DNS Hijacking Worldwide; Cell Carriers Stop Selling Data - ThreatWire

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 11:28 p.m.

A systemd vulnerability creates concern, DNS Hijacking goes worldwide, and major telcos are still selling location data for their users! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Links:https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txthttps://www.zdnet.com/article/new-linux-systemd-security-holes-uncovered/https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/linux-systemd-exploit.html

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/01/global-dns-hijacking-campaign-dns-record-manipulation-at-scale.htmlhttps://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/01/10/DNS-Infrastructure-Hijacking-Campaignhttps://www.wired.com/story/iran-dns-hijacking/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/a-dns-hijacking-wave-is-targeting-companies-at-an-almost-unprecedented-scale/https://www.cyberscoop.com/fireeye-dns-hijacking-record-manipulation-iran/

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