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St. Louis Community College
February 4, 2020
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[ social, phishing, education ]
More than 5,100 St. Louis Community College students and employees have their personal information accessed via a phishing attack discovered on January 13.
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Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
February 3, 2020
Systems of the Credit Union National Association are knocked offline following a "cyber incident."
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Toll Group
February 3, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
Toll Group announces that to have experienced a "cybersecurity incident", and shuts down a number of IT systems at multiple sites across Australia in a bid to resolve the issue. The attack is allegedly caused by the Kokoklock (or Mailto) ransomware.
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Five U.S. law firms
February 1, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware ]
Five U.S. law firms are among the companies and organizations targeted by a new round of ransomware attacks.
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Confederation College
February 1, 2020
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Confederation College suffers a malware attack.
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Penncrest School District
February 1, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Penncrest School District announced that it resolved a ransomware intrusion. No personal data was exposed.
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Hong Kong Universities
January 31, 2020
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[ education, hack, malware ]
Researchers from ESET discover a new campaign of the Winnti group targeting some Hong Kong universities via the ShadowPad backdoor.
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Bouygues Construction
January 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
French construction giant Bouygues Construction shut down their computer network to avoid having all of their data encrypted by the Maze Ransomware.
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City of Racine
January 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Racine is hit with a ransomware attack that knocks most of its non-emergency computer services offline.
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TVEyes
January 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
TVEyes, a broadcast television search engine used by political campaigns to monitor opponents and track ads, is hit with a ransomware attack.
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Belvidere City Hall
January 31, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
Belvidere City Hall is the victim of a cyber attack.
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Dundee and Angus College
January 31, 2020
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Dundee and Angus College is apparently hit with a ransomware attack.
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Everton Fan Services Twitter account
January 31, 2020
The Everton Fan Services Twitter account is allegedly hacked.
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Fondren Orthopedic Group
January 31, 2020
Fondren Orthopedic Group notifies patients after a malware incident occurred on November 21, 2019, destroyed patient records.
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US Department of Defense (DOD)
January 31, 2020
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[ financial, malware, government ]
A security researcher discovers a cryptocurrency-mining botnet inside a web server operated by the US Department of Defense (DOD).
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kauno.diena.lt
January 30, 2020
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[ espionage, phishing, technology ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
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Erfan Kasraie
January 30, 2020
The Iranian state-backed threat actor Charming Kitten impersonated prominent journalists and sent targets fake interview requests in order to steal their credentials and send them malware. Among the victims is Erfan Kasraie, an Iranian academic who received a fake message from Farnaz Fassihi, an Iranian-American journalist.
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Relative of Azadeh Shafiee
January 30, 2020
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[ espionage, social, phishing ]
The Iranian state-backed threat actor Charming Kitten impersonated prominent journalists and sent targets fake interview requests in order to steal their credentials and send them malware. One of the fake messages was from Azadeh Shafiee, an anchor for London-based broadcaster Iran International, that attempted to target one of her relatives.
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Grundy County Courthouse
January 30, 2020
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[ hack, government ]
The Grundy County Courthouse experiences a "cybersecurity breach".
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Mountain View Los Altos High School (MVLA)
January 30, 2020
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[ hack, education ]
Mountain View Los Altos High School is hit with a cyber attack.
