Sector brief for 2018-10-25

HEALTHCARE

1. Data Breach Announced by CMS – Approximately 75,000 Individuals’ Files Affected
2. Aftermath of the Data Breach: Cathay Pacific Customers Losing Confidence
3. Amazon IoT operating system FreeRTOS has serious vulnerabilities

TRANSPORT

4. Cobalt Group tries to slip malicious PDFs past bank employees, researchers say
5. Aftermath of the Data Breach: Cathay Pacific Customers Losing Confidence
6. New Techniques to Uncover and Attribute Cobalt Gang Commodity Builders and Infrastructure Revealed
7. Amazon IoT operating system FreeRTOS has serious vulnerabilities

BANKING & FINANCE

8. British Airways has some good news and bad news about its payment breach
9. Malware Distributors Adopt DKIM to Bypass Mail Filters
10. Another 185K Customers Potentially Affected by the British Airways Data Breach
11. British Airways: Cyberattack, data theft bigger than we first thought
12. Cobalt Group tries to slip malicious PDFs past bank employees, researchers say
13. Aftermath of the Data Breach: Cathay Pacific Customers Losing Confidence
14. Questions Mount Over Delay After Cathay Pacific Admits Huge Data Leak
15. New Techniques to Uncover and Attribute Cobalt Gang Commodity Builders and Infrastructure Revealed
16. 5 Common Visibility Gaps Your Enterprise Security Plan Can’t Afford
17. Cathay Pacific data breach exposes PII of 9.4 million customers
18. Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers
19. West Haven pays $2k USD because of ransomware attack
20. [BLOG] When #malware actor realizes that he can make more money by himself and transform his dropper into banking malware,

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

21. Misconfigured Container Abused to Deliver Cryptocurrency-mining Malware
22. Cobalt Group tries to slip malicious PDFs past bank employees, researchers say
23. Another one bites the dust! In 2018 Android malware can bypass defences of billon dollar AV industry and Google Play
24. #DidYouKnow AVG Free Antivirus received the highest rating of Advanced+ in @AV_Comparatives latest Malware Protection Test? Share AVG Free Antivirus with
25. Hacker creates seven new variants of the Mirai botnet | Avast
26. iOS 12 has completely blocked password cracking tool, GrayKey

FOOD

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WATER

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ENERGY

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

27. Experts released a free Decryption Tool for GandCrab ransomware
28. Aftermath of the Data Breach: Cathay Pacific Customers Losing Confidence
29. 5 Common Visibility Gaps Your Enterprise Security Plan Can’t Afford
30. .@FireEye researchers have attributed the #Triton #malware -- used in an attack on an industrial control system in Saudi Arabia
31. Bitdefender releases GandCrab ransomware decryption tool
32. FireEye links Triton Malware to Russian Research Institute
33. CNI Campaign TRITON Linked to Russian Institute
34. Free GrandCrab Ransomware Decryption Tool Released by Bitdefender
35. .@FireEye security researchers claimed the Russian government was 'most likely' behind the Triton #malware attack on an industrial control system
36. Building shared digital identity using blockchain technology
37. Russian-Made Malware Used to Attack Saudi Petrol Plant, Claims FireEye
38. West Haven pays $2k USD because of ransomware attack