Bleeping Computer

MAY 3, 2022

A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of a popular C standard library that is present in a wide range of IoT products may put millions of devices at DNS poisoning attack risk. [.].

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DNS IoT Risk 137

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The getresetstatus vulnerability in CyberPanel (before commit 1c0c6cb ) affects dns/views.py “getresetstatus in dns/views.py “getresetstatus in dns/views.py and ftp/views.py. Attackers can manipulate the statusfile property with shell metacharacters. and ftp/views.py ” reads the advisory. . and ftp/views.py

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DNS Authentication Ransomware Hacking 109

Cisco Security

MARCH 23, 2021

This is what we covered in part one of this Threat Trends release on DNS Security, using data from Cisco Umbrella , our cloud-native security service. This time we’ll be comparing yearly totals of DNS traffic to malicious sites, by industry. As in part one, we’ll be looking at data covering the calendar year of 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Basically, someone deleted their BGP records, which made their DNS fall apart. We all know the security risks of monocultures. Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. …at approximately 11:39 a.m.

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DNS Internet Internet Risk 72

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In 2019, we’ve seen a surge in domain name service (DNS) hijacking attempts and have relayed warnings from the U.S. D’Angelo In fact, most organizations, regardless of geographic location or industry, are exposed to these risks. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, U.K.’s Security goes beyond the firewall, not just behind it.

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DNS Firewall Social Engineering Risk 140

Heimadal Security

MARCH 29, 2023

Techniques and DNS Security Risks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Hackers can use C&C or C2 servers to create botnets and launch DDoS attacks, steal, delete, and/or encrypt data. Basically, a […] The post Command-and-Control Servers Explained.

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DNS Risk DDOS Encryption 105

Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

A core part of the way these things find each other involves a Windows feature called “ DNS name devolution ,” which is a kind of network shorthand that makes it easier to find other computers or servers without having to specify a full, legitimate domain name for those resources.

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DNS Wireless Risk Passwords 359

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. ” SAY WHAT? 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. Since a majority of business IT traffic now accesses or passes through the internet, DNS plays an increasingly important — and vulnerable — role. in the DNS cache for more efficient delivery of information to users.

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DNS DDOS Encryption Authentication 110

Security Boulevard

APRIL 2, 2025

Subdomain hijacking is a cybersecurity risk where attackers exploit abandoned DNS records to take control of legitimate subdomains. Organizations must regularly audit DNS records, remove outdated entries, and strengthen cloud security policies to prevent these vulnerabilities.

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DNS Phishing Malware Risk 52

Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2022

What Is DNS Spoofing and How Is It Prevented? What Is the DNS and DNS Server? . To fully understand DNS spoofing, it’s important to understand DNS and DNS servers. The DNS “domain name system” is then what translates the domain name into the right IP address. What Is DNS Spoofing? .

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DNS Cyber Attacks Encryption Risk 98

Threatpost

MAY 4, 2022

A flaw in all versions of the popular C standard libraries uClibe and uClibe-ng can allow for DNS poisoning attacks against target devices.

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DNS IoT Risk 95

Malwarebytes

MAY 4, 2022

Researchers have found a vulnerability in a popular C standard library in IoT products that could allow attackers to perform DNS poisoning attacks against a target device. Similar to other C standard libraries, uClibc provides an extensive DNS client interface that allows programs to readily perform lookups and other DNS-related requests.

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IoT DNS Risk Internet 127

CSO Magazine

APRIL 13, 2023

Domain name system (DNS) tunneling is a pervasive threat that enables hackers to get any data in and out of a company's internal network while bypassing most firewalls. But DNS tunneling essentially smuggles hostile traffic through DNS ports, which makes these attacks difficult to detect and mitigate.

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DNS Risk Firewall Internet 83

Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s where DNS filtering comes in. But first, DNS in a nutshell. So normally, every time your 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. But which web-based cyberthreats in particular does DNS filtering stop, you ask?

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DNS DDOS Phishing Spyware 94

Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Take a good, useful thing and turn it into a risk factor. That’s what threat actors did when coming up with DNS tunneling as a method for their cyberattacks. By the way, did you know that 91% of online threats are maliciously using the Domain Name System (DNS)? Read further to learn about one of […].

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DNS Risk 96

Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This creates a different risk to ads themselves - a much more serious one if it comes to fruition - and it looks like this: Do you use a popular browser extension? Scott Helme put me onto this originally via his two excellent posts on Securing DNS across all of my devices with Pi-Hole + DNS-over-HTTPS + 1.1.1.1

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The Hacker News

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an unpatched security vulnerability that could pose a serious risk to IoT products. The issue, which was originally reported in September 2021, affects the Domain Name System (DNS) implementation of two popular C libraries called uClibc and uClibc-ng that are used for developing embedded Linux systems.

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DNS IoT Risk Cybersecurity 104

Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This is what we here at Heimdal are devoted to achieving through our endpoint protection, detection, and response suite with a strong DNS Security component.

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DNS Risk Cybersecurity 94

Heimadal Security

JULY 28, 2023

Your heart races as you realize that your sensitive data and personal information may be at risk. Enter […] The post DNS Protection: A Must-Have Defense Against Cyber Attacks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. You scramble to find a solution to protect yourself and your company from these cyber threats.

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DNS Cyber Attacks Cyber threats Internet 98

The Hacker News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system (DNS), is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily hijack domains, a joint analysis published by Infoblox and Eclypsium has revealed. "In In a Sitting

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DNS Risk 137

Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2025

document outlines these six key security control categories for mitigating AI systems' cyber risks. By implementing robust detection and mitigation strategies, organizations can significantly reduce their risk of compromise by fast flux-enabled threats, the document adds. The SANS Draft Critical AI Security Guidelines v1.1

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Cybersecurity DNS Government Authentication 72

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Poor DNS hygiene can leave your organization vulnerable to threats like subDoMailing, DNS spoofing, domain hijacking and other threats. In addition to putting domain security at risk, these vulnerabilities can have long-term effects on domain reputation.

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DNS Risk 69

Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

The rapid adoption has been driven by a combination of ever more visible browser warnings (it was Chrome and Firefox's changes which prompted the aforementioned tipping point post), more easily accessible certificates via both Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare and a growing awareness of the risks that unencrypted traffic presents. DNS Hijacking.

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DNS Wireless Risk Banking 279

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2025

With control of the sinkhole, a specially configured DNS server can simply route the requests of the bots to a fake C2 server. We dont just report on threatswe remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. The altered destination is known as the sinkhole.

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Malware DNS Internet Internet 106

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2024

Researchers warn of an attack vector in the DNS, called the Sitting Ducks, that exposes over a million domains to hackers’ takeover. Researchers from Eclypsium and Infoblox have identified an attack vector in the domain name system (DNS), dubbed the Sitting Ducks attack. ” continues the report.

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DNS Accountability Risk Hacking 123

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

HYAS said it quickly notified the French national computer emergency team and the FBI about its findings, which pointed to a dynamic domain name system (DNS) provider on which the purveyors of this attack campaign relied for their various malware servers. ‘FATAL’ ERROR.

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DNS Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 300

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2024

The flaw affects D-Link DNS-320L, DNS-325, DNS-327L, and DNS-340L, these devices contain a hard-coded credential that allows an attacker to conduct authenticated command injection, leading to remote, unauthorized code execution.

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DNS Authentication Hacking Cybersecurity 131

Cisco Security

MARCH 27, 2021

Shrink the DNS attack surface with Auth-DoH. In this analogy, the invisibility superpower is DNS over HTTPS (DoH). It’s a new protocol that encrypts the DNS request to keep bad actors from discovering or altering domain names or snooping on users’ internet destinations. My inspiration: Loki , the Marvel superhero.) The problem?

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DNS VPN Advertising Encryption 140

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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DNS Malware Social Engineering Engineering 69

Troy Hunt

MARCH 9, 2022

When that's the case, they're listed in the screen below but as this is a brand new domain that's presently doing absolutely nothing, we'll ignore that and just continue (we'll add DNS records later when the domain is bound to the Cloudflare Pages resource): Nameserver time!

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Passwords DNS Accountability Risk 359

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 7, 2024

HYAS Protect protective DNS uses advanced data analytics to proactively block cyber threats, a feature unavailable in legacy systems relying on static DNS filtering. AV-TEST , one of the cybersecurity industry’s most trusted evaluators, rates HYAS as the most effective protective DNS solution on the market. What Is HYAS Protect?

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DNS Government Cyber threats IoT 64

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Even more ambitiously, the company wants to lead the way in pivoting network security back to a risk-oriented approach, instead of what Watkins opines that it has all too often become: a march toward meeting controls-based checklists. Watkins: Security really is the art of handling risk. Watkins: Let’s revert back to risk-based.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Enable 2FA for high-risk systems. Most peoples’ highest risk systems are their primary email account and their mobile phone account. Segment your high-risk devices onto a separate network. This is where you take your higher-risk systems, like your IoT devices, your entertainment systems, gaming systems, etc.,

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Passwords DNS Accountability IoT 255

Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2022

Double DNS Usage- Whenever a DDoS attack occurs on DNS Service, all your online systems will get disrupted. Maintaining a second DNS provider as a fail-over can help mitigate risks associated with DNS downtime, as one can take over the operations to keep the online services alive.

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DDOS DNS Education Risk 135