Cancer Research UK
October 7, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The Magecart gang hit the Cancer Research UK back in 2016 with the same modus operandi.
Rep. Pete King's campaign website
October 7, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
Rep. Pete King's campaign website is defaced.
Anne Arundel County Public Library
October 6, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Anne Arundel County Public Library officials announce that nearly 600 staff and public library computers have been hit by the Emotet virus. 4,768 customers who used public computers since September 17 are also notified.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
October 5, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey's launch is disrupted by a DDoS attack on the day of its release.
Hetzner South Africa
October 5, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
The South African branch of Hetzner, a well-known web hosting provider, suffers a new security breach. The attacker manages to gain access to customer details.
Square Enix
October 4, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The same day Square Enix also announces to be fighting off a DDoS attack aimed towards its popular game, Final Fantasy XIV.
Tillamook Chiropractic Clinic
October 4, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Tillamook Chiropractic Clinic reveals that on May 2016, malware was installed on the primary insurance billing system, which hackers then used as a staging area to collect patient records.
Black History Month Website
October 3, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
The Black History Month website falls victim to two cyber attacks in just 24 hours.
Managed Service Providers
October 3, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The US Department of Homeland Security issues an alert about "ongoing" cyber-attacks against managed service providers, indirectly attributed to APT10.
City of Regina
October 2, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
A city of Regina email is hacked, and used as a phishing tool to try and get passwords and emails from other city of Regina staff as well as external groups.
Apollo
October 1, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200 million contact records, is hacked and sends an email to its affected customers.
Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC)
September 29, 2018
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Gwinnett Medical Center(GMC) is hacked and the patient data is posted online.
Virat Kohli's official website
September 29, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Following the defeat of the Bangladeshi cricket team against India at the 2018 Asia Cup final, a group of Bangladeshi hackers defaces Virat Kohli's official website (the current captain of India's team) to protest against an 'unfair decision' during the match.
Facebook
September 27, 2018
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Facebook says a breach affected 50 million people on the social network. The vulnerability stemmed from the "view as" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to others. Attackers exploited code associated with the feature that allowed them to steal "access tokens" that could be used to take over people's accounts.
NewsNow
September 25, 2018
•[ hack, technology ]
Online news aggregation service NewsNow admits that it has suffered a security breach and an encrypted version of the passwords may have been accessed.
DoorDash
September 25, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
Food delivery startup DoorDash receives dozens of complaints from customers who say their accounts have been hacked. The users are the target of a credential stuffing attack.
RWE
September 25, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
Unknown attackers launch a large-scale DDoS attack that takes down RWE's website.
Aspire Health
September 25, 2018
•[ hack, healthcare ]
Aspire Health, is hacked earlier this month and loses at least some patient information to an unknown cyber attacker.
Oklahoma City Public Schools
September 24, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The Oklahoma City Public School District is affected by a DDoS attack on their parent portal.
AdGuard
September 21, 2018
•[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
AdGuard, a popular ad blocker for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac, resets all user passwords, after suffering a brute-force attack during which an unknown attacker tried to log into user accounts by guessing their passwords.
