Region brief for 2018-11-21

ASIA

1. City of Valdez, Alaska admits to paying off ransomware infection
2. Lazarus APT Uses Modular Backdoor to Target Financial Institutions
3. Adobe issues fix for Flash bug allowing remote code execution
4. Despite early speculation, experts concluded the BGP route leak that sent Google traffic through China and Russia was due to
5. Amazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black Friday
6. New Pterodo Backdoor Malware Detected By Ukraine
7. Is Magecart Checking Out Your Secure Online Transactions?
8. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign
9. Phishing Scams Serious Problem for Canada’s Global Affairs
10. Millions Stolen by North Korea-Linked Hacking Group from Atms in Africa and Asia
11. Malaysia’s largest media company becomes victim of a ransomware attack

OCEANIA

12. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign

NORTH AMERICA

13. Email Addresses and Phone Numbers of More than 60 Million Users Exposed by USPS
14. A flaw in US Postal Service website exposed data on 60 Million Users
15. Emotet Banking Trojan Uses Stolen Templates to Boost Phishing Campaign Numbers
16. Lazarus APT Uses Modular Backdoor to Target Financial Institutions
17. Facebook increases rewards for its bug bounty program and facilitate bug submission
18. Inspiring the Next Generation of Tech Talent
19. What Is Windows PowerShell (And Could It Be Malicious)?
20. Spoofed addresses and anonymous sending: new Gmail bugs make for easy pickings
21. Amazon tech error leaks customers’ email addresses
22. USPS Site Exposed Data on 60 Million Users
23. Amazon suffers data breach days before Black Friday
24. Major Flaws Found in IT Pentagon Processes After First Ever Financial Audit
25. Black Friday Phishing Dos and Don’ts
26. Amazon warns customers it leaked their names and email addresses
27. Amazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black Friday
28. New Pterodo Backdoor Malware Detected By Ukraine
29. Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals: Phishing and Site Skimmers
30. New Campaign by APT Group Sofacy Discovered using new Malware Named Cannon
31. White House admits Ivanka Trump used private email for government business
32. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign
33. Sofacy APT group used a new tool in latest attacks, the Cannon
34. Phishing Scams Serious Problem for Canada’s Global Affairs
35. Malaysia’s largest media company becomes victim of a ransomware attack
36. Russian hackers are conducting more covert attacks on US and European computers
37. US Department of Justice is investigating Tether for manipulation of market prices
38. Major Flaws Found in IT Pentagon Processes After First Ever Financial Audit
39. Russia Linked Group Resurfaces With Large-Scale Phishing Campaign

SOUTH AMERICA

40. Magecart Black Hats Battle it Out On Infected Site
41. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign

EUROPE

42. Google Taking Over Health Records Raises Patient Privacy Fears
43. Vision Direct Deals With Customer Data Leak
44. Amazon suffers data breach days before Black Friday
45. Russian Cozy Bear cyberspies awake from hibernation to sling spyware
46. German eID Authentication Flaw Lets You Change Identity
47. Despite early speculation, experts concluded the BGP route leak that sent Google traffic through China and Russia was due to
48. Amazon UK is notifying a data breach to its customers days before Black Friday
49. Italian Naval Industry Attacked By MartyMcFly Malware
50. Sofacy APT unleashes new 'Cannon' trojan
51. New Pterodo Backdoor Malware Detected By Ukraine
52. New Campaign by APT Group Sofacy Discovered using new Malware Named Cannon
53. Fancy Bear hacker crew Putin dirty RATs in Word documents emailed to govt orgs – report
54. Is Magecart Checking Out Your Secure Online Transactions?
55. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign
56. Infowars Online Store Got Infected with Card Skimming Malware
57. Sofacy APT group used a new tool in latest attacks, the Cannon
58. Phishing Scams Serious Problem for Canada’s Global Affairs
59. Russian hackers are conducting more covert attacks on US and European computers
60. Sofacy APT Takes Aim with Novel ‘Cannon’ Trojan
61. Russia Linked Group Resurfaces With Large-Scale Phishing Campaign

AFRICA

62. Weekly Threat Briefing: Russian APT Comes Back to Life with New US Spear-phishing Campaign