Region brief for 2018-11-06

ASIA

1. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges
2. Fake Telegram Apps Used to Spy on Iranian Users
3. Spam and phishing in Q3 2018
4. Worst malware and threat actors of 2018 so far
5. Shellbot Botnet Targets IoT devices and Linux servers
6. Nation states sponsoring increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
7. New attack by Anonymous Italy: personal data from ministries and police have been released online
8. Multiple Cisco Vulnerabilities Threat Alert

OCEANIA

9. Spam and phishing in Q3 2018

NORTH AMERICA

10. US DoD’s first malware submissions to Google-bought VirusTotal is Russia-linked LoJack
11. Hack the Air Force 3.0 Bug Bounty Announced by USAF
12. ThreatList: Despite Fraud Awareness, Password Reuse Persists for Half of U.S. Consumers
13. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges
14. HSBC Bank Confirms US Data Breach
15. Compromising vital infrastructure: transport and logistics
16. HSBC Bank USA Warns Customers of Data Breach
17. Pocket iNet ISP Exposed 73GB of Corporate Data Online
18. Tech companies offered free products to help secure the election. Now what?
19. Spam and phishing in Q3 2018
20. We're hosting a lunch and learn event geared towards endpoint #security and #ransomware, with technology partner @SentinelOne. Please join us on
21. U.S. Air Force Announces Third Bug Bounty Program
22. Nation states sponsoring increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
23. New attack by Anonymous Italy: personal data from ministries and police have been released online
24. Two zero-day vulnerabilities expose millions of access points
25. #ThreatFabric discovers #NeoBot Android Banking Trojan (#Exobot spawn) in #GooglePlay with 10,000+ installs Please contact us if your interested in

SOUTH AMERICA

26. Spam and phishing in Q3 2018

EUROPE

27. US DoD’s first malware submissions to Google-bought VirusTotal is Russia-linked LoJack
28. Election Day: Five Security Experts Conclude that Georgia’s Online Voter Database is Easily Hackable
29. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges
30. UK Regulator Calls for Tougher Rules on Personal Data Use
31. Compromising vital infrastructure: transport and logistics
32. Flaws in several self-encrypting SSDs allows attackers to decrypt data they contain
33. Side-Channel Vulnerability PortSmash Steals Keys
34. Magecart infiltrates UK online retailer Kitronik payment system
35. Spam and phishing in Q3 2018
36. Worst malware and threat actors of 2018 so far
37. Wealthy Moscow residents' data leaked in Akado Telecom incident
38. Shellbot Botnet Targets IoT devices and Linux servers
39. Nation states sponsoring increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
40. New attack by Anonymous Italy: personal data from ministries and police have been released online

AFRICA

41. Anonymous Hackers Syndicate Defaces Huge Number of Websites of Gabon Government