Security Affairs newsletter Round 187 – News of the week

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2018

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· How to deliver malware using weaponized Microsoft Office docs embedding YouTube video

· The Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency

· Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking

· IBM buys Red Hat for $34 Billion, it is largest software transaction in history

· Systemd flaw could cause the crash or hijack of vulnerable Linux machines

· A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1, a researcher presented a Passcode Bypass issue

· Girl Scouts data breach exposed personal information of 2,800 members

· Recently discovered DemonBot Botnet targets Hadoop servers

· The author of the Mirai botnet gets six months of house arrest

· Windows Defender is the first antivirus solution that can run in a sandbox

· 85 Millions of voter records available for sale ahead of the 2018 US Midterm Elections

· Cyber mercenaries and insiders hired by Chinese intelligence to hack aerospace and tech firms

· The Radisson Hotel Group has suffered a data breach

· 0x20k of Ghost Squad Hackers Releases ODay Exploit Targeting Apache Hadoop

· ‘Aaron Smith Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals

· BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks

· Cyber Defense Magazine – November 2018 has arrived. Enjoy it!

· Iran hit by a more aggressive and sophisticated Stuxnet version

· CISCO warn of a zero-day DoS flaw that is being actively exploited in attacks

· Cyber attack exposes sensitive data about a nuclear power plant in France

· FIFA was hacked again, this is the second hack in a year

· Joshua Adam Schulte, ex CIA employee, accused of continuing leaks from prison

· Top Australia Defence company Austal notifies a serious security breach

· Crooks offered for sale private messages for 81k Facebook accounts

· SamSam ransomware continues to make damages. Call it targeted Ransomware

· Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that aim to influence U.S. voting

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A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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