Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The infrastructure at the core of the internet is vulnerable to attack from state-sponsored hackers, its governing body warned. . DNS is the system through which online servers are routed to more user-friendly domain names. This practice is called “DNS hijacking.”. Each time someone enters in a domain name (e.g.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. In October 2012, the WorldWiredLabs domain moved to another dedicated server at the Internet address 198.91.90.7,

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Malware is one of the biggest threats businesses face, and with nearly a third of all malware coming through the internet and email, businesses and consumers alike need ways to protect themselves. This guide covers the major categories of internet security suites and includes a few of the top options for each. Password Managers.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing showed whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe. Further reading: Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions (PDF).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. DNS encryption.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

Meaning, they are continuously sending their Windows usernames and passwords to domain names they do not control and which are freely available for anyone to register. But over the past year, Caturegli has been gradually mapping this vulnerability across the Internet by looking for clues that appear in self-signed security certificates (e.g.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. It is interesting to note that FireEye confirmed that this campaign is different from other operations carried out by Iranian APT groups due to the use of DNS hijacking at scale.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a security advisory to warn organizations of DNS hijacking attacks and provided recommendations this type of attack. In response to the numerous DNS hijacking attacks the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to warn organizations of this type of attack.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e.gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

The flaw affects multiple D-Link NAS devices, including models DNS-340L, DNS-320L, DNS-327L, and DNS-325. Netsecfish reported that over 92,000 Internet-facing devices are vulnerable. The request includes parameters for a username (user=messagebus) and an empty field for the password ( passwd= ).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2024

“And since there’s no password on the account, it just shoots them to the ‘create password for your new account’ flow. What’s more, Monahan said, Squarespace did not require email verification for new accounts created with a password.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

A lot of people are thinking about the security of their home network right now, and as one of the project leaders on the OWASP Internet of Things Security Project , I wanted to provide three levels of security you can do at home. There are security/hacker types that maintain massive repositories of passwords. or 1.1.1.3

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

.” After clicking “Pay Now,” the visitor is prompted to verify their identity by providing their Social Security number, driver’s license number, email address and email password. com — stopped resolving. But I doubt we’ve seen the last of these phishers. com, g001bfedeex[.]com, com, and so on.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. Manipulating the Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol and rerouting the victim from its intended web address to the fake web address can be done in the following two ways: •Changing the Local Host file.

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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. “At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Microsoft now spotted the subgroup compromising multiple Internet-facing infrastructures to enable Seashell Blizzard APT group to maintain persistence in the networks of high-value targets and support tailored network operations. This infrastructure technique is versatile, supporting operations globally.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. The first issue is an information disclosure flaw via unauthenticated external DNS requests that affect Zyxel devices from the USG, UAG, ATP, VPN and NXC series. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

Pretending to be someone else, these hackers manipulate their victims into opening doors to systems or unwittingly sharing passwords or banking details. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. Once the criminal redirects internet traffic to malicious websites or takes control of servers, the damage is inevitable.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to address 147 security holes in Windows, Office , Azure ,NET Framework , Visual Studio , SQL Server , DNS Server , Windows Defender , Bitlocker , and Windows Secure Boot. Yes, you read that right. “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

The DirtyMoe rootkit was delivered via malspam campaigns or served by malicious sites hosting the PurpleFox exploit kit that triggers vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, such as the CVE-2020-0674 scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability. ” continues the report. . ” concludes the analysis.”

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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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. Much of the hard evidence came from correlating breached databases sitting in the open Internet. Essential security tool. Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. Searching DomainTools for domains that include both of these terms reveals pirwnote[.]com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware family, named Cuttlefish, which targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data from internet traffic. The malicious code can also perform DNS and HTTP hijacking within private IP spaces.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. A review of the Internet addresses historically used by Super-socks[.]biz Image: Spur.us.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. GhostDNS reminds us of the infamous DNSChanger malware that made the headlines for its ability to change DNS settings on the infected device.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. “ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. ” states the analysis published by Avast.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. It won't match the faked domain, hence no password gets entered. That's why Troy recommends password managers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

However, searching passive DNS records at DomainTools.com for thedomainsvault[.]com In January 2019, Houzz acknowledged that a data breach exposed account information on an undisclosed number of customers, including user IDs, one-way encrypted passwords, IP addresses, city and ZIP codes, as well as Facebook information. 68.35.149.206).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BitSight researchers found significant overlap in the Internet addresses used by those domains and a domain called BHproxies[.]com. Shotliff shared an April 2014 password reset email from Black Hat World, which shows he forwarded the plaintext password to the email address legendboy2050@yahoo.com. com on Mar.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield found that all of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, thus far, are making sure their campaigns are current on software patching, as well as Domain Name System (DNS) security; and several are doing much more. Beyond Simple Passwords : Provides detailed information on keeping strong passwords and deploying two-factor authentication.

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Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

We learned, for instance, that even IT pros could use a refresher on basic password hygiene through security awareness training. Firewalls embed threat intelligence and DNS security solutions are used to both block malware and control internet use. DNS security solutions are one way of addressing this risk.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. According to our estimate, CoAP can reach up to 32 times (32x) amplification factor, which is roughly between the amplification power of DNS and SSDP.”.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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