Cyware Weekly Cyber Threat Intelligence May 7 - 11, 2018

Weekly Threat Briefing • May 11, 2018
Weekly Threat Briefing • May 11, 2018
While every week in cybersecurity seems to more daunting than the last, this past week also saw government agencies and security professionals make notable progress towards threat detection and improving defenses. The first EU-wide cybersecurity law went into effect, the US House passed a bill to help train small businesses in cybersecurity and the Australian Parliament House is getting its own cybersecurity operations center. Meanwhile, Android P is bringing new privacy and security updates.
This week saw a fresh round of data breaches and cyberattacks impacting organizations and individuals worldwide. FLEETCOR Technologies and an Arizona city suffered data breaches while Android app Drupe accidentally exposed sensitive user data. Copenhagen’s city bike service was also hacked while a crowdfunding website for a Yes vote in Ireland suffered a DDoS attack.
Security researchers uncovered new strains of malware such as the Maikspy malware that comes disguised as a fake Mia Khalifa-themed game. Druppalgeddon 2.0 is still plaguing websites with over 400 sites hit by a cryptomining campaign. Meanwhile, the PoS malware TreasureHunter’s source code was leaked on a cybercrime forum.