Nov 2, 2018

Sector brief for 2018-11-01

HEALTHCARE

  1. BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks
  2. Experts presented BOTCHAIN, the first fully functional Botnet built upon the Bitcoin Protocol
  3. Security researchers find flaws in chips used in hospitals, factories and stores
  4. Healthcare Industry Continues To Be the Favourite for Ransomware
  5. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets
  6. Phishing Attacks Breach 20,000 Patient Records of Catawba Valley Medical Center

TRANSPORT

  1. DOJ indictment spotlights China’s civilian intel agency – and its hacker recruits
  2. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets

BANKING & FINANCE

  1. Radisson discloses data breach impacting rewards customers
  2. Trickbot Malware Now Also Steals Passwords From Apps, Web Browsers
  3. Emotet Malware, the Most Probable Malware of the Year
  4. ‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals
  5. Customer Information Stolen in Radisson Hotel Group Data Breach
  6. British Airways data breach bigger than originally thought
  7. Healthcare Industry Continues To Be the Favourite for Ransomware
  8. CBS News: A Look Behind the Magecart Assault on E-commerce
  9. UK considers banning cryptocurrencies for their lack of “intrinsic value”
  10. Trickbot Shows Off New Trick: Password Grabber Module
  11. Nice work if you can get it: GandCrab ransomware nets millions even though it has been broken
  12. Crypto Micropayments: an Exciting Future for Blockchain Transactions
  13. Beware !! Square & PayPal Mobile Point of Sales (POS) Devices Are Extremely Vulnerable to Credit/Debit Card Data Theft

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

  1. Open Letter to Francisco Partners: Continued Misuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus Technology
  2. 0x20k of Ghost Squad Hackers Releases ODay Exploit Targeting Apache Hadoop
  3. Where Is the Consumer Outrage about Data Breaches?
  4. Our fabulous @5ean5ullivan explains to @CyberSauna listeners how the multiple vulnerabilities in the US electoral system may be^H^H^H^H^H^Hare being exploited.
  5. Talos Vulnerability Deep Dive - TALOS-2018-0636 / CVE-2018-3971 Sophos HitmanPro.Alert vulnerability
  6. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C
  7. Comodo launches Dome Shield Platinum to secure and control Internet access
  8. Pdgmail – Forensic Tool to Analysis Process Memory Dump

FOOD

Nil

WATER

  1. Malware Analysis for Blue Teams

ENERGY

  1. BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks
  2. Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Enterprises to Remote Attacks
  3. Bleedingbit: Critical vulnerabilities in BLE chips expose millions of access points to attack
  4. Zero-Day RCE Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of BLE-Enabled Devices to Attacks
  5. Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks
  6. CSM-ACE 2018: FireEye Interview – ASEAN Countries Need to Place Greater Focus on Resourcing Their Cyber Defences

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

  1. Emotet Malware, the Most Probable Malware of the Year
  2. Open Letter to Francisco Partners: Continued Misuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus Technology
  3. DOJ indictment spotlights China’s civilian intel agency – and its hacker recruits
  4. Employee used US government network for adult websites, infected infrastructure with Russian malware
  5. UK considers banning cryptocurrencies for their lack of “intrinsic value”
  6. Government employee who used to watch porn at work alleged guilty of infecting with malware a network
  7. SamSam Attackers Have Hit 67 Ransomware Targets
  8. Our fabulous @5ean5ullivan explains to @CyberSauna listeners how the multiple vulnerabilities in the US electoral system may be^H^H^H^H^H^Hare being exploited.
  9. Perl-Based Shellbot Looks to Target Organizations via C&C
  10. CSM-ACE 2018: FireEye Interview – ASEAN Countries Need to Place Greater Focus on Resourcing Their Cyber Defences