Region brief for 2018-10-18

ASIA

1. Threat Report: BlackEnergy APT Group Becomes GreyEnergy
2. GreyEnergy cyberespionage group targets Poland and Ukraine
3. Tracking Tick Through Recent Campaigns Targeting East Asia
4. Cyber Espionage Campaign Reuses Code from China's APT1
5. Oceansalt cyberattack wave linked to defunct Chinese APT Comment Crew
6. Oceansalt Linked To Defunct Chinese APT Comment Crew
7. Group-IB: 14 cyber attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million
8. Hacking Attacks On Cryptocurrency Exchanges Resulted in a Loss of $882 Million
9. 'Operation Oceansalt' Reuses Code from Chinese Group APT1
10. Oracle extends its thanks to Qihoo 360 for fixing the vulnerabilities of Weblogic
11. Tracking Tick Through Recent Campaigns Targeting East Asia
12. XBash Malware Security Advisory
13. Operation Oceansalt research reveals cyber-attacks targeting South Korea, USA and Canada
14. Targeted attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million
15. The Equifax Hack Uploaded Files the Right Way
16. Oceansalt cyberattack wave linked to defunct Chinese APT Comment Crew
17. ‘Operation Oceansalt’ Delivers Wave After Wave
18. New Reconnaissance Tool Uses Code from Eight-Year-Old Comment Crew Implant

OCEANIA

19. Threat Report: BlackEnergy APT Group Becomes GreyEnergy
20. Thousands of Neoflam Clients Had Their Data Leaked After Buying Frying Pans
21. The author of the LuminosityLink RAT sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
22. Senate inquiry recommends locking down My Health Record by default

NORTH AMERICA

23. Threat Report: BlackEnergy APT Group Becomes GreyEnergy
24. Branch.io Flaws may have affected as many as 685 million individuals
25. 35 Million Records Of US Voters Data For Sale On The Dark Web
26. Cyber Espionage Campaign Reuses Code from China's APT1
27. Apple to US users: Here's how you can now see what personal data we hold on you
28. CVE-2018-8460: Exposing a Double Free in Internet Explorer for Code Execution
29. New Pennsylvania Law Imposes Fine for Using Drones to Spy
30. Oceansalt cyberattack wave linked to defunct Chinese APT Comment Crew
31. Crypto Mining Malware Runs on iPhone
32. 'Operation Oceansalt' Reuses Code from Chinese Group APT1
33. RAT author jailed for 30 months, ordered to hand over $725k worth of Bitcoin
34. RAT author jailed for 30 months, ordered to hand over $725k worth of Bitcoin
35. Apple to US users: Here's how you can now see what personal data we hold on you
36. XBash Malware Security Advisory
37. Anthem to pay record £12M for 2015 data breach
38. The author of the LuminosityLink RAT sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
39. Operation Oceansalt research reveals cyber-attacks targeting South Korea, USA and Canada
40. ‘Operation Oceansalt’ Delivers Wave After Wave
41. SEO pollution campaign affects web searches related to EU midterm elections
42. New Reconnaissance Tool Uses Code from Eight-Year-Old Comment Crew Implant

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

43. Threat Report: BlackEnergy APT Group Becomes GreyEnergy
44. GreyEnergy cyberespionage group targets Poland and Ukraine
45. After an attempted comeback by the Russian built #VPNFilter #botnet, home #networkdevices are at risk. Learn how this #malware targets
46. GreyEnergy Potential Successor of BlackEnergy
47. The author of the LuminosityLink RAT sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
48. Chaining three critical vulnerabilities allows takeover of D-Link routers

AFRICA

49. The author of the LuminosityLink RAT sentenced to 30 Months in Prison