Peacemaker Security Highlights
During March, all Peacemaker instances stopped almost 480 million threats.
Whalebone Peacemaker instances deployed in ISP’s networks stopped 479,656,304 threats during March. That is a 36% increase, it seems that not only plants are budding during the springtime.
472,912 IP addresses safeguarded by Whalebone Peacemaker were protected from malicious communication. Without your protection, they might be abused and users’ sensitive data might have been stolen.
Spam domains are thrown in all directions in hopes that someone visits the link and gets tricked. The amount of spam is hard to predict, yet the last month it has decreased considerably. The total decrease compared to February was 26%, which is still 3,372,575 blocked Spam requests. Spam is one of the least sophisticated attack categories, nearly without any polish and with a worse click rate than what an average email marketing campaign.
Phishing, as opposed to Spam, is growing Compared to the previous month, the activity increased by 16%, resulting in 52,383,692 blocked incidents. Phishing typically uses emails, text messages, or chat apps to spread links leading to domains with malicious codes or schemes aimed to lure out customers’ sensitive data. Some examples could be messages saying the user won a prize or got a special offer of some kind.
Malware is still the most prevalent category with the biggest amount of blocked requests throughout the month of March. Their total activity increased by whooping 61% compared to February. During march, we blocked 360,818,315 malware threats. Malware is quite a broad term concerning all sorts of malicious software designed to breach and damage users’ devices and their systems, making it the arch-enemy of cybersecurity.
The impact of contemporary cyber threats can be severe. Your customers leveraging Whalebone Peacemaker can enjoy using the Internet without fear since they are protected at all times.
Examples of threats
Supply chain
Supply chain is a type of cyber-attack that targets a company's supply chain network by introducing malicious software or code into the system, which can then spread throughout the network and infect multiple organizations and systems. These attacks are particularly dangerous as they can compromise a large number of organizations and systems with just one attack, making them difficult to detect and mitigate. This threat type listed 24.9 million incidents this month.
Malware — ViperSoftX
It is an information-stealing malware that exhibits interesting hiding capabilities, mainly focused on stealing cryptocurrencies, clipboard swapping, and fingerprinting the infected machine. It is distributed via cracked software such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Video Studio, and Microsoft Office. ViperSoftX also distributes a specific information stealer called VenomSoftX, which is a browser extension for Chromium-based browsers that carries out man-in-the-browser attacks, steals credentials and clipboard content, tampers with crypto addresses, and reports events to the C&C server. This threat reported 89 million incidents this month.
Trojan C2/Generic-A
This malware is designed to establish a Command and Control connection between an infected computer and a remote server controlled by attackers. Once established, the C2 server can be used to remotely control the infected computer, steal sensitive information, and carry out other malicious activities, such as launching other types of malware or conducting attacks on other computers or networks. C2/Generic-A is often spread through various means, such as email phishing campaigns, social engineering, or exploiting vulnerabilities in software or systems. This threat hits 10.9 million incident this month.
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