Cyware Weekly Cyber Threat Intelligence May 21 - 25, 2018

Weekly Threat Briefing • May 25, 2018
Weekly Threat Briefing • May 25, 2018
In a world besieged by cybercriminals and fresh attacks every week, it is key to celebrate every hard-won security advancement made. This week saw Congress pass a new bill to help prevent synthetic identity fraud. Apple unveiled new privacy controls for its users while Mozilla is developing an improved Tracking Protection system for Firefox. Meanwhile, a new Chrome plug-in could help you pick stronger passwords.
This week saw a string of data breaches and leaks affecting several governments, universities and firms. A teen-monitoring app leaked thousands of users’ personal data while an insurance startup left sensitive data exposed in an unprotected storage bucket. Nearly 1 million personal records of South Africans were publicly leaked. A database containing sensitive details of calls made to a crisis hotline was exposed while Altcoin Verge was hacked for the second time in two months.
Researchers identified a few new strains of malware such as the VPNMalware infecting over half a million routers worldwide and the evolving Roaming Mantis malware. Meanwhile, a Satori botnet is scanning the internet for cryptomining rigs while a newly discovered Spectre-like CPU flaw has come to light.