Region brief for 2018-11-05

ASIA

1. Google dorks were the root cause of a catastrophic compromise of CIA’s communications
2. Cyber-Attacks: How to Stop a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
3. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
4. A cybersecurity lesson: educational sites suffer rise in DDoS attacks in Q3

OCEANIA

5. Week in review: Volume of Australian data breaches continues unabated
6. Australian shipbuilder Austal hit by data breach
7. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
8. A cybersecurity lesson: educational sites suffer rise in DDoS attacks in Q3
9. "Shipbuilder Austal Ltd said on Thursday its Australian business had detected and responded to a data breach"

NORTH AMERICA

10. What were the DDoS numbers for Q2 & Q3 2018?
11. Google dorks were the root cause of a catastrophic compromise of CIA’s communications
12. Your personal data is widely available to hackers
13. Inside SearchPageInstaller | macOS Malware Deploys a MITM Attack
14. Magecart Strikes Again, and Kitronik Is Latest Victim
15. Cyber-Attacks: How to Stop a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
16. Equifax Set to Share More PII with Experian
17. #SamSam #ransomware continues to be a thorn in the side of organizations in the U.S. with targeted ransomware campaigns continuing,
18. Over 80,000 Facebook User Accounts Compromised
19. Why malware attacks should no longer be a problem for businesses
20. Critical 'Bleedingbit' flaws found in microcontrollers used by Wi-Fi access points
21. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
22. A cybersecurity lesson: educational sites suffer rise in DDoS attacks in Q3
23. "A lot of people in Congress are concerned that the Facebook influence campaigns are about the midterms, but to me
24. "Shipbuilder Austal Ltd said on Thursday its Australian business had detected and responded to a data breach"

SOUTH AMERICA

25. Over 80,000 Facebook User Accounts Compromised

EUROPE

26. Inception Group Uses POWERSHOWER Backdoor in Two-Stage Spear Phishing Attacks
27. Google dorks were the root cause of a catastrophic compromise of CIA’s communications
28. Magecart Infiltrates U.K. Online Retailer Kitronik POS
29. Akado Telecom Accidentally Leaks Customers' Names, Phone Numbers, And Addresses
30. Magecart Strikes Again, and Kitronik Is Latest Victim
31. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
32. Kemp Investigates Dems, Not the Reported Vulnerability
33. Over 80,000 Facebook User Accounts Compromised
34. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
35. Kemp Cites Voter Database Hacking Attempt, Gives No Evidence
36. A cybersecurity lesson: educational sites suffer rise in DDoS attacks in Q3

AFRICA

37. Cyber-Attacks: How to Stop a Multibillion-Dollar Problem