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NIS America
March 1, 2018
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[ financial, malware, technology ]
Japanese gaming developer Nippon Ichi Software reveals that its American arm, NIS America, has suffered a major data breach compromising the personal and financial data of online customers. The breach, due to malware implanted in the checkout page, took place sometime between January 23 and February 26.
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GitHub
February 28, 2018
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub suvives the largest DDoS attack recorded (so far), reching a stunning 1.35 terabits/sec. leveraging memcached servers.
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Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC)
February 28, 2018
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), an industry forum for sharing data about critical cybersecurity threats facing the banking and finance industries, reveals that a successful phishing attack on one of its employees was used to launch additional phishing attacks against FS-ISAC members.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic
February 22, 2018
The Los Angeles Philharmonic falls victim to a cyberattack that results in the theft of W-2 information for everyone that worked there in 2017. The security beach happened as the result of a "spear phishing" attack.
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Blac Chyna
February 19, 2018
American model and entrepreneur Blac Chyna falls victim of The Fappening, having intimate content posted online.
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Unnamed European government
March 15, 2018
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal a new campaign carried on by the infamous APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear AKA Sofacy) targeting an unnamed European Government, exploiting an updated version of DealersChoice, a platform that exploits a Flash vulnerability.
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Gwent Police
March 13, 2018
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[ hack, government ]
Gwent Police is being investigated after failing to inform up to 450 people that hackers may have accessed their confidential reports to the force.
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Okaloosa Water and Sewer
March 12, 2018
Okaloosa Water and Sewer warns its users of a security breach involving external vendors which process electronic credit/debit card payments for water and sewer bills.
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National Rifle Association (NRA)
March 10, 2018
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[ hack, ddos ]
According to a report released by Netlab, three different National Rifle Association (NRA) websites experienced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
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Scottsboro City Board of Education
March 1, 2018
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[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Payroll Department of the Scottsboro City Board of Education falls victim of a phishing scam. The attackers requested W-2 information from all employees.
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Hope Hicks
March 1, 2018
Hope Hicks tells the House Intelligence Committee that one of her email accounts was hacked, according to people who were present for her testimony in the panel's Russia probe.
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Greyhealth Group
March 1, 2018
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Greyhealth Group reveals to have suffered a phishing attack compromising the personal information of 683 individuals.
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Informationsverbund Berlin-Bonn
February 28, 2018
According to a report issued by the German news agency DPA, malicious actors from APT28 AKA Fancy Bear infiltrated several German government agencies, including the Defense and Foreign ministries, for more than a year. The hackers reportedly infiltrated the Informationsverbund Berlin-Bonn, an air-gapped network used by the German government.
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Tim Hortons
February 27, 2018
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
A computer virus is suspected of crashing cash registers at over 1,000 Tim Hortons coffee and donuts fast food restaurants.
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About one dozen Connecticut government agencies
February 23, 2018
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
About one dozen Connecticut government agencies are hit with what one published report says is a WannaCry attack that knocks about 160 computers offline.
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Curtis Lumber
February 22, 2018
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[ social, phishing, retail ]
Curtis Lumber is the victim of a spear phishing attack.
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Unknown Organization
February 21, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The University of Virginia Health System notifies almost 2,000 patients that their health records may have been exposed when an unauthorized third party implanted malware on a staffer's computer active between May 2015 and December 2016.
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India's City Union Bank
February 18, 2018
India's City Union Bank reveals that cyber criminals have been able to hack its systems and transfer nearly $2 million through three unauthorized remittances to lenders overseas via the SWIFT financial platform.
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Unnamed petrochemical company in Saudi Arabia
March 15, 2018
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[ hack, energy ]
The New York Times reveals that back in August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a cyberattack aimed to sabotage the firm's operations and trigger an explosion.
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Family Health Clinic of Carroll County
March 15, 2018
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County receive notices that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. A malicious file was installed on some computers on September 1st.
