Online
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Online.nl is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Tweak
August 28, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Tweak.nl is one of more than a dozen European ISPs whose DNS infrastructure is the target of a DDoS attack. The attackers demanded a Bitcoin payment to stop the attack.
Venmo
August 27, 2020
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
Venmo is the victim of a Ddos attack. The attackers are demanding a Bitcoin payment to stop the attacks.
Two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges
August 27, 2020
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
The U.S. Justice Department today filed a civil forfeiture complaint aiming to seize control of 280 Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounts containing funds allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers in attacks against two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges.
Santander
August 19, 2020
•[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Tens of suspects have been arrested for exploiting a glitch in the software of Santander ATMs to cash-out more money than was stored on cards.
Tennessee State Univesity
August 17, 2020
•[ financial, insider, education ]
A former admissions worker at Tennessee State University (TSU) was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to student loan, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was arrested for managing an elaborate scheme to steal and divert $84,506 in student loans into a bank account set up using a false name and Social Security number.
Virtu Financial
August 10, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
High-speed trading firm Virtu Financial says it lost $6.9 million in a business email compromise scam in May.
Interactive Data
August 6, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
Interactive Data, a data broker, is hacked and fuels fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
August 4, 2020
•[ hack, financial ]
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington reported a hack that drained $7.5 million from its endowment fund and funneled the money into international accounts.
2gether
July 31, 2020
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
2gether reveals a cyberattack in which roughly 1.2 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen from cryptocurrency investment accounts.
The Bank of Ireland
July 28, 2020
•[ financial, social, finance ]
One of Ireland's largest banks, Bank of Ireland, has been fined almost 1.7 million after regulators discovered it had failed to inform financial regulators and the police after a fraudster tricked them into transferring funds from a client's account.
JM Bullion
July 17, 2020
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Gold seller JM Bullion was the victim of a MageCart-style attack for five months.
Argenta
July 13, 2020
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Antwerp-based savings bank Argenta shuts down 143 ATM machines after falling victim to what is believed to be Belgium's first jackpotting attacks.
Bcycle
July 6, 2020
•[ financial, leak, malware ]
BCycle, a bicycle sharing service, suffered a malware attack in April and launched an investigation, according to a company letter. The stolen information may have included names, credit card numbers and addresses.
Bank users in Portugal
July 6, 2020
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
A new release of the Lampion trojan banker targets uses in Portugal.
Wayne County School District
July 2, 2020
•[ financial, education ]
A cyberattack against Wayne County School District's 16th Section Principal Fund Account has resulted in an investigation by the FBI after they were contacted by school officials shortly after the breach was discovered on July 2.
Utah Pathology
June 30, 2020
•[ financial, healthcare ]
An unknown third party tried to redirect funds from Utah Pathology in June.
Eight cities across three states in the United States
June 26, 2020
•[ financial, malware, government ]
Researchers from Trend Micro reveal that eight cities across three states in the United States have fallen victim to a Magecart card skimming attack. The sites all appear to have been built using Click2Gov.
Bank of America customers
June 18, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
Researchers from Armorblox discover a phishing campaign against Bank of America customers that able to bypass security filters.
Claire's
June 15, 2020
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Researchers from Sansec reveal that the websites for U.S. based jewelry and accessory giant Claire's, and its subsidiary Icing, were compromised in April via a Magecart attack.
