Region brief for 2018-11-09

ASIA

1. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
2. VMware releases security patches for a critical virtual machine escape flaw
3. VMware Patches VM Escape Flaw Disclosed at Chinese Hacking Contest
4. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
5. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
6. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
7. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
8. South Korean Hackers Arrested for Infecting Cryto Mining Malware
9. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
10. Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
11. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder
12. BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers
13. Exposed data of nearly 700k American Express India customers
14. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
15. Nearly 700,000 Plaintext Records of American Express India Customers Personal Info Exposed Online

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

16. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
17. Koadic: Security Defense in the Age of LoL Malware, Part IV
18. 'DerpTroll' derps into plea deal, admits DDoS attacks on EA, Steam, Sony game servers
19. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
20. VMware releases security patches for a critical virtual machine escape flaw
21. The Pentagon is Publishing Foreign Nation-State Malware
22. Advanced tools: Process Hacker
23. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
24. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
25. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
26. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
27. Canada Post leaks sensitive information of thousands of cannabis buyers
28. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
29. Sony DDoS-er 'DerpTrolling' Pleads Guilty
30. D93 staff accounts compromised through a phishing scam
31. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder
32. Canadian Uni Shutters Network After Cryptomining Attack
33. US Air Force invites white hats to find hackable flaws, again
34. BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers
35. VirusTotal and USCyberCom Join Forces To Identify Malware
36. Exposed data of nearly 700k American Express India customers
37. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
38. Nearly 700,000 Plaintext Records of American Express India Customers Personal Info Exposed Online
39. U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples will be shared to #VirusTotal by the Cyber National Mission Force and one expert said

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

40. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
41. Stealthy Crypto-Mining Malware Evades Detection
42. Infosec Problems For 2019 and Beyond: Patching, Bug Bounties and Hype
43. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
44. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
45. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
46. Flaws in Roche Medical Devices Can Put Patients at Risk
47. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
48. Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy
49. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
50. Hackers hide malware in the Windows installation files to mine cryptocurrency

AFRICA

Nil