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 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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” “Our hope is to minimize harm to end users whose data.” Adobe, Last. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

PayPal addresses reflected XSS bug in user wallet currency converter The kingpin behind Jokers Stash retires with a billionaire exit France agency ANSSI links Russias Sandworm APT to attacks on hosting providers French and Ukrainian police arrested Egregor ransomware affiliates/partners in Ukraine The malicious code in SolarWinds attack was the work (..)

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

Phishing Gets Personal Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated, thanks to tools like generative AI, which enable attackers to personalize their campaigns for maximum impact. Educate yourself on common phishing tactics and train employees to recognize fraudulent emails.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

The Russian government fears the consequence of data breaches suffered by its organizations or possible interference by third-party nation state actors that could exploit the ongoing attacks to carry out covet cyber attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Since bad actors need to communicate back to their C2, digital exhaust often takes the form of DNS records , which if monitored properly allows organizations to detect anomalous patterns and stop the communications, and thus the breach, before the criminals can do any major harm. That's where technologies like protective DNS come in.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers. Experts devised advanced SMS phishing attacks against modern Android-based phones. Experts devised advanced SMS phishing attacks against modern Android-based phones. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

With data breaches causing an average loss of $4.2 Research for the report , “Firms Face Financial Losses and Reputational Damage from Cloud Network Attacks and Data Breaches,” was underwritten by Infoblox and conducted by CyberRisk Alliance Business Intelligence. . Phishing attempts are a constant source of concern.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Year after year, the Verizon Data Breach Report highlights the fact that compromised credentials contribute to the majority of breaches — and MFA remains the strongest mechanism to deter the use of stolen passwords. For example, recently there has been news regarding MFA phishing kits.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The number of ransomware attacks has increased by 18% , while the worldwide volume of phishing attacks doubled to 500 million in 2022. billion to data breaches and cybercrime. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of data security and protection. Here are two tools that can protect your data: 1.

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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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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

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ? Many people still don’t realize the dangers of phishing, malware, ransomware, unpatched software, and weak passwords. They could expose your sensitive data and put you, your employees, clients, and customers at risk of identity theft and fraud.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise. Cisco addresses a critical bug in ASR 9000 series Routers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Year after year, phishing tops the list of the leading causes of data breaches. Security professionals have been sounding the alarm about phishing for many, many years — and companies are starting to take notice. Many organizations even test their workers by sending them dummy phishing emails to see who falls for them.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

DNS filtering. The next technology you need to prevent cyberattacks is a DNS filter. But first, a little bit about what DNS (domain name system) is. Every time a customer types in your web address, their computer makes a request to a DNS server. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go.

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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. A review of passive DNS records from DomainTools indicates that in 2013 pictrace[.]com In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. pleaded guilty to running LeakedSource[.]com The marketing firm Apollo.io

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Thanks to the disruptions to “normal” work routines that COVID-19 has brought, launching a company-wide training program to teach end users how to avoid phishing scams and online risks is a big challenge. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has also brought a major acceleration in phishing activity. Start with a baseline phishing campaign.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2018

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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. In some cases, in-depth analysis is done on outgoing messages to detect and block the transmission of sensitive data. Employees are duped into clicking on malicious email attachments and links.

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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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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

A recent domain hijack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck.com was used to spoof the company in a spear-phishing campaign. 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

MAY 12, 2021

Ordinary users, or pawns, do not realize they do anything bad as they fall victim to phishing and different types of computer viruses sent via email. Microsoft did not pay any penalties in this case as they proved the database contained no personal information and the problem was fixed once detected. MARRIOTT DATA BREACH.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

This article explores: What Is Email Security Best Options to Secure Business Email Email Security Best Practices How Email Security Blocks Threats Bottom Line: Email Security What Is Email Security Email security is a concept that protects email accounts, servers, and communications from unauthorized access, data loss, or compromise.

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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. In addition, User Agent Strings play a vital role in forensic analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Accessible data from the public-facing Thomson Reuters database could have tipped off entities that would like their wrongdoing kept in the dark. According to Martynas Vareikis, Information Security Researcher at Cybernews, threat actors could use the email addresses exposed in the dataset to carry out phishing attacks.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. .

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack. Other hackers might use a spoofed domain name system (DNS) or IP addresses to redirect users from legitimate connections (to websites, servers, etc.) DNS security (IP address redirection, etc.),

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

With hundreds of thousands of disruption actions taken every week, ZeroFox strikes out threats before they reach their targets, taking down the associated domains, social media profiles and phishing kits, mobile applications and bot accounts effectively rendering the attack infrastructure moot. Visit www.idx.us for more information.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With an increase in cyberattacks, data breaches, and the rise of sophisticated hackers, there is a growing need for skilled professionals to protect sensitive information. Phishing : Fraudulent attempts to obtain sensitive information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity. A solid understanding of networking is also crucial.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As I started delving back through my own writing over the years, the picture became much clearer and it really crystallised just this week after I inadvertently landed on a nasty phishing site. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy. So what about DNS over HTTPS, or DoH ?

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