Daily Threat Brief

In The News Today:

High:

FYI, the OMG Mirai botnet variant turns IoT devices into proxy servers

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/02/23/583682220/this-gray-hat-hacker-breaks-into-your-car-to-prove-a-point

'OMG': New Mirai Variant Converts IoT Devices into Proxy Servers

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/omg-new-mirai-variant-converts-iot-devices-into-proxy-servers/d/d-id/1331122

 

New HNS IoT Botnet Has Already Amassed 14K Bots

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hns-iot-botnet-has-already-amassed-14k-bots/

Avzhan DDoS bot dropped by Chinese drive-by attack

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/02/avzhan-ddos-bot-dropped-by-chinese-drive-by-attack/

Med:

Cyber crime threat to Gardai and Defence Forces

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/cyber-crime-threat-gardai-defence-12079309

Low:

NEW: Vulnerability and Assessment Scanning for Your AWS Cloud Databases

https://www.imperva.com/blog/2018/02/vulnerability-assessment-scanning-for-aws-cloud-databases/