domain or subdomain still exists in the DNS server.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

Passive DNS: The Context of IP Addresses When threat actors target financial institutions using ransomware, they deploy it via multiple IP addresses. (If Passive DNS — automatic, continuous monitoring of potential threats — is (and should be) a feature of complete DNS protection solutions. Download the use cases 1.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Alleged Iran-linked APT groups behind global DNS Hijacking campaign. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Distributed in a ZIP container (a copy is available here ) the interface is quite intuitive: the Microsoft exchange address and its version shall be provided (even if in the code a DNS-domain discovery mode function is available). As already discussed it shares just few code style similarities with Glimpse and WebMask.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2023

Second, every Exchange server contains a copy of the company address book, which provides a lot of information that is useful for social engineering attacks, including organizational structure, titles, contact info, and more. .” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2018

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If your VPN includes all DNS requests and traffic then you could be hiding significantly from your ISP. Being a member gets you access to the newsletter every week instead of just twice a month, access to the UL Slack Channel, the UL Book Club, the UL Archives, and access to future member-only content. This is true.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2018

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I highly recommend reading Zuboff’s New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power as well as viewing Rifkin’s riveting speech, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Further Reading Examining Predator Mercenary Spyware with HYAS Insight Elevate Your Threat Hunting with JARM HYAS Insight Shines a Light on Financial Fraud October 2023 Product Release Notes September 2023 Product Release Notes Book a demo today to find out what HYAS Threat Intelligence and Protective DNS solutions can do for your organization.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

This approach extends far beyond assets with an IP address, however, including everything from certificates to S3 buckets to DNS misconfigurations. Its’ employees have produced numerous books, research, talks and open source tools over the years. Company background. It employs over 250 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Errata Security

AUGUST 31, 2019

People assume I mean "parsing programming languages", like in the Dragon book. Parsing DNS is a good example. In a DNS packet, a name appears many times. This is known as "DNS name compression". Yet, this DNS compression feature is a common source of parser errors. I already see a problem with these tweets.

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2019

Meeting Rooms: Room bookings. Log into your DNS provider and update your DNS to have an MX record at the domain you created. Follow the Add a domain to Office 365 guide to add your Office 365 routing domain and configure DNS. After that, click Set up Google MX records and follow your DNS provider.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

How this PNR data is obtained likely differs per victim, but we observed the usage of several custom DLL files used to continuously retrieve PNR data from memory of systems where such data is typically processed, such as flight booking servers. The DNS-responses weren’t logged. Command and control (TA0011).

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cortex Xpanse collects data from domain registrars, DNS records, and business databases to find and identify all of your internet assets. Cortex protects against remote access security issues, unpatched systems, insecure file sharing, sensitive business apps, IT portals, weak encryption, and exposed IoT devices.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Excited to announce that @codingo_ and I are currently working on “The Bug Hunter’s Methodology” book. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Raymond, from his 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Perhaps even more significant was in 2008 when researcher Dan Kaminsky found a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol, one that could lead to cache poisoning. It’s called Linus’ Law after Linus Torvalds who created the Linux operating system.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Raymond, from his 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Perhaps even more significant was in 2008 when researcher Dan Kaminsky found a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol, one that could lead to cache poisoning. It’s called Linus’ Law after Linus Torvalds who created the Linux operating system.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2022

A dig into the Domain Name Server (DNS) records for Coinbase-x2[.]net In many ways, the crypto giveaway scam is a natural extension of perhaps the oldest cyber fraud in the book: Advanced-fee fraud. Unfortunately, each of these clues lead to a dead end, meaning they were likely picked and used solely for these scam sites.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. DHS issues emergency Directive to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

No, I simply bought Shon Harris’s massive book CISSP- All-in-One Exam Guide -- and read through it -- not one, twice. And if you start reading through those and you start doing CTFs, and you start doing bug bounties, I think that is experience in my book. I could cause the server to do DNS requests. I’m waiting.

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SecureList

JANUARY 28, 2021

From the rise of remote working and the global shift in consumer habits to huge profits booked by internet entertainers, we are witnessing how overwhelmingly important the connected infrastructure has become for the daily functioning of society. What does all this mean for privacy?

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