We recently discovered a sharp increase in a particular phishing scam while reviewing threat intelligence from the Firebox feed, our threat data from Firebox appliances around the world. Its primary targets were in Germany and Italy, but we also found some instances of the campaign in the Asian Pacific regions. Addressed with popular shipping companies like DHL and Maersk in … [Read more...]
202 Million Resumes Leaked
One of the largest data breaches yet is not from a company in the US, and GDPR doesn't apply since they are outside the European Union. On December 28 last year, Bob Diachenko from Hackern.io found 202,730,434 private resumes from Chinese citizens on a database without any authentication protecting it. This database ran on a MongoDB instance hosted on Amazon AWS. The breach … [Read more...]
BGP Hijacking In a Nutshell
Recent news of BGP hijacks shows attackers are increasingly using this attack method. In WatchGuard’s 2019 security predictions, we predicted that a BGP exploit could take down substantial portions of the internet this year. But how could this happen? If you are unfamiliar with BGP it might make it hard to understand how someone could accidentally send traffic to one location … [Read more...]
Brexit Email Tricks Users Into Downloading Malware
Recently, some individuals received emails that used Brexit to trick them into opening malicious office document attachments. The document’s authors must have been watching the news carefully because the file’s name was Brexit 15.11.2018.docx and the emails came around the same time as the release of the Brexit plan. Looking at the Document, we see the author of the document is … [Read more...]
Bleedingbit Bleeds Bluetooth
A new Bluetooth vulnerability called Bleedingbit came out yesterday, affecting Bluetooth APs if they use a Texas Instruments chip. With many IoT devices using Bluetooth including TVs, cellphones, locks, and modern cars there are a lot of potential devices that could be exploited. Before we dive in, if you are a WatchGuard customer, you're probably wondering if you are … [Read more...]
