NutriBullet
March 18, 2020
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
NutriBullet is the victim of a Magrcart attack.
German PayPal users
February 24, 2020
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
According to multiple reports, a critical PayPal vulnerability is behind thefts over recent days from numerous German PayPal users (fraudulent transactions with U.S. stores).
Rutter's
February 13, 2020
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Rutter's discloses that 71 locations were infected with a point-of-sale (POS) malware that was used by attackers to steal customers' credit card information.
Altsbit
February 5, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Altsbit announces to have been hit with a devastating hack. Criminals made off with 1,066 Komodo (KMD) tokens and 283,375 Verus (VRSC) "coins" with a combined value of $27,000.
Puerto Rico's government
February 12, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
Puerto Rico's government loses more than $2.6 million after falling for a Business Email Compromise Scam. The incident occurred on January 17.
US Department of Defense (DOD)
January 31, 2020
•[ financial, malware, government ]
A security researcher discovers a cryptocurrency-mining botnet inside a web server operated by the US Department of Defense (DOD).
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
January 30, 2020
•[ hack, financial, social ]
Hackers posing as a veteran London art dealer trick Rijksmuseum Twenthe, a Dutch museum, buying a John Constable painting into paying 2.4 million pounds ($3.1 million) to a fraudulent bank account.
Red Kite Community Housing
January 28, 2020
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Red Kite Community Housing announces to have fallen victim to a cyber-scam in which criminals posed as genuine service providers to steal a staggering 932,000.
Laurentian Bank
January 28, 2020
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Police investigate after thieves hack three banking machines in the greater Montreal area, making off with an estimated $55,000.
Website collecting donations for the victims of the Australia bushfires
January 10, 2020
•[ financial, malware, healthcare ]
Researchers from Malwarebytes discover that attackers compromised a website collecting donations for the victims of the Australia bushfires and injected ATMZOW, a malicious script that steals the payment information of the donors.
Manor Independent School District
January 10, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, education ]
Manor Independent School District announces that email scammers had fleeced the District out of $2.3 million.
Landry's
December 31, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Landry's discloses a security incident that involved the discovery of malware on the network of 63 restaurants. The malware was designed to collect payment card data from cards swiped at its bars and restaurants, and was active from March 13 to October 2019.
Town of Erie
December 30, 2019
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
Colorado Town of Erie loses more than $1 million to a business email compromise scam (BEC).
Wawa
December 19, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Convenience store chain Wawa discloses today a card breach after its security team finds malware installed on its payment processing systems. The malware was installed on March 4 this year, and impacts potentially all locations.
Champagne French Bakery Cafe
December 19, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Even Champagne French Bakery Cafe announces a credit card breach due to a PoS malware.
Islands restaurants
December 19, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Islands restaurants announces a PoS malware incident.
Financial institutions in Ethiopia
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
The Ethiopia Information Network Security Agency (INSA) reveals that a cyber attack directed at financial institutions in the country forced the agency to disconnect the Internet in the country for up to 20 minutes.
Turkish users
December 11, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers from Group-IB reveal that details for 463,378 Turkish payment cards are currently being sold online on Joker's Stash. Javascript skimmers are suspect number one.
Institutions from the financial services
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The Department of Homeland Security alerts institutions from the financial services sector of risks stemming from ongoing Dridex malware attacks.
Keybase
December 13, 2019
•[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Keybase announces the closure of its free Lumens (XLM) cryptocurrency drop scheme due to an influx of spam accounts.
