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China-Linked 'Muddling Meerkat' Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

The Hacker News

A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and conduct reconnaissance of networks across the world since October 2019.

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Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

Krebs on Security

Cyber threat analysts at Silent Push said they recently received reports from a partner organization that identified an aggressive scanning effort against their website using an Internet address previously associated with a campaign by FIN7 , a notorious Russia-based hacking group. Araneida Scanner.

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CISA Warns of Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Popular BIND 9 DNS Software

The Hacker News

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released patches to address multiple security vulnerabilities in the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 9 Domain Name System (DNS) software suite that could be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. "A

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, October 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

. “Despite its relatively low score in comparison to other vulnerabilities patched today, this one should be at the top of everyone’s list to quickly patch,” said Kevin Breen , director of cyber threat research at Immersive Labs. The lack of Exchange patches leaves a lot of Microsoft customers exposed.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

.” “These could be the kind of vulnerabilities which appeal to ransomware operators as they provide the potential to expose critical data,” said Kevin Breen , director of cyber threat research at Immersive Labs.

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DNS Protection: A Must-Have Defense Against Cyber Attacks

Heimadal Security

Picture this scenario: you’re browsing the internet, going about your business, when suddenly a malicious website pops up out of nowhere. You scramble to find a solution to protect yourself and your company from these cyber threats.

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What Is DNS Spoofing and How Is It Prevented?

Security Boulevard

What Is DNS Spoofing and How Is It Prevented? What Is the DNS and DNS Server? . To fully understand DNS spoofing, it’s important to understand DNS and DNS servers. The DNS “domain name system” is then what translates the domain name into the right IP address. What Is DNS Spoofing? .

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