Hackers pulled off a stunning compromise of a Brazilian bank’s operations, gaining control of each of the bank’s 36 domains, corporate email and DNS.
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Many Android VPN Apps Breaking Privacy Promises
Academics studying 283 Android VPN apps quantified a number of problems associated with native platform support for VPN clients through the BIND_VPN_SERVICE.
DNSChanger Malware is Back! Hijacking Routers to Target Every Connected Device
Next time when you see an advertisement of your favorite pair of shoes on any website, even if it is legitimate, just DO NOT CLICK ON IT.
…Because that advertising could infect you in such a way that not just your system, but every device connected to your network would get affected.
A few days ago, we reported about a new exploit kit, dubbed Stegano, that hides malicious code in the pixels
DNSChanger Exploit Kit Hijacks Routers, Not Browsers
An exploit kit called DNSChanger is attacking routers, not browsers, through a malvertising campaign.
An Army of Million Hacked IoT Devices Almost Broke the Internet Today
A massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against Dyn, a major domain name system (DNS) provider, broke large portions of the Internet on Friday, causing a significant outage to a ton of websites and services, including Twitter, GitHub, PayPal, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, and Spotify.
But how the attack happened? What’s the cause behind the attack?
Exact details of the attack remain
Persistent EITest Malware Campaign Jumps from Angler to Neutrino
The tenacious EITest malware campaign is being refueled by the fact it is shifting from the Angler exploit kit to the Neutrino exploit kit.
Magnitude of glibc Vulnerability Coming to Light
Researchers are pondering the magnitude of the glibc vulnerability and its exploitability via DNS.
OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data
Cisco announced today its intent to acquire big data security company OpenDNS for $635 million in cash.
Exploit Kit Using CSRF to Redirect SOHO Router DNS Settings
French researcher Kafeine has found an exploit kit delivering cross-site request forgery attacks that focus on SOHO routers and changing DNS settings to redirect to malicious sites.
US-CERT Warns of Issues With DNS Zone Transfer Requests
The US-CERT is warning administrators and network operators that a misconfiguration issue with some DNS servers that has been known about for more than 15 years and can give attackers detailed information about DNS zones is coming back around thanks to new scans that show a high number of servers vulnerable to the issue. The problem […]