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University of Toronto
October 14, 2020
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the University of Toronto.
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The University of Adelaide Library
October 14, 2020
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the University of Adelaide Library.
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Gteborg universitet
October 14, 2020
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the Gteborg Universitet.
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Polecat
October 29, 2020
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
U.K. analytics firm, Polecat, left 30TB of data and billions of records exposed on an elasticsearch server that was not secured. As a result, a Meow attack wiped half the data on the server.
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Micron Technology Inc.
October 29, 2020
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[ espionage, manufacturing ]
Taiwanese chip-maker United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States and will pay a $60 million fine in a case where it was accused of helping a Chinese state-owned chipmaker steal secrets from Micron Technology Inc in 2018.
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Hunter College
October 29, 2020
Researchers from Inky reveal that cybercriminals are hijacking legitimate email accounts from more than a dozen universities " including Hunter College " and using the accounts to bypass detection and trick victims into handing over their email credentials or installing malware.
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University of British Columbia
October 28, 2020
A fake COVID-19 survey targeted at employees at the University of British Columbia served as a way to deliver ransomware to the victims.
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St. Lawrence Health System
October 28, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The St. Lawrence Health System has suffered a ransomware attack, which the system describes as a never-before seen variant of Ryuk. As a result, computers at Canton-Potsdam, Massena, and Gouverneur hospitals have been hit.
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Katapult
October 28, 2020
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Katapult.com.
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Geekie
October 28, 2020
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[ hack, education ]
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Geekie.com.br.
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Game24h
October 28, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Game24h.vn.
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donaldjtrump
October 28, 2020
Donald Trump's presidential campaign website was briefly hacked and defaced by hackers who have "had enough of the President's fake news". The defaced website also invited people to donate Monero digital currency to two wallets to either vote for or against the leak of evidence that supposedly discredits the President.
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Coupontools
October 28, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Coupontools.com.
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Clip
October 28, 2020
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[ leak, finance ]
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Clip.mx.
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Cermati
October 28, 2020
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[ hack, finance ]
A threat actor is selling account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records that they claim were stolen from seventeen companies during data breaches including Cermati.com.
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Undisclosed government health ministry
October 27, 2020
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[ espionage, malware, healthcare ]
Researchers from Kaspersky reveal details on a COVID-19-themed campaign, carried out by the North Korean actor Lazarus Group, and targeting a health ministry.
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Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority
October 27, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has temporarily disabled its email systems after detecting an unknown external party manged to gain unauthorized access to its networks.
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Absa
October 27, 2020
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[ insider, finance ]
South African financial services group Absa has revelaed that one of its employees sold the personal information of 200,000 clients to third parties.
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Nando's
October 26, 2020
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[ hack, retail ]
British Nando's customers have had their accounts compromised with the hackers hijacking their accounts to place largage orders.
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Hanover Chamber of Crafts
October 26, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Hanover Chamber of Crafts has been breached by the REvil threat actors. However, data on the network does not appear to be encrypted.
