Troy Hunt

JULY 19, 2018

If you have an efficient function that executes quickly it can be extremely cost effective as I recently demonstrated with the Pwned Passwords figures : So here's the hard facts - I'm dipping into my pocket every week to the tune of. for you guys to do 54M searches against a repository of half a billion passwords ??

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. While they can’t directly read your password, they can still download malware or gather enough information to steal your identity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documents earlier of August by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos that tracked it as Hexane. Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. The malware uses DNS and HTTP-based communication mechanisms.

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DNS Passwords Penetration Testing Social Engineering 107

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. It offers basic VPN functionality along with advanced features like data breach scanning and password manager integrations. 5 Features: 3.6/5 5 Usability and administration: 4.6/5

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Cisco Security

JUNE 13, 2022

For example: IMPACT : An SSH server which supports password authentication is susceptible to brute-forcing attacks. Look for “keyboard-interactive” and “password” methods. However, the detection engine was really saying, “I suspect there is DNS tunnelling activity happening through your DNS server—just look at the volume.”.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

These are, of course, on top of the obviously ominous features such as password retrieval and key logging that are normally seen in Remote Access Trojans.”. “This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. Rezvesz appears to have a flair for the dramatic , and has periodically emailed this author over the years.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published the findings of a quick analysis of the webmask project standing behind the DNS attacks implemented by APT34 (aka OilRig and HelixKitten ). According to Duo, “ OilRig delivered Trojans that use DNS tunneling for command and control in attacks since at least May 2016. Leaked Source code.

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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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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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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

logins, passwords, etc.), 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.,

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Passwords Encryption Banking Malware 145

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. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

As I noted in 2015, The Manipulaters Team used domain name service (DNS) settings from another blatantly fraudulent service called ‘ FreshSpamTools[.]eu Whoever controlled the Saim Raza cybercriminal identity had a penchant for re-using the same password (“lovertears”) across dozens of Saim Raza email addresses.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2022

Rapid7’s online documentation is very thorough, and their knowledge base articles helped us navigate a few configuration hiccups we ran into along the way. However, be careful in that if you ever need to do a password reset with that temporary email address, or access the account for any reason in the future, you may not be able to.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Distributed in a ZIP container (a copy is available here ) the interface is quite intuitive: the Microsoft exchange address and its version shall be provided (even if in the code a DNS-domain discovery mode function is available). which according to Microsoft documentation dates back to 2012. WebService.dll assemply version.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The infection chain is composed by different stages of password protected SFX (self extracting archive), each containing vbs or batch scripts. At the same time, the extracted document will be shown in order to divert the user attention and to continue the infection unnoticed. Fake document to divert attention on malware execution.

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Passwords DNS Engineering Malware 95

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. Passwordless removes the password from the authentication and relies on asymmetric keys to verify the user.

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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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Great documentation. Best Password Crackers. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. The software combines various techniques to crack passwords.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

People fell prey for these manipulative emails and provide confidential details like passwords and bank information in their negligence. They ask you to make certain changes in your account by entering your login password or ask for some reconfirmation. Use Two Factor Authentication.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. Probably “no”, but in a perfect world they’d document local connections by other apps and not break that. 24 subnet. . Everything came over just fine. except the doorbell.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

A deployment guide for wireless ThousandEyes agents deployed to monitor the Black Hat 2023 conference by Adam Kilgore & Ryan MacLennan ThousandEyes (TE) Black Hat 2023 Deployment Guide This guide documents the setup and installation procedures used to deploy ThousandEyes at Black Hat 2023. Click on Add New Enterprise Agent.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

The threat actor typically exploits Word documents, using shortcut files for the initial intrusion. Roaming Mantis implements new DNS changer We continue to track the activities of Roaming Mantis (aka Shaoye), a well-established threat actor targeting countries in Asia. However, in September 2022, we analyzed the new Wroba.o

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DNS Malware Cryptocurrency Retail 105

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. Define a username and password you’ll use to log into the SpiderFoot browser interface using basic auth. Running Your Initial Scans.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From hardware or software issues and hidden backdoor programs to vulnerable process controls, weak passwords, and other human errors, many problems can put your transactions at risk and leave the door open to cybercriminals. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The experts pointed out that even setting the username and password would not enough to protect the devices because the credentials would be shared across a large fleet of clients. “The INI files contain a long list of configurable parameters detailed on more than 100 pages by official Dell documentation.”

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Tomiris’s endgame consistently appears to be the regular theft of internal documents. Some samples contain traces of Russian language.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The link leads to a RAR archive that masquerades as a Word document. To exploit the vulnerability, attackers embed a special object in a Microsoft Office document containing a URL for a malicious script. If the victim opens the document, Microsoft Office downloads the script and runs it using the MSHTML engine. Gamers beware.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 15, 2023

We can't touch DNS. Usually in these cases they can get support to go through the verification process, but it involves formal internal processes, ticketing, documentation and having to explain to some IT ops person why a data breach website with a funny name needs one of the above things to happen. Onboarding documentation.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, Cloudflare Zero Trust blocks uploads and downloads of encrypted, password-protected files or files larger than 15MB by default because it cannot scan those files. When creating payloads such as Office documents, .pdf Other RBI solutions are set to a fail-closed state that blocks the download of a file if it cannot scan it.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This information includes website login usernames and passwords, as well as personal autofill data such as name, address, phone number, company, and job title. com/amf9esiabnb/documents/releases/download/ tcp://pool.minexmr[.]com:4444 During these scans, it collects a range of sensitive information from all active users.

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SecureList

APRIL 22, 2024

A connection like this created on domain controllers allows attackers to obtain the IP addresses of hosts on the internal network through DNS queries. Data collection tools Cuthead for data collection Recently, ToddyCat started using a new tool we named cuthead to search for documents. The open-source tool icsharpcode/SharpZipLib v.

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VPN Passwords Encryption Malware 142

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. The team also found the open instance to contain login and password reset logs. Original post at [link]. Media giant with $6.35 Why did it happen?

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Though in recent weeks ransomware has firmly been in the forefront of people’s minds, the first documented instance of what we now know as ransomware dates back to Dr. Joseph Popp in 1989. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and DNS monitoring can drastically reduce the chances for an attacker to gain access to your systems.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This activity was immediately blocked by ThreatDown, marking the first documented evidence of a security breach. Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security. These were attempts to communicate with known malicious external sites and IPs, involving several endpoints within the network.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org After parsing the response to the DNS request, the backdoor launches a reverse shell, using the secondary C2 server for communications. An Excel document was attached to the message. org domain.

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