Region brief for 2018-10-05

ASIA

1. Virus Bulletin 2018: Saudi Dissident Spyware Attack Belies Bigger Threat
2. Trojans go after MS Office vulnerabilities and China hacks US hardware
3. The Kronos banking trojan is back from the malware dustbin. After years of lying dormant, hackers have reworked the underlying
4. DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers
5. VP Mike Pence slams Google over Chinese search engine project
6. North Korean hacking operation behind SWIFT attacks

OCEANIA

7. Trojans go after MS Office vulnerabilities and China hacks US hardware
8. Danabot Banking Malware Targets U.S. Organizations
9. DanaBot Banking Trojan’s Journey to North America

NORTH AMERICA

10. Virus Bulletin 2018: Saudi Dissident Spyware Attack Belies Bigger Threat
11. Trojans go after MS Office vulnerabilities and China hacks US hardware
12. California Is Making It Illegal for Devices to Have Shitty Default Passwords
13. AirNaine Uses New ARS RAT Strain Named ZeroEvil Against Canadian Businesses
14. Danabot Banking Malware Targets U.S. Organizations
15. Uncle Sam Charges Seven Russians With Fancy Bear Hack Sprees
16. DanaBot Banking Trojan’s Journey to North America
17. The fur is not gonna fly: Uncle Sam charges seven Russians with Fancy Bear hack sprees
18. US users open 30% of phishing emails with 12% of those clicking on infected links or attachments. Prepare for 2019's
19. DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers
20. New research reveals the DanaBot banking Trojan is now targeting banks in the United States as well. The campaign attempts to
21. Fin7 Hackers Breached US Chain Burgerville
22. Fin7 Hackers Breached US Chain Burgerville

SOUTH AMERICA

Nothing to report

EUROPE

23. Russian State-Sponsored Operations Begin to Overlap: Kaspersky
24. Danabot Banking Malware Targets U.S. Organizations
25. The Virus Bulletin conference returns home: VB2019 to take place in London
26. DanaBot Banking Trojan’s Journey to North America
27. The Kronos banking trojan is back from the malware dustbin. After years of lying dormant, hackers have reworked the underlying
28. The fur is not gonna fly: Uncle Sam charges seven Russians with Fancy Bear hack sprees
29. UK pins 'reckless campaign of cyber attacks' on Russian military intelligence
30. Experts warns of a new extortion campaign based on the Breach Compilation archive
31. Facebook Logins Available on the Dark Web for $2.60
32. DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers
33. Fake News Domains Spoof UK News Sites
34. Russia's elite hacking unit has been silent, but busy

AFRICA

Nothing to report