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J. Sterling Morton school district
November 15, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An in-development home made ransomware named J. Sterling Ransomware is discovered. This ransomware strain targets the high school students of the J. Sterling Morton school district in Cicero, Illinois by pretending to be a student survey.
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Forever 21
November 14, 2017
Fashion retailer Forever 21 discloses a breach due to an unauthorized access to data from payment cards used at certain of its stores.
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Jewson
November 14, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Builders merchant Jewson notifies 1,659 customers that their private information could have been exposed in a breach occurred late this summer. The breach happened after malicious code was implanted in the Jeson Direct website.
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McAfee ClickProtect
November 13, 2017
Security firm McAfee blocks access to the website of its service McAfee ClickProtect after reposts suggested the site was used to distribute the Emotet malware.
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Italian government
November 11, 2017
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[ leak, phishing, government ]
The Anonymous collective publishes some internal documents stolen from the email accounts of some government employees.
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Mix Megapol
November 10, 2017
A private radio station in Sweden, Mix Megapol, suffers a cyber attack when someone hacks its transmission to play a pro-ISIS song for 30 minutes.
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North Korean Radio station on 6400kHz
November 9, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
A North Korean radio station is reportedly hijacked by an unknown hacker to play the 1980's hit song "The Final Countdown". The short-wave radio station, 6400kHz is known to be used by Pyongyang to transmit secret codes.
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City of Spring Hill
November 8, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Spring Hill, Tennessee is hit by a ransomware attack. The attackers demand a $250,000 ransom.
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Prince Albert Police homepage
November 8, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers from Team System Dz deface the Prince Albert Police homepage and leave the message "I love Islamic State".
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Golden Optometric
November 6, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Goldon Optometric informs some patients whose information was affected by a CrySiS ransomware attack.
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SchoolDesk
November 6, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Hackers from Team System Dz deface hundreds of websites across the US to post pro-ISIS messages, images of Saddam Hussein and a recruitment video. SchoolDesk, the Atlanta, Georgia-based web hosting company servicing these sites, confirmed the attack.
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Sia
November 6, 2017
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[ leak ]
And Australian singer SIA, having heard of her nude photos possibly being leaked, prevents the fappening, by posting herself personal naked photos.
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Electroneum
November 6, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
UK cryptocurrency startup Electroneum is the victim of a DDoS attack immediately after having raised $40m ( 30m).
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Maria Kanellis
November 5, 2017
Another WWE Diva has her private photos leaked. This time the victim is Maria Kanellis.
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Joseann 'JoJo' Offerman
November 5, 2017
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[ leak ]
And Joseann 'JoJo' Offerman is the third WWE Diva who suffers nude photo leaked.
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WWE Diva Paige
November 5, 2017
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[ leak ]
A new file containing more x-rated photos of WWE Diva Paige is leaked online. Although it is unclear who is behind the leak this time it can be confirmed that the leaked content belongs to Paige.
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Crunchyroll
November 4, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Crunchyroll.com is the victim of a DNS hijack attack, so the visitors are redirected to a malicious website designed to infect them with malware.
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NIC Asia Bank
November 4, 2017
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[ financial, hack, malware ]
NIC Asia Bank, based in Kathmandu, suffers a hack on its computer networks, which abused the SWIFT financial messaging system to help steal approximately $4.4m
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The Times of Israel
November 2, 2017
The Times of Israel and Asia Times websites are hijacked and defaced by suspected Turkish hackers, who post messages in favor of Palestine, on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
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Verticalscope
November 2, 2017
For the second time since June 2016, hackers compromise Verticalscope.com, a Canadian company that manages hundreds of popular Web discussion forums totaling more than 45 million user accounts, and sell the stolen account in the black market.
