Elliott Ohin
April 1, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Elliott Ohin who has served in several cabinet roles.
City of Albany
March 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, is hit by a ransomware attack, with city officials working over the weekend to respond to the incident.
VSDC
April 11, 2019
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
The website of the free multimedia editor VSDC is breached again to distribute a banking trojan and an info stealer (Win32.Bolik.2 and KPOT stealer).
Uniden
April 11, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Uniden's website for commercial security products is hacked to host a Word document that delivers what appears to be a garden variety of the Emotet trojan, also known as Geodo and Heodo.
City of Greenville
April 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Greenville is hit by the RobbinHood ransomware. A new strain that claims to protect the victim's privacy.
Hoya Corporation
April 6, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Japanese eyeglass lens maker Hoya Corp. reports it was hit by a cyberattack at its key production base in Thailand in late February. Attackers started to mine cryptocurrency and led to a partial shutdown of its factory lines for three days.
Arizona Beverages
April 2, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware ]
Arizona Beverages, one of the largest beverage suppliers in the U.S., is hit by a ransomware attack.
Raymond Houndjo
April 1, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Raymond Houndjo, a prominent member of the opposition party.
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center
March 29, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is hit by a ransomware attack.
ASUS
March 25, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab reveal the details of Operation #ShadowHammer: ASUS, one of the world's largest computer makers, was used to install a malicious backdoor on thousands of its customers' computers between June and November 2018.
Norsk Hydro
March 19, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
One of the largest aluminum producers in the world, Norsk Hydro, is forced to switch to partial manual operations after suffering a cyber attack allegedly pushing LockerGoga ransomware.
Haylands Primary School
March 18, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Haylands Primary School in Ryde become aware of a malware virus affecting their IT systems. Upon investigation they realize there had been unauthorised log-ins to the school server.
Ballard Northwest Senior Center
March 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Ballard Northwest Senior Center has its server wiped just by a ransomware attack, just weeks before their biggest fundraiser of the year.
Maffi Clinics
March 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Maffi Clinics, alerts 10,465 patients that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised as a result of a September 11, 2018 ransomware attack.
Japanese Banking Customers
March 12, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers from Cybereason discover a new variant of the Ursnif malware, using most new evasion techniques and targeting Japanese Users.
People's Government of Yiling District
March 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A statement issued by the People's Government of Yiling District, Yichang reveals that Chinese officials have been the target of a Gandcrab ransomware attack.
U.K.'s Police Federation
March 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The U.K.'s Police Federation is hit by a ransomware attack.
Taos Municipal Schools District
March 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Taos Municipal Schools District struggles to recover from a ransomware attack occurred three weeks ago.
Unknown Organization
March 14, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Pakistani government site used as a tracking platform for passport applications is compromised to deliver a ScanBox framework payload which captures the visitors' machine information and logs their keystrokes.
Momentive
March 12, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Momentive, a chemical company controlled by the same fund than Hexion, is also hit by the LockerGoga ransomware.
