Phishing: The Tide Is Still Coming In
In cybersecurity the familiar is dangerous. Because of this, we must qualify what we “already know†and refresh our knowledge. Without this attention, cracks in the system grow until huge threats can fit through and shatter that complacency, along with business...Reputation Jacking: Unknown Threats on Well-Known Sites
Threat actors place malicious content on trusted sites to gain access to user’s devices and spread malware. Instead of an outside attack, they wait for the victim to download software from a trusted source or otherwise insinuate themselves into a normal operation.
SpamAssassin Configuration Guide
Malware Patrol provides block lists compatible with SpamAssassin. “Apache SpamAssassin is the #1 Open Source anti-spam platform giving system administrators a filter to classify email and block spam (unsolicited bulk email). It uses a robust scoring...Why choose Malware Patrol over a free DNS protection service?
Customers and prospects have approached us recently with questions similar to this: why should we choose Malware Patrol instead of a free DNS protection service? The question is fair, especially in a market that counts with, at least, 93 different offers of free DNS,...Accessing threat data on AWS S3 buckets
Malware Patrol provides some of its threat data feeds via Amazon / AWS S3 buckets. Among the feeds are the “Malware Samples (Binaries)” and the “Bitcoin Transactions (JSON format)”. Amazon Simple Storage Service has a simple web services...Malware Patrol – Protection Against Crypto Mining Abuse
Cryptocurrency mining as a service is a growing website monetization trend, especially popular on gaming and torrent sites, in which a JavaScript code utilizes the visitor’s CPU for cryptocurrency mining purposes. While promoted as an alternative to online ads,...DNS RPZ Firewall Configuration Guide
BIND is the world’s most used DNS server and can be configured as a DNS Firewall using RPZ files (DNS RPZ). Response Policy Zone (RPZ) enables DNS administrators to selectively block name resolution of Internet resources known to be used by cyber...Cisco ASA FirePOWER Configuration Guide
“With Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services, you consolidate multiple security layers in a single platform, eliminating the cost of buying and managing multiple solutions. This integrated approach combines best-in-class security technology with multilayer protection...Spoofed DDoS Attacks and BCP 38
The majority of recent DDoS attacks utilize source address spoofing techniques. These spoofed DDos attacks complicate mitigation efforts and hide the IP address of the originating system. It happens with TCP SYN floods as well as UDP amplification and reflection...DDoS: What is a Reflection and Amplification Attack?
 Updated on 06/13/2022 DDoS – What is it? A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a type of cyber attack in which a malicious actor seeks to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with traffic. Brand...Popular Domains Hosting Malware
Malware Patrol has maintained a database of malicious URLs and IOCs since 2005. We often receive emails from our users about “popular” and “important” domains being present in our block lists and data feeds, and that this must be a mistake....Role of DGAs (Domain Generation Algorithms) in Malware and Ransomware Campaigns
The vast majority of active malware and ransomware families include some sort of communication with command and control servers (C&Cs). This connection allows them to receive instructions, such as which institutions to target, the encryption keys for ransomware,...pfBlockerNG Configuration Guide
Malware Patrol provides block lists compatible with pfBlockerNG, a package for pfSense version 2.x that allows the usage of custom block list, IP filtering, and country block functionalities.InstructionsYou can follow these simple steps to configure your pfBlockerNG...Comparing Protection Mechanisms
In a market full of products and services that promise to solve the most varied security threats, it is important to put solutions into perspective, understand what they really deliver and never forget that no single vendor can protect from all threats.