Nov 2, 2018

Region brief for 2018-11-01

ASIA

  1. ‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals
  2. Open Letter to Francisco Partners: Continued Misuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus Technology
  3. DOJ indictment spotlights China’s civilian intel agency – and its hacker recruits
  4. Trickbot Shows Off New Trick: Password Grabber Module
  5. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets
  6. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C
  7. CSM-ACE 2018: FireEye Interview – ASEAN Countries Need to Place Greater Focus on Resourcing Their Cyber Defences

OCEANIA

  1. Australian defence contractor Austal hit by data breach
  2. Trickbot Shows Off New Trick: Password Grabber Module
  3. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets

NORTH AMERICA

  1. Australian defence contractor Austal hit by data breach
  2. BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks
  3. Emotet Malware, the Most Probable Malware of the Year
  4. Open Letter to Francisco Partners: Continued Misuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus Technology
  5. New Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Exposed in Aruba, Cisco, Meraki Access Points
  6. DOJ indictment spotlights China’s civilian intel agency – and its hacker recruits
  7. Bleedingbit: Critical vulnerabilities in BLE chips expose millions of access points to attack
  8. Healthcare Industry Continues To Be the Favourite for Ransomware
  9. Employee used US government network for adult websites, infected infrastructure with Russian malware
  10. CBS News: A Look Behind the Magecart Assault on E-commerce
  11. UK considers banning cryptocurrencies for their lack of “intrinsic value”
  12. Government employee who used to watch porn at work alleged guilty of infecting with malware a network
  13. Trickbot Shows Off New Trick: Password Grabber Module
  14. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets
  15. Our fabulous @5ean5ullivan explains to @CyberSauna listeners how the multiple vulnerabilities in the US electoral system may be^H^H^H^H^H^Hare being exploited.
  16. Hackers Drops New Emotet Malware to Perform Mass Email Exfiltration From Victims Email Client
  17. Talos Vulnerability Deep Dive - TALOS-2018-0636 / CVE-2018-3971 Sophos HitmanPro.Alert vulnerability
  18. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C
  19. Beware !! Square & PayPal Mobile Point of Sales (POS) Devices Are Extremely Vulnerable to Credit/Debit Card Data Theft

SOUTH AMERICA

  1. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C

EUROPE

  1. ‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals
  2. Experts presented BOTCHAIN, the first fully functional Botnet built upon the Bitcoin Protocol
  3. DOJ indictment spotlights China’s civilian intel agency – and its hacker recruits
  4. British Airways data breach bigger than originally thought
  5. Eurostar Resets Passwords of Customers After Data Breach
  6. Employee used US government network for adult websites, infected infrastructure with Russian malware
  7. CBS News: A Look Behind the Magecart Assault on E-commerce
  8. UK considers banning cryptocurrencies for their lack of “intrinsic value”
  9. Trickbot Shows Off New Trick: Password Grabber Module
  10. Radisson Rewards Program Targeted in Data Breach
  11. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets
  12. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C
  13. The Russian built #VPNFilter #botnet was taken down by the @FBI after over 500,000 routers were infected. However, VPNFilter is
  14. CSM-ACE 2018: FireEye Interview – ASEAN Countries Need to Place Greater Focus on Resourcing Their Cyber Defences

AFRICA

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