cyberTWEAK: Protecting Against Social Engineering Waterhole Attacks
cyberTWEAK is a free Chrome extension developed by thirstylions that aims to mitigate the risk of social engineering waterhole attacks. These attacks, often used by cyber adversaries to breach large organizations, involve compromising a legitimate website and redirecting users to another domain with an exploit kit. To prevent such attacks, cyberTWEAK alters the user agent string that your browser sends with each website request, effectively concealing your identity and misleading potential attackers.
By spoofing the user agent string, cyberTWEAK ensures that the information provided to websites is altered, deceiving attackers and reducing the risk of successful waterhole attacks. The extension utilizes an algorithm developed at a leading research university, implementing a game-theoretic model to automatically protect users from social engineering threats.
With cyberTWEAK, users can enhance their online security and safeguard against the increasingly sophisticated attack techniques used by cyber adversaries. By changing the user agent string, this extension provides an additional layer of protection against social engineering waterhole attacks.
