Nov 13, 2018

Sector brief for 2018-11-12

HEALTHCARE

  1. Third-party data breach exposes info of Alabama hospital job applicants
  2. Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered In Roche Handheld Medical Devices

TRANSPORT

Nil

BANKING & FINANCE

  1. Third-party data breach exposes info of Alabama hospital job applicants
  2. Avast Improves Phishing Detection | Avast
  3. IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics
  4. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  5. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks
  6. Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module
  7. Researchers Uncover How Lazarus Hacking Group Stole Millions of Dollars From ATMs

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

  1. Hide and Script: Inserted Malicious URLs within Office Documents’ Embedded Videos
  2. Used Data Storage Devices Have Security Flaws
  3. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  4. In this week’s ShadowTalk, the team debates the benefits/drawbacks of bug bounty programs, how you should consider operational value when
  5. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks

FOOD

Nil

WATER

Nil

ENERGY

  1. Chinese Head Fired After Cryptomining at School
  2. IT threat evolution Q3 2018

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. Unable to remember his password, man sent letter bomb to Bitcoin exchange
  3. France seeks Global Talks on Cyberspace security and a “code of good conduct”
  4. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  5. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks
  6. Ransomware Assault Strikes Toronto Company, which Sells Data Belonging to Ontario Residents

Daily brief for 2018-11-12

ASIA

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. France seeks Global Talks on Cyberspace security and a “code of good conduct”
  3. Patched-up Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability exploited by hackers
  4. Chinese Head Fired After Cryptomining at School
  5. IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics
  6. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  7. Cisco ASA Security Product Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15454) Threat Alert
  8. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks

WORLD

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions
  3. Malware of the 90s: Remembering the Michelangelo and Melissa viruses
  4. France seeks Global Talks on Cyberspace security and a “code of good conduct”
  5. Popular Data Storage Devices Compromised Due to Flawed Security
  6. Used Data Storage Devices Have Security Flaws
  7. U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions:
  8. U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples will be shared to #VirusTotal by the Cyber National Mission Force and one expert said
  9. Chinese Head Fired After Cryptomining at School
  10. IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics
  11. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  12. Norway’s IT industry must tackle security vulnerabilities
  13. In this week’s ShadowTalk, the team debates the benefits/drawbacks of bug bounty programs, how you should consider operational value when
  14. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks

ATTACKS

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. StatCounter Compromise
  3. Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module
  4. 2018 On Track to Be One of the Worst Ever for Data Breaches
  5. U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions
  6. Unable to remember his password, man sent letter bomb to Bitcoin exchange
  7. Third-party data breach exposes info of Alabama hospital job applicants
  8. Small number of HSBC customer accounts compromised in data breach. Often hackers will make use of user names and passwords compromised
  9. Avast Improves Phishing Detection | Avast
  10. Popular Data Storage Devices Compromised Due to Flawed Security
  11. Phishing Training is a Tool, Not a Solution
  12. U.S. Chip Cards Are Being Compromised in the Millions:
  13. What is behind the growing trend of business email compromise attacks? Learn more from expert Michael Cobb of @thehairyITdog.
  14. The History of Data Breaches
  15. Cisco Inadvertently Leaked In-House Dirty COW Exploit Code In Its Software
  16. Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module
  17. Reported breaches in the first 9 months of 2018 exposed 3.6 billion records
  18. ADHA privacy boss reportedly quits as My Health Record faces first big test

THREATS

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. Hackers Abuse Critical Bug in Microsoft Office Online Video Feature To Deliver Malware
  3. Hacking the hackers – IOT botnet author adds his own backdoor on top of a ZTE router backdoor
  4. How CIOs can manage blockchain security: 4 tips
  5. Malware-Laced App Lurked on Google Play For a Year
  6. DJI Drone Web App Security Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Drones
  7. CVE-2018-6981, CVE-2018-6982: uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerabilities on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion
  8. Unable to remember his password, man sent letter bomb to Bitcoin exchange
  9. Flaw in WordPress plugin allowed unauthorized admin access, backdoors
  10. Steam Bug Allowed Unlimited Free Downloads
  11. Malware of the 90s: Remembering the Michelangelo and Melissa viruses
  12. Steam bug exposes license keys for every game available on platform
  13. A new malware that targets #cryptocurrency investors through #MacOS and chat platforms was recently discovered. Learn how this #malware works
  14. Hide and Script: Inserted Malicious URLs within Office Documents’ Embedded Videos
  15. Google’s data charts path to avoiding malware on Android
  16. Botnet pwns 100,000 routers using ancient security flaw
  17. Used Data Storage Devices Have Security Flaws
  18. Patched-up Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability exploited by hackers
  19. U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples will be shared to #VirusTotal by the Cyber National Mission Force and one expert said
  20. Cryptomining malware using Windows Installer to remain hidden
  21. #SamSam #ransomware targeted 67 organizations in 2018, according to @symantec research. By @MaddieBacon11
  22. Chinese Head Fired After Cryptomining at School
  23. A critical flaw in GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress exploited in the wild
  24. An #Android app booby-trapped with #malware was recently taken down from Google Play — after being available for download for
  25. New Acunetix Build Adds Detection for CSP, SRI, Node.js, and Ghostscript RCE Vulnerabilities
  26. Cisco ASA Security Product Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15454) Threat Alert
  27. Norway’s IT industry must tackle security vulnerabilities
  28. In this week’s ShadowTalk, the team debates the benefits/drawbacks of bug bounty programs, how you should consider operational value when
  29. How does new MacOS malware target users through chat?
  30. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks
  31. How does your enterprise ensure a secure #ApplicationSecurityTesting process?
  32. Happy #Monday, #CyberSecurity folks! Catch up on the #blog, and discover how fileless #malware is changing how organizations treat
  33. Hackers Exploit Flaw in GDPR Compliance Plugin for WordPress
  34. Ransomware Assault Strikes Toronto Company, which Sells Data Belonging to Ontario Residents
  35. Unearthing Ransomware Characteristics Using Classification Taxonomy
  36. Overt Command and Control is now live! Check out @william_knows & @nmonkee's talk at this year's #BlueHatv18 exploring the reality
  37. Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered In Roche Handheld Medical Devices
  38. DOD file sharing tool disabled due to vulnerability

CRIME

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. StatCounter Compromise
  3. Flaw in WordPress plugin allowed unauthorized admin access, backdoors
  4. Third-party data breach exposes info of Alabama hospital job applicants
  5. What is behind the growing trend of business email compromise attacks? Learn more from expert Michael Cobb of @thehairyITdog.
  6. Chinese Head Fired After Cryptomining at School
  7. A critical flaw in GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress exploited in the wild
  8. IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics
  9. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  10. Elon Musk BITCOIN Twitter scam, a simple and profitable fraud for crooks

POLITICS

  1. Cylance: Spy campaign targeting Pakistani officials installs malware, then surrenders
  2. France seeks Global Talks on Cyberspace security and a “code of good conduct”
  3. IT threat evolution Q3 2018
  4. Ransomware Assault Strikes Toronto Company, which Sells Data Belonging to Ontario Residents

Nov 12, 2018

APT report for 2018-11-11

TRANSNATIONAL / UNKNOWN

  1. 'DerpTrolling’ faces jail time for Sony DoS attacks
  2. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

CHINA

Nil

INDIA

Nil

NORTH KOREA

Nil

PAKISTAN

Nil

VIETNAM

Nil

IRAN

Nil

IRAQ

Nil

LEBANON

Nil

PALESTINE

Nil

SAUDI ARABIA

Nil

SYRIA

Nil

TURKEY

Nil

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Nil

YEMEN

Nil

RUSSIA

Nil

SERBIA

Nil

UKRAINE

Nil

Platform report for 2018-11-11

WINDOWS

Nil

LINUX

  1. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week
  2. Linux Cryptocurrency miner leverages rootkit to avoid detection
  3. Debian 9.6 release, fix more bugs and security vulnerabilities

UNIX

Nil

ANDROID

Nil

IOS

Nil

MACOS

  1. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

Threat report for 2018-11-11

DATA BREACH & DATA LOSS

  1. Florida Department of Health Breached, Patients' Private Information Exposed

DENIAL-OF-SERVICE

Nil

MALVERTISING

Nil

PHISHING

  1. How to choose the best password manager | Avast
  2. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in

WEB DEFACEMENT

Nil

BOTNET

  1. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting
  2. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and

RANSOMWARE

Nil

CRYPTOMINING & CRYPTOCURRENCIES

  1. Demystifying: Cryptocurrency Mining Threats
  2. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  3. Linux Cryptocurrency miner leverages rootkit to avoid detection

MALWARE

  1. Exclusive: Fileless malware driving uptake of behavioural analytics
  2. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in
  3. Linux Cryptocurrency miner leverages rootkit to avoid detection

EXPLOIT

Nil

VULNERABILITY

  1. Cisco Patches Multiple Critical Security Flaws Affecting Different Products
  2. Annoyed Researcher Disclosed Zero-Day Vulnerability In VirtualBox Without Informing Oracle
  3. DJI Drone Vulnerability Due to DJI Forum’s Weakness, Patched by its Vendor
  4. Nvidia GPU Side Channel Vulnerability Disclosed
  5. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  6. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  7. How does site isolation defend against #Spectre vulnerabilities? Expert Michael Cobb of @thehairyITdog explains
  8. All new ShadowTalk episode is out! Ep. 50: CISCO ASA 0-day and VirtualBox Vulnerability Hear from Rafael Amado, @mazzazone, & @drshellface:
  9. WooCommerce vulnerability affected a large number of websites
  10. Debian 9.6 release, fix more bugs and security vulnerabilities

Region brief for 2018-11-11

ASIA

  1. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting
  2. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  3. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  4. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  5. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

OCEANIA

  1. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting

NORTH AMERICA

  1. 'DerpTrolling’ faces jail time for Sony DoS attacks
  2. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting
  3. DJI Drone Vulnerability Due to DJI Forum’s Weakness, Patched by its Vendor
  4. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  5. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  6. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week
  7. All new ShadowTalk episode is out! Ep. 50: CISCO ASA 0-day and VirtualBox Vulnerability Hear from Rafael Amado, @mazzazone, & @drshellface:

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

  1. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

AFRICA

Nil

Sector brief for 2018-11-11

HEALTHCARE

  1. Florida Department of Health Breached, Patients' Private Information Exposed
  2. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild

TRANSPORT

Nil

BANKING & FINANCE

  1. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

Nil

FOOD

Nil

WATER

Nil

ENERGY

Nil

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

  1. DJI Drone Vulnerability Due to DJI Forum’s Weakness, Patched by its Vendor
  2. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  3. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

Daily brief for 2018-11-11

ASIA

  1. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting
  2. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  3. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  4. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  5. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

WORLD

  1. 'DerpTrolling’ faces jail time for Sony DoS attacks
  2. UPnP-Exploiting Botnet Infecting 100,000+ Home Routers and Still Counting
  3. DJI Drone Vulnerability Due to DJI Forum’s Weakness, Patched by its Vendor
  4. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  5. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  6. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week
  7. All new ShadowTalk episode is out! Ep. 50: CISCO ASA 0-day and VirtualBox Vulnerability Hear from Rafael Amado, @mazzazone, & @drshellface:

ATTACKS

  1. Florida Department of Health Breached, Patients' Private Information Exposed
  2. How to choose the best password manager | Avast
  3. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in

THREATS

  1. Exclusive: Fileless malware driving uptake of behavioural analytics
  2. Cisco Patches Multiple Critical Security Flaws Affecting Different Products
  3. Annoyed Researcher Disclosed Zero-Day Vulnerability In VirtualBox Without Informing Oracle
  4. DJI Drone Vulnerability Due to DJI Forum’s Weakness, Patched by its Vendor
  5. Nvidia GPU Side Channel Vulnerability Disclosed
  6. Demystifying: Cryptocurrency Mining Threats
  7. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  8. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  9. School Headmaster Fired For Stealing School Electricity To Mine Ethereum
  10. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in
  11. Linux Cryptocurrency miner leverages rootkit to avoid detection
  12. How does site isolation defend against #Spectre vulnerabilities? Expert Michael Cobb of @thehairyITdog explains
  13. All new ShadowTalk episode is out! Ep. 50: CISCO ASA 0-day and VirtualBox Vulnerability Hear from Rafael Amado, @mazzazone, & @drshellface:
  14. WooCommerce vulnerability affected a large number of websites
  15. Debian 9.6 release, fix more bugs and security vulnerabilities

CRIME

  1. 'DerpTrolling’ faces jail time for Sony DoS attacks
  2. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in
  3. Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

POLITICS

  1. CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in the wild
  2. An espionage group used stolen #DigitalCertificates to sign Plead #malware and used a password stealer component that was used in

Nov 11, 2018

APT report for 2018-11-10

TRANSNATIONAL / UNKNOWN

Nil

CHINA

Nil

INDIA

Nil

NORTH KOREA

  1. Lazarus Group Attacks ATMs, Tens of Millions Stolen in Recent Heist
  2. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  3. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  4. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs

PAKISTAN

Nil

VIETNAM

Nil

IRAN

Nil

IRAQ

Nil

LEBANON

Nil

PALESTINE

Nil

SAUDI ARABIA

Nil

SYRIA

Nil

TURKEY

Nil

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Nil

YEMEN

Nil

RUSSIA

  1. FIFA is hacked… Once again

SERBIA

Nil

UKRAINE

Nil

Platform report for 2018-11-10

WINDOWS

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert
  2. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group

LINUX

  1. Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Linux Machines Uses Rootkit to Hide From Monitoring Tools

UNIX

  1. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  2. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  3. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs

ANDROID

Nil

IOS

Nil

MACOS

Nil

Threat report for 2018-11-10

DATA BREACH & DATA LOSS

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. According to the @FBI's Internet #CrimeReport, business email compromise attacks cost more than $676 million in 2017. Learn more from
  3. What is the average time it takes for an organization to identify a data breach?
  4. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  5. Pakistani banks suffer data breach

DENIAL-OF-SERVICE

Nil

MALVERTISING

Nil

PHISHING

  1. "Keep in mind that it's not just users who can find and exploit #SQLinjection, but business logic flaws, password policy

WEB DEFACEMENT

Nil

BOTNET

  1. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  2. New #spam #botnet infected over 100,000 home routers through a UPnP vulnerability, according to researchers at @360Netlab. By @MaddieBacon11

RANSOMWARE

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert

CRYPTOMINING & CRYPTOCURRENCIES

  1. Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Linux Machines Uses Rootkit to Hide From Monitoring Tools

MALWARE

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert
  2. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  3. The Cyber National Mission Force will share unclassified U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples to #VirusTotal and one expert hopes there
  4. In @usnistgo's draft on 'Vetting the #Security of #MobileApplications,' several key general requirements are discussed. However, the process could be
  5. Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Linux Machines Uses Rootkit to Hide From Monitoring Tools
  6. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs

EXPLOIT

  1. "Keep in mind that it's not just users who can find and exploit #SQLinjection, but business logic flaws, password policy

VULNERABILITY

  1. Apache mod_jk Access Control Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-11759) Threat Alert
  2. Nginx server security flaws expose more than a million of servers to DoS attacks
  3. "Keep in mind that it's not just users who can find and exploit #SQLinjection, but business logic flaws, password policy
  4. VMware Releases Security Updates To Fix Critical Vulnerability Discovered in GeekPwn2018 Event
  5. Vulnerabilities in DJI drone manufacturer
  6. New #spam #botnet infected over 100,000 home routers through a UPnP vulnerability, according to researchers at @360Netlab. By @MaddieBacon11

Region brief for 2018-11-10

ASIA

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert
  2. Apache mod_jk Access Control Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-11759) Threat Alert
  3. Lazarus Group Attacks ATMs, Tens of Millions Stolen in Recent Heist
  4. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  5. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  6. VMware Releases Security Updates To Fix Critical Vulnerability Discovered in GeekPwn2018 Event
  7. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  8. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  9. Pakistani banks suffer data breach
  10. Vulnerabilities in DJI drone manufacturer

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

  1. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  2. The Cyber National Mission Force will share unclassified U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples to #VirusTotal and one expert hopes there
  3. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  4. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  5. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. FIFA is hacked… Once again

AFRICA

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. FIFA is hacked… Once again

Sector brief for 2018-11-10

HEALTHCARE

Nil

TRANSPORT

  1. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign

BANKING & FINANCE

  1. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  2. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  3. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  4. Pakistani banks suffer data breach

INFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATION

  1. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign

FOOD

Nil

WATER

Nil

ENERGY

Nil

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  3. Pakistani banks suffer data breach

Daily brief for 2018-11-10

ASIA

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert
  2. Apache mod_jk Access Control Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-11759) Threat Alert
  3. Lazarus Group Attacks ATMs, Tens of Millions Stolen in Recent Heist
  4. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  5. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  6. VMware Releases Security Updates To Fix Critical Vulnerability Discovered in GeekPwn2018 Event
  7. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  8. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  9. Pakistani banks suffer data breach
  10. Vulnerabilities in DJI drone manufacturer

WORLD

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  3. The Cyber National Mission Force will share unclassified U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples to #VirusTotal and one expert hopes there
  4. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  5. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  6. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  7. FIFA is hacked… Once again

ATTACKS

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. According to the @FBI's Internet #CrimeReport, business email compromise attacks cost more than $676 million in 2017. Learn more from
  3. What is the average time it takes for an organization to identify a data breach?
  4. "Keep in mind that it's not just users who can find and exploit #SQLinjection, but business logic flaws, password policy
  5. Botnet infects over 400krouters for spam campaign
  6. Pakistani banks suffer data breach

THREATS

  1. GandCrab Ransomware Virus Threat Alert
  2. Apache mod_jk Access Control Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2018-11759) Threat Alert
  3. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  4. The Cyber National Mission Force will share unclassified U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples to #VirusTotal and one expert hopes there
  5. In @usnistgo's draft on 'Vetting the #Security of #MobileApplications,' several key general requirements are discussed. However, the process could be
  6. Nginx server security flaws expose more than a million of servers to DoS attacks
  7. "Keep in mind that it's not just users who can find and exploit #SQLinjection, but business logic flaws, password policy
  8. VMware Releases Security Updates To Fix Critical Vulnerability Discovered in GeekPwn2018 Event
  9. Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Linux Machines Uses Rootkit to Hide From Monitoring Tools
  10. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  11. Vulnerabilities in DJI drone manufacturer
  12. New #spam #botnet infected over 100,000 home routers through a UPnP vulnerability, according to researchers at @360Netlab. By @MaddieBacon11

CRIME

  1. FIFA Preps for Next Wave of Bad Press after New Data Breach
  2. Lazarus Group Attacks ATMs, Tens of Millions Stolen in Recent Heist
  3. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  4. According to the @FBI's Internet #CrimeReport, business email compromise attacks cost more than $676 million in 2017. Learn more from
  5. A Careful Look on FastCash, the New Cash Cow of Lazarus Hacking Group
  6. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  7. Pakistani banks suffer data breach

POLITICS

  1. Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks
  2. Researchers reveal the malware used by North Korean hackers to attack ATMs
  3. Vulnerabilities in DJI drone manufacturer
  4. FIFA is hacked… Once again

Nov 10, 2018

APT report for 2018-11-09

TRANSNATIONAL / UNKNOWN

  1. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
  2. Inception hackers target European organisations with old Office flaw
  3. DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
  4. Sony DDoS-er 'DerpTrolling' Pleads Guilty
  5. Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy
  6. Notorious "DerpTrolling" Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks on EA & Sony

CHINA

  1. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App

INDIA

Nil

NORTH KOREA

  1. Lazarus FASTCash ATM Attack Details Discovered
  2. Lazarus FASTCash ATM attack details discovered
  3. Latest Hacking News Podcast

PAKISTAN

Nil

VIETNAM

Nil

IRAN

Nil

IRAQ

Nil

LEBANON

Nil

PALESTINE

Nil

SAUDI ARABIA

Nil

SYRIA

Nil

TURKEY

Nil

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Nil

YEMEN

Nil

RUSSIA

  1. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
  2. VirusTotal and USCyberCom Join Forces To Identify Malware

SERBIA

Nil

UKRAINE

  1. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App

Platform report for 2018-11-09

WINDOWS

  1. Koadic: Security Defense in the Age of LoL Malware, Part IV
  2. Stealthy Crypto-Mining Malware Evades Detection
  3. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
  4. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
  5. Serious XSS Vulnerability Patched in Evernote
  6. Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
  7. Hackers hide malware in the Windows installation files to mine cryptocurrency

LINUX

  1. Cryptomining Malware Uses Rootkit to Hide on Infected Linux Systems
  2. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
  3. Linux cryptocurrency miners are installing rootkits to hide themselves
  4. Seagate and IBM Work Together to Help Reduce Global Hard Drive Counterfeiting with Blockchain Technology

UNIX

Nil

ANDROID

  1. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots

IOS

  1. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
  2. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
  3. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder

MACOS

  1. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
  2. OSX/SurfBuyer: Real malware is in the eye of the device holder

Threat report for 2018-11-09

DATA BREACH & DATA LOSS

  1. Email Stealing Emotet Banking Trojan Resurrected in New Extensive Spam Campaign
  2. Oops: Cisco accidentally leaked in-house Dirty COW exploit code with biz conf call software
  3. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
  4. DJI drone hack could have exposed sensitive data
  5. Emotet launches major new spam campaign
  6. .@ablaich: “Breaches that include personally identifiable information are always dangerous because they can lead to identity theft... they can also
  7. Canada Post leaks sensitive information of thousands of cannabis buyers
  8. D93 staff accounts compromised through a phishing scam
  9. Drone vulnerability could compromise enterprise data
  10. "If the schemas prove not to be compatible, a backup of the previous version of a database must be used
  11. Exposed data of nearly 700k American Express India customers
  12. Nearly 700,000 Plaintext Records of American Express India Customers Personal Info Exposed Online

DENIAL-OF-SERVICE

  1. 'DerpTroll' derps into plea deal, admits DDoS attacks on EA, Steam, Sony game servers
  2. DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
  3. Sony DDoS-er 'DerpTrolling' Pleads Guilty
  4. Notorious "DerpTrolling" Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks on EA & Sony

MALVERTISING

Nil

PHISHING

  1. Trickbot Malware Added Password And Browser History Stealing
  2. Man Sent Letter Bomb To Bitcoin Firm Over Password Reset
  3. This banking malware just added password and browser history stealing to its playbook
  4. This banking #malware just added #password and browser history stealing to its playbook https://zd.net/2Pl6v31 via @ZDNet & @dannyjpalmer
  5. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
  6. Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
  7. D93 staff accounts compromised through a phishing scam
  8. 5 Ways #Cybercriminals Can Access Your Emails Without #Phishing | Check out the full infographic here:
  9. Criminals are targeting cardless ATMs with the help of SMS text-based phishing (aka smishing) to drain bank accounts using stolen

WEB DEFACEMENT

Nil

BOTNET

  1. Spammer scum hack 100,000 home routers via UPnP vulns to craft email-flinging botnet
  2. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
  3. New spam botnet infects over 100,000 home routers
  4. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  5. IoT botnet BCMUPnP_Hunter targets routers with vulnerable UPnP feature
  6. BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers

RANSOMWARE

  1. Ransomware Still the Top Malware Threat During 2018 According to Europol
  2. The Week in Ransomware - November 9th 2018 - Mostly Dharma Variants
  3. Kraken Ransomware
  4. Are you prepared for #ransomware? Download this how-to guide to learn how to prepare for and detect an attack before

CRYPTOMINING & CRYPTOCURRENCIES

  1. StatCounter fingers cache-poisoning caper for Bitcoin-slurping JavaScript hijack
  2. Cryptomining Malware Uses Rootkit to Hide on Infected Linux Systems
  3. Stealthy Crypto-Mining Malware Evades Detection
  4. Man Sent Letter Bomb To Bitcoin Firm Over Password Reset
  5. Linux cryptocurrency miners are installing rootkits to hide themselves
  6. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  7. Kraken Ransomware
  8. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  9. No, You Don't Need a Blockchain
  10. Canadian Uni Shutters Network After Cryptomining Attack
  11. Hackers hide malware in the Windows installation files to mine cryptocurrency
  12. Visiting Bitcoin City.
  13. Seagate and IBM Work Together to Help Reduce Global Hard Drive Counterfeiting with Blockchain Technology

MALWARE

  1. Hackers Target Bitcoins and USCYBERCOM Shares Malware | Avast
  2. Koadic: Security Defense in the Age of LoL Malware, Part IV
  3. Email Stealing Emotet Banking Trojan Resurrected in New Extensive Spam Campaign
  4. Ransomware Still the Top Malware Threat During 2018 According to Europol
  5. The Pentagon is Publishing Foreign Nation-State Malware
  6. Cryptomining Malware Uses Rootkit to Hide on Infected Linux Systems
  7. Stealthy Crypto-Mining Malware Evades Detection
  8. Advanced tools: Process Hacker
  9. Trickbot Malware Added Password And Browser History Stealing
  10. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
  11. "Inception Attackers" Combine Old Exploit and New Backdoor
  12. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
  13. This banking malware just added password and browser history stealing to its playbook
  14. South Korean Hackers Arrested for Infecting Cryto Mining Malware
  15. #Cyberespionage hackers have used stolen #DigitalCertificates to steal data. Expert Michael Cobb of @thehairyITdog explains how hackers sign Plead
  16. This banking #malware just added #password and browser history stealing to its playbook https://zd.net/2Pl6v31 via @ZDNet & @dannyjpalmer
  17. The Morris Worm Turns 30
  18. Idaho Falls School District Struck by a Computer Virus Attack
  19. OSX/SurfBuyer: Real malware is in the eye of the device holder
  20. How is Plead malware used for cyberespionage attacks?
  21. VirusTotal and USCyberCom Join Forces To Identify Malware
  22. Hackers hide malware in the Windows installation files to mine cryptocurrency
  23. U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples will be shared to #VirusTotal by the Cyber National Mission Force and one expert said

EXPLOIT

  1. Oops: Cisco accidentally leaked in-house Dirty COW exploit code with biz conf call software
  2. "Inception Attackers" Combine Old Exploit and New Backdoor

VULNERABILITY

  1. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
  2. Recently-Patched Adobe ColdFusion Flaw Exploited By APT
  3. Zero-day in popular WordPress plugin exploited in the wild to take over sites
  4. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
  5. VMware releases security patches for a critical virtual machine escape flaw
  6. Infosec Problems For 2019 and Beyond: Patching, Bug Bounties and Hype
  7. VMware Patches VM Escape Flaw Disclosed at Chinese Hacking Contest
  8. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
  9. Flaws in Roche Medical Devices Can Put Patients at Risk
  10. Inception hackers target European organisations with old Office flaw
  11. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  12. Serious XSS Vulnerability Patched in Evernote
  13. Update now! WordPress sites vulnerable to WooCommerce plugin flaw
  14. Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
  15. Vulnerabilities in Our Infrastructure: 5 Ways to Mitigate the Risk
  16. Cisco fixes two critical bugs, recommends workaround for a third
  17. Drone vulnerability could compromise enterprise data
  18. US Air Force invites white hats to find hackable flaws, again
  19. Prioritizing Flaws Based on Severity Increasingly Ineffective: Study
  20. DJI Drone Can be Hacked using New Vulnerability To Steal Drone’s Flight logs, Photos & Videos
  21. Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
  22. Combination of bugs in WordPress and WooCommerce allows website hijacking
  23. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program

Region brief for 2018-11-09

ASIA

  1. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
  2. VMware releases security patches for a critical virtual machine escape flaw
  3. VMware Patches VM Escape Flaw Disclosed at Chinese Hacking Contest
  4. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  5. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  6. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
  7. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  8. South Korean Hackers Arrested for Infecting Cryto Mining Malware
  9. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
  10. Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
  11. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder
  12. BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers
  13. Exposed data of nearly 700k American Express India customers
  14. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
  15. Nearly 700,000 Plaintext Records of American Express India Customers Personal Info Exposed Online

OCEANIA

Nil

NORTH AMERICA

  1. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
  2. Koadic: Security Defense in the Age of LoL Malware, Part IV
  3. 'DerpTroll' derps into plea deal, admits DDoS attacks on EA, Steam, Sony game servers
  4. Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service
  5. VMware releases security patches for a critical virtual machine escape flaw
  6. The Pentagon is Publishing Foreign Nation-State Malware
  7. Advanced tools: Process Hacker
  8. This Week in Security News: Fake Apps & Malicious Bots
  9. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  10. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
  11. A new spam #botnet took advantage of a UPnP vulnerability to infect over 100,000 home routers in India, China and
  12. Canada Post leaks sensitive information of thousands of cannabis buyers
  13. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
  14. Sony DDoS-er 'DerpTrolling' Pleads Guilty
  15. D93 staff accounts compromised through a phishing scam
  16. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder
  17. Canadian Uni Shutters Network After Cryptomining Attack
  18. US Air Force invites white hats to find hackable flaws, again
  19. BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers
  20. VirusTotal and USCyberCom Join Forces To Identify Malware
  21. Exposed data of nearly 700k American Express India customers
  22. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
  23. Nearly 700,000 Plaintext Records of American Express India Customers Personal Info Exposed Online
  24. U.S. Cyber Command #malware samples will be shared to #VirusTotal by the Cyber National Mission Force and one expert said

SOUTH AMERICA

Nil

EUROPE

  1. U.S. Air Force announced Hack the Air Force 3.0, the third Bug Bounty Program
  2. Stealthy Crypto-Mining Malware Evades Detection
  3. Infosec Problems For 2019 and Beyond: Patching, Bug Bounties and Hype
  4. Inception Attackers Target Europe with Year-old Office Vulnerability
  5. Chinese headmaster fired after setting up his own secret cryptomining rig at school
  6. Playbook Fridays: Domain Spinning Workbench Spaces App
  7. Flaws in Roche Medical Devices Can Put Patients at Risk
  8. Phishing Attempts Soar to 137 Million in Q3
  9. Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy
  10. Hack the Air Force 3.0 – New vulnerability bounty program
  11. Hackers hide malware in the Windows installation files to mine cryptocurrency

AFRICA

Nil