WEBINAR
Coffee Chat with Cricket and Krupa: All the Ways Threat Actors Abuse DNS
Wednesday, February 19
8 am PST | 11 am EST | 4 pm GMT
Discover how cybercriminals exploit DNS during this upcoming webinar.
Cybercriminals use Domain Name System (DNS) to execute a range of malicious campaigns at various stages of the kill chain. This exploitation is often successful because organizations frequently don’t consider DNS from a security context, creating a gap that attackers readily exploit. For instance, cybercriminals:
- Use C2 (Command and Control) to communicate with external servers and receive malicious commands to execute
- Utilize DNS tunneling to exfiltrate data from within networks as part of campaigns like Ransomware
- Setup Traffic Distribution Systems (TDS) to more efficiently deliver malware to victims
- Leverage various DNS record types to avoid detection by security tools that only monitor some of the record types
- Create lookalike domains that could impersonate organizations, deceiving customers, partners and suppliers
- Register zero-day DNS domains to launch targeted spear phishing attacks within minutes
Many of these activities go unnoticed by traditional security approaches, resulting in prolonged dwell times, lateral spread of malicious activity and costly data breaches.
In this Coffee Chat, we will explore the myriad ways DNS is abused by threat actors and discuss proactive measures that organizations can implement to protect their users and data.
Meet the Presenters
Cricket Liu
Chief Evangelist, Infoblox
Cricket is one of the world’s leading experts on the Domain Name System (DNS), and serves as the liaison between Infoblox and the DNS community. Before joining Infoblox, he founded an Internet consulting and training company, Acme Byte & Wire, after running the hp.com domain at Hewlett-Packard. Cricket is a prolific speaker and author, having written a number of books including “DNS and BIND,” one of the most widely used references in the field, now in its fifth edition.
Krupa Srivatsan
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Infoblox
Srikrupa has 20 years of experience in technology in various roles including software development, product management and product marketing. Currently, as Director of Product Marketing at Infoblox, she is responsible for messaging, positioning and bringing to market Infoblox’s security solutions that optimize security operations and provide foundational security against known and zero-day threats. She has an MBA from University of California, Haas School of Business and a Computer Science Engineering degree.
Tom Grimes
Senior Director of Global Cybersecurity Engineering, Infoblox
Tom Grimes is the Senior Director of Global Cybersecurity Engineering at Infoblox, where he leads a team of highly skilled professionals dedicated to developing innovative DNS cybersecurity solutions. With over 30 years of experience in the cybersecurity and network technology industries, Tom has built a reputation as a visionary leader who is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to safeguard organizations from evolving threats. His team focuses on creating next-generation security solutions that integrate seamlessly into complex enterprise environments, helping organizations improve their threat visibility, response times, and overall security posture.