WANDA WATERHOLE
The place you trust is where she waits
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Every town’s got a waterhole – a trusted place folks return to again and again.
Wanda Waterhole poisons those gathering spots, waiting patiently for her targets to pass through.
She doesn’t chase victims across the web.
She infects the sites they already trust.
A Waterholing Attack happens when attackers compromise a trusted website frequently visited by a specific group — employees, communities, or industries.
Instead of luring victims to malicious sites, Wanda hides harmful code inside familiar ones, silently infecting devices, stealing data, or opening backdoors as visitors pass through.
REWARD
55,000
Ranger’s Rules for Riding Safe Online
– Keep browsers, plugins, and extensions fully up to date
– Take security warnings seriously — even on familiar sites
– Use endpoint protection tools that detect injected or malicious code
