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EA
December 24, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Phantom Squad, the group of hackers who threatened to ruin Christmas for gamers decide to keep their promise and take down the Electronic Arts servers.
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation
December 23, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announces that it recently identified malware on computers that operate the payment processing systems for Hyatt-managed locations (627 properties across more than 50 countries).
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Comcast
December 14, 2015
Researchers at Malwarebytes identify a malvertising campaign targeting Comcast Users via the Xfinity search page.
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The Guardian
December 11, 2015
FireEye labs reveal that an archived article on The Guardian website that investigates cybercrime distributes malware via the Angler Exploit Kit.
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AI Squared
January 5, 2016
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
AI Squared, a small Vermont-based tech firm, was targeted by the OilRig threat actors. The hackers allegedly stole the company's certificates to disguise their malware and make it appear legitimate to other targets.
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Cyberoam
December 31, 2015
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[ leak, technology ]
Security firm Cyberoam confirms a cyber attack on its systems last week, resulting in possible leakage of its database containing personal details of one million records of customers and partners. Apparently the author of the attack is trying to sell the database on the dark web for 100 bitcoin.
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Kasganj News Portal
December 30, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Another episode of the Cyber War between India and Pakistan. A local news portal of Kasganj district (kasganjlive.in) is hacked by a Pakistani hacker called Mr 4nOnymOus.
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http://www
December 30, 2015
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[ hack ]
An unknown hacker hacks psicamp.it and dumps 2,049 usernames and passwords.
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http://tunesoman
December 28, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
An unknown hacker hacks tunesoman.com and dumps 7,343 usernames and passwords.
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Isbank
December 26, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Anonymous claims responsibility for the wave of DDoS attacks against Turkey (accusing the government of supporting ISIS) and starts a second wave against some Turkish leading banks such as Isbank, Garanti and Ziraat Bank.
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Steam
December 25, 2015
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[ ddos, misconfiguration, technology ]
A DDoS attack against Steam causes the company to deploy a new caching configuration in production, which leads to the inadvertent exposure of 34,000 users.
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Sanrio Digital
December 21, 2015
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
Chris Vickery, a security researcher discovers a leaked database of more than 3.3 million user accounts for Sanriotown.com and other Sanrio-owned websites like hellokitty.com and mymelody.com.
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Juan Pardinas
December 21, 2015
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Juan Pardinas, the director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
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http://keepyourlinks
December 16, 2015
C0d3c1t4d3l hacks keepyourlinks.com and dumps 4,586 usernames and clear text passwords.
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City of Boston
December 16, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several Internet services in Boston are disrupted by a DDoS attack, defined as a "minor act of cybervandalism" . The outage, affects city agencies and the police and fire departments.
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Moonfruit
December 14, 2015
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[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
After suffering a DDoS attack by the infamous Armada Collective, Moonfruit takes down all the websites to enhance the defences and avoid to pay the ransom.
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Military officials in the US
December 14, 2015
In reaction to the campaign of the Anonymous against ISIS, the group leaks personal data, and claims that it belongs to military officials in France and the US.
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European Space Agency
December 14, 2015
Members of the online hacktivist Anonymous hack several subdomains of the European Space Agency website and leak personal and login credentials of more than 8000 subscribers and officials.
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Saudi Ministry of Finance
January 5, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous protest against the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia and take down several high-profile Saudi Arabian government websites under the banner of operation #OpSaudi and #OpNimr.
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Linode
January 5, 2016
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[ leak, ddos, technology ]
After struggling with a long-lasting DDoS attack, Linode reports a credential leak and runs a system-wide password reset on customer accounts.
