Region brief for 2018-11-02

ASIA

1. Shellbot Variant Used in New Botnet, Spreads Using IoT and Linux Vulnerabilities
2. Stuxnet Returns, Striking Iran with New Variant
3. This Week in Security News: Spam Campaigns and Vulnerable Infrastructures
4. Outlaw Hacking Group Using Command Injection Flow To Attack Organizations Network using Botnet via C&C Server
5. BCMUPnP_Hunter: 100,000-node botnet is abusing routers for spam
6. Iran has become victim of a cyberattack campaign
7. Another packed room for .@idefense analyst Mei Nelson discussing China and cryptocurrency. #codeblue_jp @AccentureSecure @AccentureJPNews

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

8. Joshua Adam Schulte, ex CIA employee, accused of continuing leaks from prison
9. New Data Affirms Cyber Threat for Industrial Control Systems
10. #SamSam #ransomware continues to be a thorn in the side of organizations in the U.S. with targeted ransomware campaigns continuing,
11. 85 Millions of voter records available for sale ahead of the 2018 US Midterm Elections
12. SMS Phishing + Cardless ATM = Profit
13. Stuxnet Returns, Striking Iran with New Variant
14. Bluetooth Bugs Speak to Lack of Security in DevOps
15. This Week in Security News: Spam Campaigns and Vulnerable Infrastructures
16. Russian hackers compromise 120 million Facebook accounts; private messages on sale online
17. SamSam ransomware campaigns continue to target U.S. in 2018
18. BCMUPnP_Hunter: 100,000-node botnet is abusing routers for spam
19. Multiple #phishing pages on multiple domains targeting Canadian citizens posing as Canadian Revenue Agency, Interac, and others 192.99.86.132 (@OVH) cc: @cybercentre_ca
20. U.S. Geological Survey Network got Infected with Malware
21. 85 million voter records on sale
22. Iran has become victim of a cyberattack campaign
23. EY launches the world's first secure private transactions over the Ethereum public blockchain

SOUTH AMERICA

24. Russian hackers compromise 120 million Facebook accounts; private messages on sale online

EUROPE

25. Shellbot Variant Used in New Botnet, Spreads Using IoT and Linux Vulnerabilities
26. Magecart cybergang targeting e-commerce credit card data
27. 120 Million Facebook Accounts Compromised, Private Messages of 81,000 for Sale
28. Stuxnet Returns, Striking Iran with New Variant
29. Sauter Quickly Patches Flaw in Building Automation Software
30. This Week in Security News: Spam Campaigns and Vulnerable Infrastructures
31. Russian hackers compromise 120 million Facebook accounts; private messages on sale online
32. Beware this malware: it can even survive operating systems being reinstalled
33. Magecart claims fresh victim in electronics kit seller Kitronik
34. Iran has become victim of a cyberattack campaign
35. EY launches the world's first secure private transactions over the Ethereum public blockchain

AFRICA

Nil