A week in security (August 27 – September 2)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:00:36 +0000

Last week, we looked at dubious antics in mobile land, a peculiar case of spam on the official Cardi B website, and we deep dived into fileless malware. We also explored the inner workings of Hidden Bee, and gave an explainer of Regex.

Huge data breach affects Chinese hotel chain (Source: Xinhuanet)
Cryptojacking doesn’t bring in the big bucks [PDF] (Source: Arxiv)
“Fappening” hacker sentenced to prison (Source: Justice.gov)
Cobalt phishing campaign continues to spread (Source: The Register)
Sensitive data exposure via wifi (Source: Nightwatch Cybersecurity)
Poor patching practices on visa analysis system (Source: Nextgov)
CC email blunder angers football fans (Source: The Register)
Unusual login behaviour detected on Air Canada’s mobile app (Source: Air Canada)
The anatomy of fake news (Source: Help Net Security)
EU Telecoms security report (Source: Enisa)

Stay safe, everyone!