Greetings, from Cloudbric.
Here’s the latest from Cloudbric: for March 21th to April 3rd.
- Tech Developments
*Cloudbric Labs (cyber threat information data platform based on blockchain technology)
→ Blacklist IP API upgrade : 90% complete (estimated time of completion: 2020 1Q)
→ Support for Hacker Wallet Address and Phishing URL API: 20% complete (estimated time of completion: 2020 2Q)
- Updated the list on Data Risk Logic improvement criteria
- Considering ways to increase the stability of current procedures for processing Labs black IP data.
- Upgraded the logic for assigning threat scores to threat data
- New scoring system implemented
- New scripts that periodically generate DB tables
*Cryptpbric v2 (Personal Security App of Cryptocurrency hacking)
→ VPN + Phishing URL auto-block function: 35% complete (estimated time of completion: end of 2020 2Q)
- Planning for technology application in progress.
- Technology applications for VPN and SWG reviewed
- Implementation plans for application under review
*VISION (Deep Learning Security Engine) Commercialization
→ Source code analysis for VISION commercial structuring VISION: 35% Complete.
→ Commercial module development: 10% complete.
- Revisions for improvements regarding source code and engine.
- Review of additional lists to be included in the supervised learning of the Deep Learning Engine
- Ongoing review of different learning strategies by domain
2. Business and Marketing Side Update
- Cloudbric is ready to launch a full scale PoC with Indonesia’s largest IT consulting company. We hope enterprises and SMBs in Indonesia will soon experience the Cloudbric.
- Cloudbric has a new home: you can find exclusive offerings on our new Microsoft Azure Marketplace. (We’ll registering on Marketplace by mid-April)
- Save the Date. Cloudbric, Penta Security, and Microsoft invites enterprises and SMBs in Korea to attend our Webinar on cloud security, and SWAP — our very own cloud-based smart web application protection services. Coming soon to you in late April.
3. NEWS
- Cyber-Attacks Up 37% Over Past Month as #COVID19 Bites — Infosecurity Magazine
Online threats have risen by as much as six-times their usual levels over the past four weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic provides new ballast for cyber-attacks, according to Cloudflare. The web security and content delivery vendor analyzed UK traffic figures for the past four weeks compared to the previous month and noted a sharp uptick in malicious activity.
A new Windows malware has emerged that makes disks unusable by overwriting the master boot record (MBR). It takes its cue from the COVID-19 pandemic, calling itself simply “Coronavirus.” Overwriting the MBR is the same trick that the infamous NotPetya wiper malware used in 2017 in a campaign that caused widespread, global financial damage.
- Key Ring App Data Leak Exposes 44 Million Images — Infosecurity Magazine
A digital wallet app with millions of users has become the latest organization to be caught storing customer data in unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets. Researchers at vpnMentor discovered five misconfigured buckets containing the personal data of 14 million users of the Key Ring app.
