gumtree
March 25, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Malwarebytes reveals the details of a malvertising campaign, distributing the infamous Angler Exploit Kit, and targeting gumtree.com.au.
Harry Styles
March 20, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
One Direction singer Harry Styles and his alleged girlfriend Kendall Jenner have their personal photos leaked online after iCloud account hack.
Unknown Organization
March 20, 2016
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The website of EC-Council, the professional organization that administers the Certified Ethical Hacker program, is compromised to redirect the visitors to an Angler Exploit Kit landing page, where the infamous Teslacrypt ransomware is injected.
Unidentified Israeli Org
May 2, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers from Palo Alto reveal the details of Infy, a new targeted attack campaign dating back nearly a decade and likely to have originated from Iran.
Rosen Hotels & Resorts
March 4, 2016
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
US chain Rosen Hotels & Resorts is the latest to confirm a malware-based breach of its payment processing systems. The breach covered an extended period between September 2, 2014 to February 18, 2016.
GIEI
March 1, 2016
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the targets is a phone belonging to the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI). GIEI is investigating the 2014 Iguala Mass Disappearance and was targeted shortly after criticizing the Mexican government for interfering in the investigation.
Georgia Institute of Technology
February 1, 2016
•[ hack, malware, education ]
A British judge has ruled against extraditing Christopher Taylor, a Wigan man who is alleged to have hacked hundreds of webcams around the globe, to the United States. Taylor was apprehended after it was discovered that he installed malware on a laptop at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
February 12, 2016
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The first example of a ransomware targeting a website: the website of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is replaced with instructions on how to pay off the extortionists: $150 ( 100) in Bitcoin.
Coast Central Credit Union
February 25, 2016
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
The website of Coast Central Credit Union, a financial institution that serves more than 60,000 customers, is hacked, allowing attackers to implant a backdoor.
Linux Mint Distribution
February 20, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Clem Lefebvre, the creator of the Linux Mint Distribution reveals that an intrusion on the distribution's web site took place, in which hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack the website to point to it.
Energobank
February 8, 2016
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Bloomberg reveals that hackers used malware to penetrate the defenses of Energobank, a Russian regional bank and move the ruble-dollar rate more than 15 percent in minutes, according to Group-IB, the Moscow-based cyber-security firm hired to investigate the attack,
Mercy Iowa City
January 26, 2016
•[ leak, malware, healthcare ]
Mercy Iowa City and Mercy Clinic notify patients that a malware discovered on their systems could have compromised the identities of 15,000 users.
Royal Melbourne Hospital
January 19, 2016
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The Royal Melbourne Hospital's core computer systems and personal computer systems have been infected by a virus. After two weeks the hospital still struggles to mitigate the infection.
MSN
January 19, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Malwarebytes detects a malvertising campaign targeting the MSN Home Page via the AD network AdSpirit.
Japanese Banks' Customers
January 7, 2016
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers at IBM X-Force unmask the cybergang that controls the Rovnix Trojan launching an aggressive campaign against 14 major Japanese Banks.
Forbes
January 6, 2016
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Brian Baskin, a digital forensics expert, is served with malware when visiting the Forbes' website, after disabling the AD blocker as suggested.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
December 23, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announces that it recently identified malware on computers that operate the payment processing systems for Hyatt-managed locations (627 properties across more than 50 countries).
AI Squared
January 5, 2016
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
AI Squared, a small Vermont-based tech firm, was targeted by the OilRig threat actors. The hackers allegedly stole the company's certificates to disguise their malware and make it appear legitimate to other targets.
Juan Pardinas
December 21, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Juan Pardinas, the director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
Prykarpattiaoblenergo
December 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
The Ukrainian government blames power outages in western Ukraine on hacker attacks by Russian special services. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), malware has been found in the networks of some utilities. Moreover, these malware intrusions coincided with a non-stop telephone flood at utility plants and technical support departments, according to local reports.
