Krebs on Security

APRIL 13, 2022

While this won’t stop exploitation from attackers inside the local network, it will prevent new attacks originating from the Internet.” As always, please consider backing up your system or at least your important documents and data before applying system updates.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

Typically installed by booby-trapped Microsoft Office documents and distributed via email, NetWire is a multi-platform threat that is capable of targeting not only Microsoft Windows machines but also Android , Linux and Mac systems. In October 2012, the WorldWiredLabs domain moved to another dedicated server at the Internet address 198.91.90.7,

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2025

document outlines these six key security control categories for mitigating AI systems' cyber risks. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) this week in a new guidance document titled Securing HTTP-based APIs , published in the wake of several high-profile API breaches. The SANS Draft Critical AI Security Guidelines v1.1

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2024

.” The researchers say some Squarespace domains that were migrated over also could be hijacked if attackers discovered the email addresses for less privileged user accounts tied to the domain, such as “domain manager,” which likewise has the ability to transfer a domain or point it to a different Internet address.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

These document exchanges went on for almost a year, during which time the real estate brokers made additional financial demands, such as tax payments on the sale, and various administrative fees. But the documents sent by their contact there referenced a few other still-active domains, including realestateassetsllc[.]com

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

In one of many robust internet debates (as is prone to happen on Twitter), the discussion turned to the value proposition of HTTPS on a static website. For example, check out how it's used when embedded in the TXT record of a DNS entry which is then loaded into a WHOIS service which doesn't properly output encode the results.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

Forescout and JSOF have documented several groups of vulnerabilities in TCP/IP stacks over the past year. All of those discoveries are based, in part or whole, on vendors and open source projects misinterpreting the documents describing the TCP/IP standards, known as RFCs.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Threat Intelligence Report Date: August 6, 2024 Prepared by: David Brunsdon, Threat Intelligence - Security Engineer, HYAS Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a service that automatically updates the Domain Name System (DNS) in real-time to reflect changes in the IP addresses of a domain.

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Hacker's King

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

You probably know about Netcat a Swiss Army Knife for networking pen-testing tool for hackers and cybersecurity experts, but what if you get something like that for Internet Of Things (IoT) devices to test their security before an actual hacker does. Specific modules for the technology to be audited. sudo python3 homePwn.py

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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. VPNs are a great choice for protecting your internet browsing, but theyre just a starting point for security. 5 Features: 3.6/5 5 Usability and administration: 4.6/5 5 Pricing: 3.9/5

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses. Hackers can manipulate DNS settings to redirect your internet traffic to malicious websites, even if you entered the correct web address.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Below the attack chain documented by the reseachers from Palo Alto Networks: The attacker targeted an unsecured Kubelet on the internet and searched for containers running inside the Kubernetes nodes. The malware connects to the command and control (C&C) server via a tmate reverse shell and an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These events can occur accidentally and even within a corporate network; however, intentional attacks on internet-facing resources are far more common. Also read: How to Secure DNS. DNS Flood: The attacking machines send spoofed DNS requests at a high packet rate to overwhelm the DNS server and shut down the domain.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ). The other half is Clarity for iOS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted a DNS attack that allowed to steal at least 308 ETH ($266,789 at the time of the hack) as well as a large number of tokens. Court documents obtained by ZDNet in exclusive refer the employee was Z.C., ” reported ZDNet.

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Google Security

MARCH 2, 2023

Additionally, Google Domains is now making an API available to allow for DNS-01 challenges with Google Domains DNS servers to issue and renew certificates automatically. Google Domains and ACME DNS-01 ACME uses challenges to validate domain control before issuing certificates. Under section “ACME DNS API”, click “Create token”.

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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 14, 2021

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40444 , resides in the MSHTML, which is the main HTML component of the Windows Internet Explorer browser, it is also used in other applications. “This patch fixes a bug currently being exploited via Office documents. If opened on an affected system, code executes at the level of the logged-on user.

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NetSpi Technical

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As these are pointing at localhost, it is very likely this is being used as a way to prevent outbound internet access. Moving on, lets see if we can get outbound internet access. It looks like there is no route out from the container to the Internet. Let’s try DNS. Let’s see if we can connect to that and grab the HTML.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 12, 2024

OSINT allows hackers to leverage data from the internet, social media, databases, and other open channels to uncover potential vulnerabilities. Maltego works by using "transforms" to extract data from a range of online sources such as DNS records, whois databases, social media, and web pages. Why Use Maltego?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Deploy DDoS Monitoring : Watch for signs of an attack and document attacks for future improvements. For effective DDoS defense, priority for patching and updates should be placed on devices between the most valuable resources and the internet such as firewalls, gateways , websites, and applications. Hardening Against DDoS Attacks.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This includes products from internet giants such as Apple iCloud, Steam, Samsung Cloud storage, but thousands of additional products and services will likely be vulnerable. Going forward we plan to test variations of the exploit delivered using additional services such as DNS. We may update this document accordingly with results.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

Threat actors target Russian email recipients (email addresses ending in.ru) with messages using archived Windows executable files disguised as a PDF document. These file attachments are archived Windows executable files disguised as a PDF document.” ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

A successful DKIM check also verifies ownership of the email by matching the organization in the “from” fields of the email with the DNS associated with the organization. DKIM Fundamentals The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) publishes full information on the DKIM and its standards, which were last updated in 2011.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

A document sent from one colleague to another on a topic, which is currently being discussed, is unlikely to trigger any suspicion. Ultimately, it elevates the level of trust sufficiently for the document to be opened. server-side document viewer like GoogleDocs, Collabora Online, ONLYOFFICE, Microsoft Office Online, etc.).

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Lenny Zeltser

APRIL 16, 2020

The tool’s documentation explains that SpiderFoot can gather details such as Whois, web pages, DNS, “spam blacklists, file meta data, threat intelligence lists,” and more. 80 & Running an internet-accessible application is risky. Launching SpiderFoot as a Web App. Running Your Initial Scans.

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SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

There, CosmicStrand sleeps for 10 minutes and tests the internet connectivity of the infected machine. DNS requests are performed in this fashion, using either Google’s DNS server (8.8.8[.]8) CosmicStrand waits until one turns up in winlogon.exe, and then executes a callback in this high-privilege context. Infrastructure.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In some cases, the emails were delivered with Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel) or password-protected archives with the documents attached. The documents contained macros and victims were prompted to open the attachments with claims that they contained important information (e.g., an invoice). Additional modules.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

25+ Years of Black Hat (and some DNS stats), by Alejo Calaoagan. Cisco is a Premium Partner of the Black Hat NOC , and is the Official Wired & Wireless Network Equipment, Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider of Black Hat. Umbrella DNS into NetWitness SIEM and Palo Alto Firewall .

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 29, 2024

This week, we also saw some older issues return to light, including an Internet Explorer vulnerability first discovered in 2012. The first is a use-after-free vulnerability from 2012, tracked as CVE-2012-4792 , that affects Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, a browser that’s now rarely used.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Internet as we know it operates within the service-oriented paradigm, which heavily favors providers over users. This makes Wildland something akin to a file-based Internet that you can browse and manage using Finder, Thunar, Konqueror or any other file browser of your choice.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Attack surface sprawl is a growing challenge with 76% of organizations experiencing some type of cyberattack that started through the exploit of an unknown, unmanaged, or poorly managed internet-facing asset. Active discovery is performed on all identified assets for ports, technologies, certificates, vulnerabilities, DNS records, etc.,

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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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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Because VPNs run on top of whatever Internet-connected network you are on, so you have to join a network before you can establish your VPN connection. Worse, it leaks DNS requests. A captive portal is something you typically access when joining a network—something like a hotspot sign-in page stored on a gateway.

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