Region brief for 2018-10-23

ASIA

1. FireEye links Russia-owned lab to Trisis developers
2. Russian Malware Was Apparently Used in an Attempt to Sabotage a Saudi Petrol Plant
3. Chinese Cyber Espionage Group using Datper Trojan
4. Saudi Investment Site Defaced After Journalist’s Murder
5. NSA Tools Used to Attack Nuclear Energy Firms
6. Burned malware returns, says Cylance report: Is Hacking Team responsible?
7. libssh Server-Side Identity Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-10933)Threat Alert
8. WebLogic Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2018-3191)Threat Alert
9. North Korean Hackers Stole $571 Million Worth of CryptoCoins in Less Than 24 Months
10. Hacking operations with DarkPulsar and other tools developed by the NSA
11. Can Cybercriminals Hack Blockchain?

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

12. When Ransomware Stopped Working Harder and Started Working Smarter
13. FireEye links Russia-owned lab to Trisis developers
14. An ISP Left Corporate Passwords, Keys, and All its Data Exposed on the Internet
15. Securing Government Operations with Cloud-based Malware Analysis
16. Inside Safari Extensions | Malicious Plugins Remain on Mojave
17. Quantifying Vulnerability Risk: How to Quickly Calculate and Prioritize Risk
18. Phishing attacks becoming more targeted, phishers love Microsoft the most
19. Indiana National Guard hit by ransomware
20. UK and US sign military Cyber Accord to dominate cyber domain - with help from business
21. Saudi Investment Site Defaced After Journalist’s Murder
22. NSA Tools Used to Attack Nuclear Energy Firms
23. Burned malware returns, says Cylance report: Is Hacking Team responsible?
24. The fix for the DOM-based XSS in Branch.io introduced a new XSS flaw
25. Can Cybercriminals Hack Blockchain?

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

26. Experts advocate for 'ATT&CK' as go-to framework to share threat intel
27. FireEye links Russia-owned lab to Trisis developers
28. Triton Malware Linked to Russian Government Research Institute
29. FireEye links Russian research lab to Triton ICS malware attacks
30. Russian Malware Was Apparently Used in an Attempt to Sabotage a Saudi Petrol Plant
31. TRITON Attribution: Russian Government-Owned Lab Most Likely Built Custom Intrusion Tools for TRITON Attackers
32. #sLoad and #Ramnit pairing in sustained personalized campaigns against UK and Italy
33. UK and US sign military Cyber Accord to dominate cyber domain - with help from business
34. NSA Tools Used to Attack Nuclear Energy Firms
35. “We’re less likely to be caught up in a massive breach of highly available PII or financial data that gets
36. Morrisons loses appeal over data breach
37. Hacking operations with DarkPulsar and other tools developed by the NSA

AFRICA

Nil