Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog examines the escalating phishing landscape, shortcomings of common anti-phishing approaches, and why implementing a Protective DNS service as part of a layered defense provides the most effective solution. This staggering figure represents more than 59 percent of the losses from the top five most costly internet crimes worldwide.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 12, 2025

While it doesnt have quite as many extras as NordVPN, some highlights include its reasonable pricing and features like DNS leak protection and ad blocking. It offers basic VPN functionality along with advanced features like data breach scanning and password manager integrations. 5 Features: 3.6/5 5 Customer support: 3.9/5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

However, searching passive DNS records at DomainTools.com for thedomainsvault[.]com In January 2019, Houzz acknowledged that a data breach exposed account information on an undisclosed number of customers, including user IDs, one-way encrypted passwords, IP addresses, city and ZIP codes, as well as Facebook information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

Ukraine’s cyber operation shut down the ATM services of major Russian banks A bug in Chrome Password Manager caused user credentials to disappear BIND updates fix four high-severity DoS bugs in the DNS software suite Terrorist Activity is Accelerating in Cyberspace – Risk Precursor to Summer Olympics and Elections Progress Software fixed (..)

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination Nope, that isn’t Elon Musk , and he isn’t offering a free Topmist Dust watch either Four in-the-wild exploits, 13 critical patches headline bumper Patch Tuesday Is crypto’s criminal rollercoaster approaching a terminal dip?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. But even as companies race to increase cybersecurity spending and awareness, data breaches have actually become much more (not less) likely. The Target breach was not carried out as a direct attack against Target’s PoS infrastructure.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

With data breaches causing an average loss of $4.2 million, financial services firms are laser-focused on cloud vulnerabilities, attacks against internet-of-things devices and other prevalent threats. . In this industry, financial losses from a data breach can be severe, averaging approximately $4.2 per incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

targeting the DNS, and the remaining 3.7% With threat actors refining their strategies and incorporating DDoS attacks into multi-vector incidents, organizations must contend with not only outages caused by overwhelmed servers but also data breaches, ransomware, and other associated threats. aimed at other objectives.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Now and then, we get to hear news about data breaches and cyber attacks. As such, it does not come as a surprise that people are becoming more and more concerned about their privacy on the Internet – and remaining anonymous is one of the best ways to protect it. A proxy acts as a middleman between you and the Internet.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The findings in the report expose weaknesses in security controls that leave web applications vulnerable to severe cyberattacks, including Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) and data breaches. The misconfiguration stems from a lack of proper validation between backend web applications (origin servers) and the CDN layer.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online. USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack. Writing Your First Bootloader for Better Analyses. Zao app went viral but raised serious privacy concerns.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The experts demonstrated the remote management of the Twinkly lights carrying out the DNS rebinding attack technique. A DNS rebinding attack allows any website to create a DNS name that they are authorized to communicate with, and then make it resolve to localhost. SecurityAffairs – SDUSD , data breach).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. ” PicTrace appears to have been a service that allowed users to glean information about anyone who viewed an image hosted on the platform, such as their Internet address, browser type and version number.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

éveillé from ESET joins The Hacker Mind podcast to talk about the challenges of building his own internet scanner to scan for elusive malware. What if you were dialed the entire Internet? But to find that information back in 2014, he had to scan the Internet, the entire internet and that was a very noisy process.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself. We are all weary of the endless cycle of hacks and data breaches and we’re increasingly blaming businesses that have been compromised rather than the hackers themselves.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

A DDoS attack works by flooding a website, application, server, or network with junk traffic or excess data, exhausting its resources and creating slow-downs or service interruptions for human users. DDoS attacks are often executed using botnets – global networks of Internet-connected, malware-infected devices controlled by hackers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2024

CISA adds Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog German agency BSI sinkholed a botnet of 30,000 devices infected with BadBox U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Bulgarian IT expert arrested after disclosing a flaw in kindergarten software.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack. A new Mac malware combines a backdoor and a crypto-miner. Duke-Cohan sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and DDoS. Expert devised a new WiFi hack that works on WPA/WPA2. Google will shut down consumer version of Google+ earlier due to a bug.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

So similarly, if we were to see from our data that there is a company that has outdated browsers, they have patches that they haven’t released and they have a malware beaconing out onto the internet, that’s an indication of poor cyber hygiene. These scores are updated every day because the internet changes every day.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2024

It monitors and controls access to internet content, emails, and other digital data based on specific rules, much like a vigilant security guard who ensures only authorized individuals gain entry. The internet is a vast landscape filled with potential threats, from phishing sites to malware.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

5 ExpressVPN is a solution for encrypting and protecting your internet connections. DNS leak protection: ExpressVPN has secure DNS servers that your device uses when ExpressVPN is enabled. DNS leak protection: ExpressVPN has secure DNS servers that your device uses when ExpressVPN is enabled. 5 Pricing: 3.3/5

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Both virtual and physical servers, endpoints, and containers can be located in local data centers or remotely in branch offices or hosted in the cloud. some attacks seek to disrupt operations instead.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“ElasticSearch is a very common and widely used data storage and is prone to misconfigurations, which makes it accessible to anyone. This instance left sensitive data open and was already indexed via popular IoT [internet of things] search engines. Why did it happen?

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Will your customers blame their slow internet connection when they have to wait 10 seconds for a page to load on your website? This tool can target vital components of comprehensive DDoS attacks by providing application level, infrastructure and DNS protection, adding multiple security layers to your online business. CDN Deployment.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Year after year, phishing tops the list of the leading causes of data breaches. For many users, navigating the internet is strictly a matter of using Google and keywords to get where they are going. The use of Protective DNS solutions, as recommended by CISA and the NSA , can thwart these phishing attacks.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2022

The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) originally designed the ACME protocol for its own Let’s Encrypt certificate service. On September 15, 2021, the DNS records for acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org The ACME protocol is free and provides a no-hassle way for IT teams to configure and execute their certificate management automation.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

ALG Facilitates the Client-Server Communication When a client initiates a request, application-level gateways facilitate data transmission between the client and the server. It often involves requests for files, web pages, or other internet services. This creates the first connection for accessing server resources.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The malware uploads data from the infected device to a command and control server, then uses an online parsing tool to separate out credit card data. If the infected device isn’t connected to the Internet, the malware waits for a USB device with a specific volume name to be connected, then copies stolen data to that device.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Mashable: Move over Heartbleed and welcome to shell shock, the latest security threat to hit the internet. used vulnerabilities in sendmail and the fingerd protocol to construct unintentionally what would become the first internet worm. And it's a doozy program. Vamosi: In the fall of 2014, Shellshock was publicly disclosed.

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