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Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine

Krebs on Security

John Todd is general manager of Quad9 , a free “anycast” DNS platform. DNS stands for Domain Name System, which is like a globally distributed phone book for the Internet that maps human-friendly website names (example.com) to numeric Internet addresses (8.8.4.4.) that are easier for computers to manage.

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DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination

Malwarebytes

Firefox recently announced that it will be rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH) soon to one percent of its Canadian users as part of its partnership with CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority), the Ontario-based organization responsible for managing the.ca The DNS resolver the request is sent to also sees the DNS request, too.

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DNS Dumpster: Your Go-To Tool for DNS Recon & OSINT

Hacker's King

What if there was a tool that could give you a visual map of your target's entire DNS footprint in seconds? Welcome to DNS Dumpster , your go-to graphical DNS recon and research OSINT tool that combines ease of use with powerful insights. What You’ll Learn in This Article Introduction to DNS Dumpster Why Use DNS Dumpster?

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Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You

Krebs on Security

It is unclear whether the Dimitruks were robbed by people working for the Jalisco cartel, but it is clear that whoever is responsible for managing many of the above-mentioned domains — including the DNS provider datasur[.]host Constella found that someone using the email address exposed in the DNS records for datasur[.]host

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Getting Started with Rapid7 InsightIDR: A SIEM Tutorial

eSecurity Planet

Once you are ready to install the collector role, first log into the InsightIDR portal : From the menu on the left side of the screen, click Data Collection. Once the collector installation is complete, head back to the InsightIDR portal, and from the menu on the left side of the screen, click Data Collection again.

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Google Chronicle announced Backstory to protect businesses

Security Affairs

” Backstory analyzes log data, including DNS traffic, NetFlow, endpoint logs, proxy logs and elaborates this huge trove of information into meaningful, and quickly searchable manner. Companies could use this data to quickly detect malicious activities. VirusTotal, Avast, Proofpoint and Carbon Black).

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Performance, Diagnostics, and WMI

Security Boulevard

The collected pieces of information come from libraries provided by applications, Windows’ PerfLib, or from Windows-provided DLLs. There are two versions of performance data collection specified by Windows (V1 and V2). Outside of Performance Monitor, Windows offers other ways for administrators to get data from these counters.

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