In another series of attacks on COVID-19 research, an attacker disrupted Dr. Reddy's servers in India, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Headquartered in India, Dr. Reddy's has connections with other major pharmaceuticals in the US and Europe. While we saw previous attacks on hospitals and research centers, this attack for the first time targeted a large … [Read more...]
7 Myths About U.S. Election Voting Security
With only a week left to the U.S. Presidential Election, voting is in the news and on most people’s minds (though many of us are also looking forward to the conclusion of this election cycle). This is especially true because of all the voting security stories that have been in the news lately. Whether its nation-state adversaries trying to manipulate our election, domestic … [Read more...]
25 Dangerous Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited by China Sponsored Actors
According to a recent advisory published by the NSA, Chinese state-sponsored actors use several techniques to access sensitive intellectual property, economic, political, and military information. The NSA has identified the most often used techniques that can cause the most damage. These include 25 vulnerabilities they know Chinese state-sponsored actors use. 21 of these … [Read more...]
Analyzing a Fileless Malware Loader
Thanks to WatchGuard’s Panda Adaptive Defense 360 zero-trust service, WatchGuard Threat Lab was able to identify and stop a sophisticated fileless malware loader before execution on the victim’s computer. Upon further detailed analysis by our attestation team, we identified several recent browser vulnerabilities that the malware targeted as part of its exploit chain. Malware … [Read more...]
Can I Have Both Privacy and Security? MAC Address Privacy in Public
For those running the latest operating systems for your computers, phones, and tablets, you may have noticed the changes to how your device connects to wireless networks. Apple has made headlines for their iOS 14 update that enables randomized Mac addresses by default. While this implementation is somewhat unique in that it does more to protect user privacy, this is not the … [Read more...]
