Region brief for 2018-10-26

ASIA

1. GreyEnergy cyberespionage group targets Poland and Ukraine
2. Facebook removes Iranian influence campaign as midterms near
3. Exploits Block List Grows 50% Because of Spambot, Avalanche/Gamarue botnet
4. CVE-2018-14665 privilege escalation flaw affects popular Linux distros
5. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
6. Tracking Tick Through Recent Campaigns Targeting East Asia
7. .@FireEye #security researchers claimed the Russian government was 'most likely' behind the #Triton #malware attack on an industrial control system
8. North Korea regime using and exploiting cryptocurrencies
9. North Korea Backed Two Cryptocurrency Scams This Year, Says Report
10. LIVE NETWORKS LIVE555 Streaming Media RTSP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2018-4013) Threat Alert
11. New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions
12. Operation Oceansalt
13. Hackers attack Cathay Pacific
14. China’s Alibaba Cloud Expands Enterprise Blockchain Offering to Global Markets
15. Russian sabotage in Saudi petrochemicals

OCEANIA

16. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
17. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency

NORTH AMERICA

18. University DDoS attack leads to $8.6 million fine, house arrest for New Jersey man
19. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
20. US Counters Russian Influence & Magecart Hacks Magento | Avast
21. North Korea Backed Two Cryptocurrency Scams This Year, Says Report
22. What a crane in the ass: Bug leaves construction machinery vulnerable to evil command injection
23. China’s Alibaba Cloud Expands Enterprise Blockchain Offering to Global Markets

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

24. British Airways: additional 185,000 passengers may have been affected
25. GreyEnergy cyberespionage group targets Poland and Ukraine
26. British Airways: 185K Affected in Second Data Breach
27. BA Website Hijacked by Magecart. Again. | Avast
28. British Airways Data Breach Takes Off Again with 185K More Victims
29. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
30. US Counters Russian Influence & Magecart Hacks Magento | Avast
31. .@FireEye #security researchers claimed the Russian government was 'most likely' behind the #Triton #malware attack on an industrial control system
32. BA website and data breach by Magecart deeper than first thought
33. No Place for Security as Cryptocurrency Skills Demand Soars
34. BA Breach: An Extra 185K Customers Notified
35. British Airways data breach worse than thought
36. Experts presented BOTCHAIN, the first fully functional Botnet built upon the Bitcoin Protocol
37. Hackers attack Cathay Pacific
38. China’s Alibaba Cloud Expands Enterprise Blockchain Offering to Global Markets
39. Second attack against British Airways is disclosed
40. Russian sabotage in Saudi petrochemicals

AFRICA

Nil