The intelligence in this week’s iteration discuss the following threats: BEC, Botnet, Data breach, Data leak, FIN7, Phishing, Ransomware, Vulnerability, and Zero-day. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to the Community Threat Briefing and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Trending Threats
70% of Presidential Campaings Fail to Provide Adequate Online Privacy and Security Protections (October 14, 2019)The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has recently announced in its reviewal of all 2020 U.S presidential campaigns that 70% of the candidate websites failed to meet OTA’s privacy and security standards. This leaves visitors are potentially at risk. Candidates are assessed on three main areas regarding privacy. This includes data retention, data sharing, and language in campaign website privacy statements. 70% is a concerningly high percentage for a failure rate in a presidential analysis due to the increased pressure for privacy even before the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The large amount of publicity that is directed at these candidates gives more reason for them to handle the privacy of information of visitors more seriously or be at risk of potential data leak or other forms of malicious activity.Click here for Anomali recommendation
#SecTorCa: Millions of Phones Leaking Information Via Tor (October 11, 2019)It was recently announced at the SecTor security conference in Toronto, Canada that millions of Android users are potentially having their personal data leaked via the Tor network. Researchers found that by setting up exit nodes forcing browsers to use unencrypted versions, it allowed them to view user data includi ..
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