Enterprise Technical Security That Matters - February 26, 2021

Watch Out for WatchDog

Cryptocurrency scams have reached an all-time high because of the rising cryptocurrency trading prices. Threat actors are ceaselessly dropping crypto-mining botnets on unsecured systems. The latest one is WatchDog. By Cyware Alerts I February 23, 2021

Brave browser found to leak users' Tor dark web activity

Developers of the privacy-focussed Brave web browser had to scamper to fix a bug to prevent the browser from leaking visited Tor addresses in DNS traffic. By Mayank Sharma I February 23, 2021

Powerhouse VPN products can be abused for large-scale DDoS attacks

Botnet operators are abusing VPN servers from VPN provider Powerhouse Management as a way to bounce and amplify junk traffic part of DDoS attacks. By Catalin Cimpanu | February 22, 2021

Malware and Vulnerabilities February 25, 2021 Cyware Alerts - Hacker News Masslogger Malware Adopts New Initial Attack Technique

Cybercriminals use nifty tactics to sidestep defensive programs to stay under the radar. One such move has been made by the Masslogger trojan recently. Cisco Talos has discovered an attack campaign utilizing a new Masslogger variant. By Cyware Alerts I February 25, 2021

Mac and Windows Devices Pelted with New Threats

According to Malwarebytes 2020 State of Malware Report, Mac threats have increased exponentially in comparison to those against Windows PCs, of course with a difference between the types of threats between the two operating systems. Nonetheless, in the end, it’s about the victims. Lately, researchers have reported new malware threats targeting both Mac and Windows. By Cyware Alerts I February 25, 2021

Unpacked: NIST’s prototype for securing container apps in shared cloud environments

David Bisson says Trusted Compute Pools are key to understanding NIST’s Prototype for addressing a key IaaS security challenge. By David Bisson I February 23, 2021