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Bansley and Kiener LLP
December 10, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
Chicago law firm suffers ransomware attack, the breach affected over 70,000 individuals.
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Embassy of China in the US
December 10, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
The Chinese Embassy in the United States stated that its Twitter account was hacked after retweeting a claim from President Trump about the election.
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European Medicines Agency
December 9, 2020
The European Medicines Agency, which is responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval, has been hit by a cyberattack. Pfizer and BioNTech have stated that documents related to their vaccines were accessed during the attack. The EMA later revealed that some of those documents were doctored by the threat actors to undermine the public's trust in the vaccines.
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Lithuania
December 9, 2020
In a coordinated cyber-attack on Lithuania, hackers have breached multiple content management systems to gain access to 22 different websites operated by Lithuania's public sector. The attackers then published articles containing misinformation on the sites. Russia is identified as the likely culprit.
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Afghanistan National Security Council
December 9, 2020
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Afghanistan National Security Council.
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Florida Healthy Kids Corporation
December 9, 2020
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation has disclosed that its website has been hacked. The victim's web hosting vendor had unpatched vulnerabilities dating back to late 2013, allowing the hackers access to sensitive information.
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Nepali Ministry of Defense
December 9, 2020
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Nepali Ministry of Defense.
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Presidential Palace in Afghanistan
December 9, 2020
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[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Presidential Palace in Afghanistan.
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Ludlow Town Hall
December 9, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The town of Ludlow was the victim of a ransomware attack. As a result, documents relating to the payroll system of the Ludlow Town Hall were accessed.
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Nepali Army
December 9, 2020
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Nepali Army.
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Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 9, 2020
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Nepali Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense
December 9, 2020
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense.
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7 million debit and credit cardholders in India
December 8, 2020
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[ leak, misconfiguration, finance ]
Sensitive details belonging to 7 million debit and credit cardholders in India are available on a public Google Drive document that has been circulating on the dark web.
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City of Marieville
December 8, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Marieville is the apparent victim of a ransomware attack.
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TSYS
December 8, 2020
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[ ransomware, leak, malware ]
Payment card processing company TSYS has suffered a ransomware attack. The attackers also stole and publishe TSYS data.
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Dade City, FL
December 8, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Avaddon threat actors claim to have attacked the city of Dade City, FL.
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FireEye
December 8, 2020
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[ espionage, malware, technology ]
FireEye has revealed that a nation-state hacking group has accessed its systems and stolen hacking tools it uses for penetration testing. Later it was revealed that FireEye was breached as a result of the SolarWinds hack.
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Australia Post
December 7, 2020
The website of the Australia Post was altered to display a message saying, "We're smoking meth" in the "Latest news" section.
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OC Transpo My Alerts
December 7, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
The City of Ottawa says that OC Transpo My Alerts subscribers may have had their email addresses and passwords compromised.
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Mobile users in China
December 7, 2020
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[ insider, malware, technology ]
A court in China finds a Gionee subsidiary guilty of intentionally installing malware on millions of smartphones. The company knowingly infected nearly 21.75 million devices with a Trojan and made $4.2 million in profit.
