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American Museum of Natural History
October 17, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The American Museum of Natural History says hackers accessed personal information about visitors in a data breach as a consequence of the Blackbaud ransomware breach.
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Commission Kings
October 16, 2020
Commission Kings, a large affiliate network catering to sports betting and iGaming, is sufferting from a major cyberattack which has led to long outages.
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Albion Online
October 16, 2020
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[ hack, technology ]
Albion Online, a popular online game, has disclosed a breach of its forum. The hacker claims to have access to the main game's database, the payment database, and other databases with sensitive information.
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SN Servicing Corporation
October 15, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Mortgage loan servicing company SN Servicing Corporation notified at least two states in recent weeks of a ransomware attack on its systems. Filings submitted to the California and Vermont state attorneys general disclosed that the company was hit by ransomware attacks on or around Oct. 15, 2020.
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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.
