Nov 9, 2018

Region brief for 2018-11-08

ASIA

  1. Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Generation of Attacks on Industrial Systems
  2. 689,272 plaintext records of Amex India customers exposed online
  3. Cambodia's ISPs Hit By Massive DDoS Attacks
  4. Attack uses malicious InPage document and outdated VLC media player to give attackers backdoor access to targets
  5. Active Exploitation of Newly Patched ColdFusion Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15961)
  6. Symantec Uncovers North Korean Group's ATM Attack Malware
  7. Lazarus Group Targets Bank Networks to Rob ATMs
  8. 4 Cambodia’s ISPs Attacked by DDoS
  9. Hackers from North Korea still breaking into PCs for mining crypto-currencies
  10. DDoS attack on Cambodia’s top ISPs reached 150Gbps
  11. Symantec researchers dissect North Korean malware used in ATM attacks
  12. SIM Swapping Hacker Group Who Managed to Steal $80,000 Worth of Cryptocurrency Got Arrested
  13. Spam Botnet of Over 100K Routers Abuses UPnP
  14. Cambodia's ISPs hit by some of the biggest DDoS attacks in the country's history
  15. HSBC confirms data theft in the United States
  16. Commoditization of Computing Hardware and the Bugs It Contains

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

  1. Bleedingbit Vulnerabilities Could Affect Enterprises Worldwide
  2. Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Generation of Attacks on Industrial Systems
  3. Canada Post Leaked Personal Data of 4,500 Cannabis Customers
  4. 689,272 plaintext records of Amex India customers exposed online
  5. Canada Post Leaked Personal Data On Cannabis Smokers
  6. Attack uses malicious InPage document and outdated VLC media player to give attackers backdoor access to targets
  7. Active Exploitation of Newly Patched ColdFusion Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15961)
  8. Lazarus Group Targets Bank Networks to Rob ATMs
  9. Most IT Security Pros Underestimate Phishing Risks
  10. Hackers from North Korea still breaking into PCs for mining crypto-currencies
  11. Symantec researchers dissect North Korean malware used in ATM attacks
  12. Beware of scams! Elon Musk is not giving away bitcoin on Twitter
  13. Spam Botnet of Over 100K Routers Abuses UPnP
  14. The Cyber National Mission Force will share unclassified U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples to #VirusTotal and one expert hopes there
  15. U.S. Cyber Command CNMF Shares unclassified malware samples via VirusTotal
  16. Canada Post leaked personal data, orders of thousands of cannabis smokers
  17. HSBC Bank Alerts US Customers to Data Breach
  18. US Cyber Command starts uploading foreign APT malware to VirusTotal
  19. U.S. Cyber Command malware samples to be logged in VirusTotal
  20. Metamorfo Banking Trojan Keeps Its Sights on Brazil
  21. Unclassified #malware samples from U.S. Cyber Command will be shared with @virustotal by the Cyber National Mission Force. @MalwareJake @stephengillett
  22. Canadian University Undergoes A Forced Shutdown After Cryptojacking Attack
  23. U.S. Cyber Command Shares Malware via VirusTotal
  24. HSBC confirms data theft in the United States
  25. US Cyber Command starts uploading foreign APT malware to VirusTotal

SOUTH AMERICA

  1. Metamorfo Banking Trojan Keeps Its Sights on Brazil
  2. Banking Malware Takes Aim at Brazilians
  3. Metamorfo Banking Trojan Keeps Its Sights on Brazil
  4. HSBC confirms data theft in the United States

EUROPE

  1. Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Generation of Attacks on Industrial Systems
  2. Hackers Attack Crypto Exchange With Bitcoin-Stealing Malware
  3. Flaws in several self-encrypting SSDs allows attackers to decrypt data they contain
  4. Cryptocurrency Mining Malware uses Various Evasion Techniques, Including Windows Installer, as Part of its Routine
  5. iOS 12.1 Vulnerability
  6. Beware of scams! Elon Musk is not giving away bitcoin on Twitter
  7. U.S. Cyber Command CNMF Shares unclassified malware samples via VirusTotal
  8. Encryption flaws in solid state drives enable unauthorised data access
  9. Spyware disguised as Spanish banking apps removed from Google Play
  10. HSBC confirms data theft in the United States

AFRICA

Nil