Daily brief for 2018-09-15

Asia

1. China-linked APT10 group behind new attacks on the Japanese media sector

World

1. China-linked APT10 group behind new attacks on the Japanese media sector
2. Russian Hacker Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty in US Federal Court

Attacks

1. Russians and Latvians in DOJ crosshairs for cybercrimes, including running the Kelihos botnet
2. Cobalt Gang phishing campaign targets Eastern Europeans with CobInt backdoor-downloader
3. Russian Hacker Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty in US Federal Court

Threats

1. Uptick in malware designed to size up targets before launching full payload
2. Colorado firm claims ransomware attack behind closure
3. Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Edge browsers contain spoofing bug
4. Cobalt Gang phishing campaign targets Eastern Europeans with CobInt backdoor-downloader
5. New Brrr Dharma Ransomware Variant Released
6. Experts disclose a Webroot SecureAnywhere macOS Kernel Level bug found months ago
7. Windows Systems Vulnerable to FragmentSmack, 90s-Like DoS Bug
8. Multiple vulnerabilities in Fuji Electric V-Server

Crime

1. Russian Hacker Who Operated Kelihos Botnet Pleads Guilty in US Federal Court

Politics

1. China-linked APT10 group behind new attacks on the Japanese media sector