Region brief for 2018-11-16

ASIA

1. InfoWars: Magecart Infection Points to 'Industrial Sabotage'
2. China's Hack Attacks: An Economic Espionage Campaign
3. Operation Shaheen – Pakistan Air Force members targeted by nation-state attackers
4. Details of 170,000 Pakistani debit cards leaked on dark web
5. Cyber News Rundown: Infowars Hacked by Card Skimmers
6. This Week in Security News: Holiday Cybercriminals & Cryptomining Malware
7. How to Stay One Step Ahead of Phishing Websites — Literally
8. Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia
9. After early speculation of #malicious intent, experts said an accidental misconfiguration caused the BGP route leak that sent traffic destined
10. Malaysia’s Largest Media Company Allegedly Suffers Ransomware Attack
11. Hackers infect Malaysia’s largest media company with ransomware, then demand $6.45 million
12. #GroupIB #ThreatIntelligence detected large set of compromised payment cards details that was put on sale on underground card shop on
13. Google, US and Israeli politician Twitter accounts hijacked to promote 'Elon Musk' Bitcoin scam
14. Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks posing as the Central Bank of Russia
15. Apache Struts2 Commons FileUpload Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2016-100031)Threat Alert
16. Mylobot Botnet Now Exfiltrates Data Using Second Stage Khalesi Trojan
17. Looking Back at LogRhythm Labs' 2018 Predictions for Security - How Did We Do?

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

18. Russian APT comes back to life with new US spear-phishing campaign
19. Cryptocurrency Trader Gets 15 Months of Jail for Stealing Bitcoin, Litecoin
20. Using Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper
21. Analyzing OilRig’s Ops Tempo from Testing to Weaponization to Delivery
22. This Week in Security News: Holiday Cybercriminals & Cryptomining Malware
23. Scanning Akamai's Edge Servers for Vulnerabilities, Correctly
24. Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia
25. Hackers infect Malaysia’s largest media company with ransomware, then demand $6.45 million
26. Google, US and Israeli politician Twitter accounts hijacked to promote 'Elon Musk' Bitcoin scam
27. Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks posing as the Central Bank of Russia
28. NTT Security Adds Botnet Infrastructure Detection to Managed Security Services
29. Apache Struts2 Commons FileUpload Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2016-100031)Threat Alert
30. 5 Top Techniques for Testing Blockchain Apps
31. New variants of Meltdown and Spectre cause information leaks
32. New WebCobra Cryptojacking Malware Uses Platform Specific Miners
33. AMD launches new mid-range graphics card RX 590 based on 12nm process
34. Looking Back at LogRhythm Labs' 2018 Predictions for Security - How Did We Do?

SOUTH AMERICA

35. Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia
36. New WebCobra Cryptojacking Malware Uses Platform Specific Miners
37. Mylobot Botnet Now Exfiltrates Data Using Second Stage Khalesi Trojan

EUROPE

38. Russian APT comes back to life with new US spear-phishing campaign
39. Stealthy DarkGate Cryptocurrency Mining and Ransomware Evades AV Detection
40. Using Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper
41. Operation Shaheen – Pakistan Air Force members targeted by nation-state attackers
42. Cyber News Rundown: Infowars Hacked by Card Skimmers
43. Russian Banks Hit By Major Phishing Attacks
44. This Week in Security News: Holiday Cybercriminals & Cryptomining Malware
45. Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia
46. After early speculation of #malicious intent, experts said an accidental misconfiguration caused the BGP route leak that sent traffic destined
47. Russian banks hit by major phishing attacks from two hacker groups
48. Cybaze ZLab- Yoroi team spotted a new variant of the APT28 Lojax rootkit
49. Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks posing as the Central Bank of Russia
51. French Company Data Breach Causes Sensitive Information Stolen to the Hackers
52. Magecart become close to a household name with hacks of massive sites like http://Ticketmaster.com , http://Newegg.com and British Airways.
53. New WebCobra Cryptojacking Malware Uses Platform Specific Miners
54. Mylobot Botnet Now Exfiltrates Data Using Second Stage Khalesi Trojan
55. Looking Back at LogRhythm Labs' 2018 Predictions for Security - How Did We Do?

AFRICA

56. New WebCobra Cryptojacking Malware Uses Platform Specific Miners