Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year. US phishing domains.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Researchers discovered a 13,000-device MikroTik botnet exploiting DNS flaws to spoof 20,000 domains and deliver malware. Infoblox researchers discovered a botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices that exploits DNS misconfigurations to bypass email protections, spoof approximately 20,000 domains, and deliver malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). The post These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

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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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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 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. NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dark web services: DDoS attacks, botnets, and zero-day IoT vulnerabilities Of all IoT-related services offered on the dark web, DDoS attacks are worth examining first. See translation I’m the world’s best-known DDoS attacker for hire (getting ahead of myself here). Our advantages: 1. Tested, tried.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Phishing attacks, vulnerability exploits, DDoS attacks, and much more threaten your company’s Macs at any time — and if any of them are successful, it could cost your business millions in lost productivity and information theft. Use a DNS filter to stop web-based attacks. That’s where DNS filtering comes in.

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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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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites. The phishing kit market. Typically, the smishing messages contain a very short description and a URL to a landing page.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers. Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook down worldwide.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

DDoS, SQL injections, supply chain attacks, DNS tunneling – all pervasive attacks that can arrive on your doorstep anytime. Particular attacks include: Phishing and spear phishing attacks , in which criminals purport to be a trusted source and solicit information from their target.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

“Necurs is the multitool of botnets, evolving from operating as a spam botnet delivering banking trojans and ransomware to developing a proxy service, as well as cryptomining and DDoS capabilities,” explained Mike Benjamin, head of Black Lotus Labs. ” continues the blog post. ” concludes the post.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Originally developed to detect and remove malware or computer viruses, modern antivirus software can now protect against ransomware, browser attacks, keyloggers, malicious websites, and even sometimes phishing attempts. DNS leak protection Kill switch No log policy. DDoS protection Challenge tests Honeypots for bad bots.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

Financial services firms are fighting multiple threats, as evidenced by the top five security threats that respondents anticipate in the next 12 months: Internet of Things attacks (22%) Cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations (19%) Attacks to manipulate data and statistics (17%) DNS and DDoS attacks (15%) Phishing (13%) .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration testing can also involve common hacking techniques such as social engineering , phishing attacks , dropped USB drive attacks, etc. However, all it takes is one bad click on a phishing campaign, and suddenly attackers will be looking at an organization from the inside. to create and manipulate PDF files in Java.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The group’s distinctive features are the high quality of their phishing attacks and the use of legitimate services, which makes it very difficult to detect its malicious activity in companies’ infrastructures. Silence reduced the use of phishing mail-outs, instead purchasing access to targeted banks from other groups (in particular TA505).

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, alerts produced by one firewall under a DDoS attack can easily dwarf the number of alerts generated from a single exploit that hits hundreds of organizations. Simply looking at the raw numbers in this case would give the false impression that DDoS attacks have a far greater impact across the base of organizations.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2000 — Mafiaboy — 15-year-old Michael Calce, aka MafiaBoy, a Canadian high school student, unleashes a DDoS attack on several high-profile commercial websites including Amazon, CNN, eBay and Yahoo! The DDoS attack is part of a political activist movement against the church called “Project Chanology.” billion dollars in damages.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Domain name system (DNS) security: Protects the DNS service from attempts to corrupt DNS information used to access websites or to intercept DNS requests.

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Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Threat actors picking sides [1], group members turning against each other [2], some people handing out DDoS tools [3], some people blending in to turn it into profit [4], and many other stories, proving that this new frontier is changing daily, and its direct impact is not limited to geographical boundaries.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This inclusion can then be used to initiate the following: Deliver malicious payloads that can be used to include attack and phishing pages in a visitors’ browsers. These types of vulnerabilities are frequently used to launch other attacks, such as DDoS and cross-site scripting attacks. Mitigating and Preventing Vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Designed for zero trust and SASE security frameworks Identity-based intrusion detection and prevention ( IDPS ) and access control Automated integrations with leading cloud-hosted security vendors Integrated threat defense for DDoS , phishing , and ransomware attacks Insights into client devices with AI-based discovery and profiling techniques.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. It sends stolen information as a ZIP archive to the C2 (command-and-control) server, which is protected against DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. cents per record).

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Asset Discovery Controls Unauthorized devices can intercept or redirect network traffic through attacks such as connecting unauthorized computers to the network, deploying packet sniffers to intercept network traffic, or delivering a phishing link to a man-in-the-middle attack to steal login credentials and data.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2022

These typically include phishing, malware attacks/compromised devices, ransomware, DDoS, unauthorized account creation, and network security rule changes. Maybe it’s DNS reputation on a suspicious IP address or an adversary profile based on the command and control traffic. What’s required to make that call?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Phishing and Social Engineering. More targeted efforts at specific users or organizations are known as spear phishing. How to Defend Against Phishing. Examples of Phishing Malware Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Email-based phishing attacks : These can include both of the above attacks and typically target employees through their business email accounts. DNS attacks : DNS cache poisoning, or hijacking, redirects a legitimate site’s DNS address and takes users to a malicious site when they attempt to navigate to that webpage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

Supporting the above stated discovery is the latest press statement released by security firm Mandiant that suggests that it has been tracking Seedworm aka MuddyWater since May 2017 and it is into activities such as digital espionage, cyber attacks, Ddos and ransomware spread.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Kevin Holvoet of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) said Russian-sponsored attacks in recent months against Ukraine and other targets have included: DDoS attacks on government, military, finance and communications. “Many logs age like milk,” he said, adding, “looking at you DNS logs.”

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. We found overlaps in the infrastructure used by a tunneling tool used by the actor and several possible phishing websites set up within the above time frame. The attack targets victims with spear-phishing emails containing malicious OOXML files.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2021

Source: TechRadar) Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Other cybersecurity news: An update to the Covid-19 NHS track and trace mobile app was blocked over privacy and security concerns.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2024

They can also block malicious requests, protect against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, and serve as a first line of defense in a network security strategy. This can be achieved through protective DNS solutions, or firewall rules to prevent potential malware communications from reaching their command-and-control (C2) servers.

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