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A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks

Krebs on Security

” The DNS part of that moniker refers to the global “ D omain N ame S ystem ,” which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. PASSIVE DNS.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 507 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens (..)

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5 pro-freedom technologies that could change the Internet

Malwarebytes

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 newsletter Round 209 – News of the week

Security Affairs

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. AeroGrow suffered a payment card data breach. Experts spotted the iOS version of the Exodus surveillance app. million for the settlement of data breach. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

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 Affairs newsletter Round 370 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Reading the Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018

Security Affairs

Section 2 reports observed data from the attacks surface focusing on IP addresses analysis and ASNs involved in the attacks. Section 3 describes the “ blocked attacks ” through Yoroi DNS protection during the year, while Section 4 describe Dark-Net activities observed by our researchers. Download the Yoroi Cyber Security Report 2018.

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