Last week the Bromium Labs team was contacted by a Fortune 1000 customer that detected an interesting attack via one of their installed LAVA sensors. We get such events frequently from our customers; however this attack was a bit different. The attack was a classic waterhole attack targeting potential viewers of a technology startup in the Oil and Gas sector. Interestingly, this attack occurred days after the company announced a sizable funding grant. It’s likely that the attackers were expecting more traffic to the website and hoped to increase their chances of a successful infection.
more here............http://labs.bromium.com/2014/09/16/pirates-of-the-internetz-the-curse-of-the-waterhole/
more here............http://labs.bromium.com/2014/09/16/pirates-of-the-internetz-the-curse-of-the-waterhole/