A week in security (August 27 – September 2)

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.

Other cybersecurity news:

• 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!

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