Last week, researchers at Cisco Talos published an early analysis of an APT malware called “VPNFilter” which they estimate has infected over 500,000 small and home office (SOHO) routers in at least 54 countries. A few hours later, the FBI announced that it had seized, through court order, a key domain name for the malware’s command and control (C2) botnet. VPNFilter is a … [Read more...]
Gmail Not Hijacked – Daily Security Byte
Last week, some Gmail users found strange emails in their sent folders, and assumed their accounts had been hijacked. While these emails were spam related, it turns out they showed up in the sent folder for non-malicious but strange reasons. Watch the video to learn more about this incident, and if you are one of the affected Gmail users, you don't have to worry about a … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Wins Four Cyber Defense Magazine 2018 InfoSec Awards
It’s only the first day of this year’s RSA Conference, but the WatchGuard team already has a lot to celebrate. Today, Cyber Defense Magazine released its annual RSAC issue announcing the winners of its 2018 InfoSec Awards. WatchGuard has been honored in four different categories! Cyber Defense Magazine is a premier source of IT security news and insight for an audience of … [Read more...]
1000s of Hacked Web Sites – Daily Security Byte
According to a MalwareBytes researcher, hackers have hijacked thousands of legitimate web sites that use the WordPress, Joomla, and SquareSpace content management systems (CMS). Once these attackers gain access to these CMS systems, they inject malicious JavaScript into the sites that redirect unsuspecting victims to malicious downloads. Watch the video below to learn more … [Read more...]
Verge Blockchain Hacked – Daily Security Byte
If you watched our 2018 Security Predictions, you know that one of them was that attackers would exploit a new blockchain vulnerability in a major cryptocurrency that would result in the value of that cryptocurrency dropping. Last week, that prediction hit. An attacker leveraged a vulnerability in one of the top 30 cryptocurrencies, Verge, to unfairly mine a huge amount of the … [Read more...]
