Region brief for 2018-10-02

ASIA

1. Case involving 'AlfabetoVirtual' website defacements ends in guilty plea
2. Researchers Link New NOKKI Malware to North Korean Actor
3. TA18-275A: HIDDEN COBRA – FASTCash Campaign
4. Nielsen warns of Chinese influence campaign, but not with midterms
5. Report: Zoho's domain regularly exploited to move keylogger data
6. A Staggering Amount of Stolen Data is Heading to Zoho Domains
7. Hackers use malicious content delivery system to target iOS device

OCEANIA

8. Danabot Banking Malware Now Targeting Banks in the U.S.

NORTH AMERICA

9. Case involving 'AlfabetoVirtual' website defacements ends in guilty plea
10. Canadian restaurant chain suffers country-wide outage after malware outbreak
11. DanaBot Observed in Large Campaign Targeting U.S. Organizations
12. California Governor Signs Bill Requiring Bots to Disclose Their True Identity
13. AR18-275A: MAR-10201537 – HIDDEN COBRA FASTCash-Related Malware
14. Ignite 2018 highlights: passwordless sign-in, confidential computing, new threat protection, and more
15. TA18-275A: HIDDEN COBRA – FASTCash Campaign
16. Danabot Banking Malware Now Targeting Banks in the U.S.
17. Ransomware attacks via RDP on the rise | Avast
18. Rep. Speier: Congress needs a hack demo to understand election vulnerabilities
19. Fortnite gamers targeted by data theft malware
20. Nielsen warns of Chinese influence campaign, but not with midterms
21. DanaBot Observed in Large Campaign Targeting U.S. Organizations
22. Cyber Threat Landscape: How it’s Evolving & How to Respond
23. #DanaBot Gains Popularity and Targets US Organizations in Large Campaigns. http://ow.ly/mJza50jiHdI via the Threat Insight research
24. Facebook may be fined up to $1.63 billion due to data breach

SOUTH AMERICA

25. Case involving 'AlfabetoVirtual' website defacements ends in guilty plea

EUROPE

26. Torii botnet, probably the most sophisticated IoT botnet of ever
27. World Cup may have distracted malware hackers
28. Microsoft Detection Tools Sniff Out Fileless Malware
29. Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach
30. Rep. Speier: Congress needs a hack demo to understand election vulnerabilities
31. Fortnite gamers targeted by data theft malware
32. Cyber Threat Landscape: How it’s Evolving & How to Respond
33. UK Conservative Party Conference dedicated app leaks attendee data
34. New Type of Malware Developed by Russian Hackers Eludes Discovery
35. Sites that use Facebook login could be affected by hack

AFRICA

Nothing to report