Sector brief for 2018-11-05

HEALTHCARE

Nil

TRANSPORT

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BANKING & FINANCE

1. Original Mirai botnet creator hit with hefty financial sentence
2. Magecart Strikes Again, and Kitronik Is Latest Victim
3. Cyber-Attacks: How to Stop a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
4. Over 80,000 Facebook User Accounts Compromised
5. Why malware attacks should no longer be a problem for businesses
6. Cybercriminals Using SMS Phishing Attack to Rob Cardless ATM
7. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
8. Phishing attacks up by 297 percent across eCommerce in Q3 2018
9. A cybersecurity lesson: educational sites suffer rise in DDoS attacks in Q3
10. Video analysis of Android banking Trojan found on Google Play (Red Alert 2)

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

11. PoC Available for Microsoft Edge Zero-Day RCE, Exploit Under Development
12. Original Mirai botnet creator hit with hefty financial sentence
13. Inside SearchPageInstaller | macOS Malware Deploys a MITM Attack
14. Fake Elon Musk Twitter Bitcoin Scam Earned 180K in One Day
15. Another wave of Elon Musk bitcoin scams spread by verified Twitter accounts
16. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
17. Flaw in Icecast streaming media server allows to take off online Radio Stations
18. Security firm Armis has discovered two vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Chips from several networking industry leaders.
19. Over 80,000 Facebook User Accounts Compromised
20. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
21. Phishing attacks up by 297 percent across eCommerce in Q3 2018
22. The Ultimate Guide to Bug Bounty Platforms
23. Researchers discover new zero-day vulnerability in EDGE browser
24. Fake malicious @RSAsecurity #SecurID malware in pre-release state on @GooglePlay: - Currently gathering information (profiling) the mobile device it is installed
25. "A lot of people in Congress are concerned that the Facebook influence campaigns are about the midterms, but to me

FOOD

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WATER

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ENERGY

26. [SingCERT] Technical Advisory on Vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy Chips by Texas Instruments (CVE-2018-16986 and CVE-2018-7080)
27. Critical 'Bleedingbit' flaws found in microcontrollers used by Wi-Fi access points

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

28. No, blockchain isn't the answer to our voting system woes
29. Google dorks were the root cause of a catastrophic compromise of CIA’s communications
30. Akado Telecom Accidentally Leaks Customers' Names, Phone Numbers, And Addresses
31. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
32. Kemp Investigates Dems, Not the Reported Vulnerability
33. Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
34. Phishing attacks up by 297 percent across eCommerce in Q3 2018
35. Kemp Cites Voter Database Hacking Attempt, Gives No Evidence
36. "A lot of people in Congress are concerned that the Facebook influence campaigns are about the midterms, but to me