Sector brief for 2018-10-26

HEALTHCARE

1. Experts presented BOTCHAIN, the first fully functional Botnet built upon the Bitcoin Protocol

TRANSPORT

2. North Korea Backed Two Cryptocurrency Scams This Year, Says Report
3. Hackers attack Cathay Pacific

BANKING & FINANCE

4. British Airways: additional 185,000 passengers may have been affected
5. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
6. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
7. Details of 9mil compromised in Cathay Pacific data leak
8. CVE-2018-9206 was maliciously exploited that multiple websites were linked to the search page to jump to the betting site
9. Cathay Pacific hack: Personal data of up to 9.4 million airline passengers laid bare
10. No Place for Security as Cryptocurrency Skills Demand Soars
11. BA Breach: An Extra 185K Customers Notified
12. Hackers attack Cathay Pacific
13. Second attack against British Airways is disclosed

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

14. University DDoS attack leads to $8.6 million fine, house arrest for New Jersey man
15. Facebook removes Iranian influence campaign as midterms near
16. PoC Attack Leverages Microsoft Office and YouTube to Deliver Malware
17. CVE-2018-14665 privilege escalation flaw affects popular Linux distros
18. Pocket iNET ISP Exposed 73GB of Sensitive Data On Misconfigured S3 Bucket
19. CVE-2018-9206 was maliciously exploited that multiple websites were linked to the search page to jump to the betting site
20. Researchers report vulnerability in Microsoft Word's online video feature
21. Airline Discovers Trove of Frequent Flyer Accounts Compromised and Posted for Sale Online:
22. Spammers Behind Historic Data Breach Affecting Millions of Facebook Users
23. New Malware Abusing Two Legitimate Windows Files to Steal Victims Personal Data
24. Zero-day vulnerability in Windows allows privileges escalation

FOOD

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WATER

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ENERGY

25. GreyEnergy cyberespionage group targets Poland and Ukraine
26. Russian sabotage in Saudi petrochemicals

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

27. Campaign 2018: New malware attacks target voters in key battleground states
28. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
29. 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
30. .@FireEye #security researchers claimed the Russian government was 'most likely' behind the #Triton #malware attack on an industrial control system
31. North Korea Backed Two Cryptocurrency Scams This Year, Says Report
32. Russian sabotage in Saudi petrochemicals