Kmart
October 10, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Kmart reveals that an undisclosed number of credit card numbers were stolen in a month-long data breach which began in early September.
Supervalu
October 2, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
The Supervalu supermarket chain recently announced that a new malware was discovered in late August or early September 2014 in the part of its network that processes payment card transactions for some of its Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy and Cub Foods stores.
Flinn Scientific
October 2, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of customers who made purchases on the Flinn Scientific website are notified that their personal information, including payment card data, may have been compromised in a malware attack on the company's server that hosts its internet store.
Unnamed oil and gas company
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Bromium are alerted of a watering-hole attack originating from the website of a high-profile technology startup in the oil and gas sector.
Politica Estadao
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Sucuri reveals that a popular Brazilian newspaper, Politica Estadao, is hacked by attackers with a code able to attack readers' home routers.
Jimmy John's
September 14, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Signature Systems Inc., the point-of-sale vendor blamed for a credit and debit card breach involving 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shop locations, says the breach also may have jeopardized customer card numbers at nearly 100 other independent restaurants.
Bartell Hotels
September 3, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Bartell Hotels issues a notification that the payment card processing systems used at five of its San Diego locations were compromised and personal information, including credit card numbers, may be at risk. The potential number of affected customers is estimated to be between 40,000 and 45,000.
Undisclosed industrial software company
September 2, 2014
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
AlienVault reveals the details of Scanbox, a watering hole attack compromising the website of an industrial software company to collect information on the site's visitors.
The Home Depot
September 2, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Home Depot confirms that thieves compromised the payment systems in its 2,200 stores in the US and Canada and stole credit and debit card data. Home Depot believes that 56 million credit cards were compromised by criminals.
OmegaNet
August 10, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
OmegaNet notifies 10 businesses in New Hampshire of a malware incident that was able to capture sensitive information before it was encrypted.
Gamma Group
August 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Gamma International UK Ltd, the company that makes and sells the world's most elusive cyber weapon, FinFisher spyware, is hacked by a group called Phineas Fisher (@GammaGroupPR), and has a 40G file dumped on the internet.
Metro newspaper
July 23, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
UPS
August 20, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
UPS admits that 51 of its franchised stores were hit with a malware attack that put customer credit and debit card data at risk from January 20 to August 11.
Mizado Cocina
August 19, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Yet another victim of Backoff: New Orleans restaurant Mizado Cocina says customers' credit and debit card information could have been stolen by a hacker who breached the restaurant's point of sale system between May 9 and July 18.
wirelessemporium
August 5, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
After a malware is discovered on wirelessemporium.com, the company begins notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal information, including payment card data, might have been compromised.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
September 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (jcpa.org), an important Israeli think tank, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
Dairy Queen
August 28, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Fast food restaurant Dairy Queen confirms that systems in some of their locations have been infected with Backoff.
Undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants
July 31, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants may have been affected by a remote-access breach that compromised point-of-sale software, LogMeIn, according to the Delaware Restaurant Association.
Department of Agriculture
July 25, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of Philippine Department of Agriculture (da.gov.ph) is infected with malicious code that promotes a gambling-related website.
George Mason University
September 12, 2014
•[ hack, malware, education ]
George Mason University reveals to have detected a malware intrusion into its travel booking system on July 16. No personal information is thought to have been viewed, but the incident could have affected up to 4,400 users.
