Yahya Assiri
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Yahya Assiri, a critic of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
City of Valdez
July 31, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Also the City of Valdez is hit by CryptoLocker.
Borough of Matanuska-Susitna
July 31, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Borough of Matanuska-Susitna is hit by CryptoLocker. The attack took place on July 24 but was maybe dormant since May. The IT systems are not operational with some users starting to use typewriters.
Spiez Laboratory
July 30, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
The state-run Spiez laboratory near Bern, which analyzed the nerve agent samples from Salisbury, reveals to have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to the Russian government ahead of a conference of chemical and biological warfare.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma
July 28, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
Alleged personal details of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma are leaked after he tweeted his 12-digit Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI number and challenged hackers.
Government agency in the Middle East
July 27, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 unveils a targeted attack against a government agency in the Middle East carried out by a threat actor dubbed DarkHydrus.
Prison-issued tablets
July 26, 2018
•[ hack, financial, government ]
Idaho prison officials announce in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability in their prison-issued tablets and have used it to assign nearly $225,000 worth of digital credits to their tablet accounts.
City of Medford
July 25, 2018
•[ leak, malware, government ]
1,842 Medford residents are impacted by a City of Medford data breach after the city's online utility billing service is infected with malware. The breaches happened between February 18th through March 14th and March 29th through April 16th.
Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
July 24, 2018
•[ leak, government ]
The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) International Mission Board announces to have suffered a data breach earlier this year (on April 11) exposing the personally identifiable information on its current and former employees, volunteers and applicants.
Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC
July 23, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, government ]
A "security incident" occurred on April 3 at a third-party vendor (Accreditation, Audit & Risk Management Security, LLC) may have compromised the personal information of employees, inmates and others involved with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
Italian Military
July 15, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Security researchers from the Z-Lab at CSE Cybersec reveal the details of Operation "Roman Holiday" an operation carried on by APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear) and targeting the Italian Military.
Pennsylvania Department of Health
July 13, 2018
•[ hack, government ]
A government spokesman reveals that the Pennsylvania Department of Health's birth certificate system was shut down for nearly a week last month after someone hacked into an internal website but did not take or alter citizens records.
Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Cambodian National Election Committee
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian National Election Committee.
Cambodian People's Party
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, hack, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
Cambodia National Rescue Party
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
Cambodian Senate
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Senate.
U.S. Air Force
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, misconfiguration, government ]
Security Firm Recorded Future identifies an attempted sale of what is believed to be highly sensitive U.S. Air Force documents pertaining to the MQ-9 Reaper drone. The attack was carried on via the default FTP authentication credentials in Netgear routers.
Cambodia
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
Researchers from FireEye reveal a large scale operation from TEMP.Periscope, a Chinese cyber espionage group seeking to monitor the country's upcoming and contentious July 29 national elections.
Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance
July 10, 2018
•[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Economics and Finance.
