Region brief for 2018-09-20

ASIA

1. Hundreds of Indian Government Websites Hit with Cryptojacking Malware
2. The public's trust, politics and race, and dignity for the LGBT community: MP Murali Pillai goes On the Record
3. China Arrests Suspect for Customer Data Leak at Accor Partner

OCEANIA

4. Privacy advocates have failed to engage on My Health Record

NORTH AMERICA

5. A worrying future for the next generation?
6. US authorities Have Pardoned Authors of Mirai Ransomware in Return For Government “Cooperation”
7. Book Review: Malware Data Science
8. Wyden: Tech company has told multiple senators of foreign hacking attempts
9. Data commissioner fines Equifax £500,000 for US data breach affecting UK customers
10. LG V40 ThinQ Alleged Specifications Sheet Leaked; Reveals 8GB RAM Model With a 6.4-Inch Display, but No Triple-Rear-Camera
11. 7GB of Medical Data Publicly Exposed Thanks to Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket
12. US State Department confirms data breach to unclassified email system
13. Threats posed by using RATs in ICS
14. GovPayNow Leak of 14M+ Records The All Time Low in Processing
15. Card Data-Scraping Magecart Code Found on Newegg
16. Mirai botnet developers collaborate with the FBI
17. US Signal partners with Cloudflare to deliver DDoS protection service

SOUTH AMERICA

Nothing to report

EUROPE

18. New Magecart victims ABS-CBN and Newegg are just the tip of the iceberg
19. Magecart Strikes Again, Siphoning Payment Info from Newegg
20. Wyden: Tech company has told multiple senators of foreign hacking attempts
21. Data commissioner fines Equifax £500,000 for US data breach affecting UK customers
22. UK organisations’ email accounts used in mass phishing campaigns
23. Newegg Inc. Suffers Hack, Credit Card Data Stolen
24. This Russian botnet mimics your click to prevent Android device factory resets
25. HMRC Tax Refund Scam via Phishing Campaign
26. NewEgg Network is attacked by hackers
27. UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach
28. Magecart cybercrime group stole customers’ credit cards from Newegg electronics retailer
29. Latest Hacking News Podcast
30. Newegg hacked: The new victim of Magecart malware
31. Western Digital My Cloud vulnerability, let’s hacker gives full access

AFRICA

Nothing to report