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Increasing Awareness of DNS Hijacking: A Growing Cyber Threat
2024-11-06 21:56

Read more about DNS hijacking and how organizations can prevent it.

700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking
2024-10-02 21:33

With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks Fourteen bugs in DrayTek routers — including one critical remote-code-execution flaw that received a perfect 10 out of 10...

Session Hijacking 2.0 — The Latest Way That Attackers are Bypassing MFA
2024-09-30 11:20

Attackers are increasingly turning to session hijacking to get around widespread MFA adoption. The data supports this, as: 147,000 token replay attacks were detected by Microsoft in 2023, a 111%...

That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices
2024-09-26 17:34

No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities...

That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. Could lead to remote hijacking of devices
2024-09-26 17:34

Quick fix: Remove cups-browsed, block UDP port 631 Updated After days of waiting and anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities in...

Google splats device-hijacking exploited-in-the-wild Android kernel bug among others
2024-08-06 18:23

Google released 46 fixes for Android in its August security patch batch, including one for a Linux kernel flaw in the mobile OS that can lead to remote code execution. While Google never provides much detail in its monthly patch bulletins about how Android flaws are being abused in the wild, it does note that "There are indications that CVE-2024-36971 may be under limited, targeted exploitation."

Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of 'Sitting Ducks' Domain Hijacking Technique
2024-08-01 14:10

Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack. "In a Sitting Ducks attack, the actor hijacks a currently registered domain at an authoritative DNS service or web hosting provider without accessing the true owner's account at either the DNS provider or registrar," the researchers said.

Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms
2024-07-15 13:45

Security researchers are claiming a spate of DNS hijackings at web3 businesses is linked to Squarespace's acquisition of Google Domains last year. According to the researchers' report, Squarespace pre-registered a bunch of email addresses it thought would be useful to have set up as domain admins following the migration without checking if the email accounts existed.

Cloudflare blames recent outage on BGP hijacking incident
2024-07-05 18:41

Internet giant Cloudflare reports that its DNS resolver service, 1.1.1.1, was recently unreachable or degraded for some of its customers because of a combination of Border Gateway Protocol hijacking and a route leak. The incident occurred last week and affected 300 networks in 70 countries.

New TunnelVision Attack Allows Hijacking of VPN Traffic via DHCP Manipulation
2024-05-09 17:55

Researchers have detailed a Virtual Private Network (VPN) bypass technique dubbed TunnelVision that allows threat actors to snoop on victim's network traffic by just being on the same local...