Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

DNS attacks can lead to data breaches, phishing, and service disruptions. Learn about common types of DNS attacks and how to protect your domain from cyber threats. The post Types of DNS Attacks: How They Work & How to Stay Protected appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Attackers use phishing, pretexting, and baiting to gain access or information. Defenders use this knowledge to create security awareness training programs and conduct phishing simulations. Social Engineering Tactics: These tactics exploit human psychology to manipulate individuals.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

May 13, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Criminal IP, a renowned Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine developed by AI SPERA, has recently signed a technology partnership to exchange threat intelligence data based on domains and potentially on the IP address to protect users by blocking threats to end users.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. The latest OpenText Threat Report provides insight into these changes, offering vital insights that help us prepare and protect ourselves against emerging threats.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Thankfully, nearly all malware depends on DNS at some point in their kill chain, making the protocol a critical vector for shutting down these threats. Some of the common forms these DNS-based attacks can take include: DNS spoofing: A malicious actor alters DNS records to redirect traffic to a fake website or server.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2024

Popular services include receiving actionable intelligence on threats targeting their systems and leveraging the NSA's leading malware reverse-engineering skills to remove cyber threats after breaches. Companies with active DoD contracts are encouraged to learn more about the CCC and enroll in NSA's DIB Cybersecurity services.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

The financial sector is a prime target for cyber attacks. Financial organizations and their customers and clients feel the fallout of major ransomware and phishing campaigns more than ever, and there’s often more at stake. With the number of cyber threats on the rise, no sector is truly safe from serious fallout.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a reactive game: We respond to cyber threats as they arise, analyze the incidents, add pertinent information to “deny lists”, and update stakeholders on “what happened.” That's where technologies like protective DNS come in. It may sound difficult, but change always sounds hard at first.

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Webroot

MAY 25, 2021

Yet, faced with modern cyber threats, that seems like a pretty impossible goal, particularly as many attacks are designed to operate under the radar, evading detection for weeks or months at a time. Phishing and business email compromise are still top security concerns , but they’re surprisingly preventable at the end user level.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Meanwhile, the global rise in sophisticated ransomware threats and geo-political tensions are escalating cyber threats. Of these SMBs, 31% conduct security awareness trainings only once a year; 10% only if an employee fails a phishing test. The looming recession and inflation have created financial uncertainty.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Maltego works by using "transforms" to extract data from a range of online sources such as DNS records, whois databases, social media, and web pages. The tool is particularly useful when identifying potential targets or email addresses for phishing campaigns. Why Use Maltego? Why Use theHarvester?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Executive summary Credential harvesting is a technique that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to legitimate credentials using a variety of strategies, tactics, and techniques such as phishing and DNS poisoning. According to recent research , phishing assaults targeted credential harvesting in 71.5% of cases in 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2024

HYAS Protect protective DNS includes a user-friendly interface and four core deployment methods. Organizations of any size can monitor traffic with HYAS Protect’s cloud-based DNS resolver. DNS data from HYAS Protect allows organizations to identify their riskiest users and prioritize proactive security measures.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

Sometimes, cyber threats are closer to home, making them all the more surprising (and frustrating) for many organizations. They’re called insider threats, and you need to pay special attention to ensure you – and your data – don’t fall victim. Yet, cybercrime doesn’t always look like a scene from a Hollywood movie.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Implementing a Domain Name Service (DNS) security solution is the most efficient way to protect your business against a wide variety of attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. A good email gateway will contain most of the following features: Identify and filter spam, viruses, phishing and malware from URLs or attachments. Key Features of Secure Email Gateways.

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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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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One major managed service provider (MSP) which we’ll call “MSP Global” offers security operations center as-a-Service (SOCaaS) and cyber threat hunting, detection, and response for clients in more than 150 countries and territories. Q: What drove MSP Global to consider HYAS as a threat intelligence and incident response solution?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

Upon detection, Group-IB’s Digital Risk Protection reached out UNICC’s Common Secure team as a trusted contact for cyber threat intelligence matters within the UN ecosystem, to assure that proper contacts within WHO were aware of the scam. In the worst-case scenarios, users would end up on a malicious or a phishing website.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 13, 2024

While getting into “a land war in Asia” and “going in with a Sicilian when death is on the line” are classic blunders according to cult movie lore, there are classic blunders in cybersecurity we strive to avoid being victimized by - getting phished and falling prey to ransomware or business email compromise are a few that probably top the list.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2024

Weekly Threat Intelligence Report Date: May 20, 2024 Prepared by: David Brunsdon, Threat Intelligence - Security Engineer, HYAS Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis This week in the HYAS Insight threat intelligence platform, we found a concerning open directory hosting multiple pieces of malware. Malware Analysis 1.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recent research by Positive Technologies looked at the cyber threat landscape during Q2 2021 and found that ransomware attacks reached “stratospheric” levels, accounting for 69% of all malware attacks, a huge jump from 39% in Q2 2020. Detection to stop sophisticated cyber threats. DNS filtering.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2024

The internet is a vast landscape filled with potential threats, from phishing sites to malware. This helps safeguard your company’s sensitive information and defends against data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other disruptive cyber incidents. Why is content filtering so essential?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

Many people still don’t realize the dangers of phishing, malware, ransomware, unpatched software, and weak passwords. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ? Some of the most important security layers include the network (IP and ICMP), the application (e.g.,

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2023

We founded HYAS with a mission to tackle cyber threats differently — to use our expertise in adversary infrastructure to discover threats before they become attacks. You can deploy HYAS Protect as a cloud-based protective DNS security solution or through API integration with existing cybersecurity services.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2025

The domain name system (DNS) is an essential component of the internet, allowing users to access websites using human-readable domain names instead of complex IP addresses. RDAP enables cybersecurity professionals to access structured and authenticated registration data, aiding in threat intelligence and incident response.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

. ” The report’s findings are gathered using CSC’s newly launched DomainSec SM platform , which makes the connections between newly registered, dropped, and existing domain names, online brands, and fraud (phishing). At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Urelas malware infiltrates systems through phishing emails containing malicious attachments or links and deploys a range of tactics, including taking screenshots of users’ screens and monitoring their keystrokes. It infiltrates systems through phishing attacks or malicious downloads. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis?

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thus, an antivirus is the most important security tool that everyone must have to protect themselves from viruses, malware, trojans, and similar cyber threats. Ad blockers, as the name suggests, block advertisements and protects you from phishing scams. Ad Blockers.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Rogue Assets: This malicious infrastructure is created by threat actors to launch cyberattacks against a company. They include malware, phishing sites, and typo squatted domains. Falcon Surface also provides full visibility into internet risks affecting businesses and prioritizes threats based on expert insights and business needs.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

trading cyber threats – and one disputed NBC News report that outlined possible options presented to U.S. Williams urged viewers to focus on the basics, like phishing , passwords and patching /updating, as those are still the entry point of many attacks. Despite Russia and the U.S. Leverage CTI feeds if you have them.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2022

Verizon), DNS resolvers (e.g. These private sector businesses include shopping centers, hospitals, banks, farms, factories, oil and gas, and mass transit, but also big IT services like internet providers (e.g. Cloudflare), authentication platforms (e.g. Okta), and cloud hosting providers (e.g.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2025

CISA adds Apache Tomcat flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Apple backported fixes for three actively exploited flaws to older devices Spike in Palo Alto Networks scanner activity suggests imminent cyber threats Microsoft warns of critical flaw in Canon printer drivers CrushFTP CVE-2025-2825 flaw actively exploited in the wild Frances (..)

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 21, 2025

It is essential at the beginning of any cybersecurity strategy, particularly given the increase in cyber threats. This testing helps identify risks like unpatched software, misconfigured DNS, and vulnerable web applications, all possible entry points for external threats.

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