Ghanem al-Masarir
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident, for espionage purposes. The threat actor used the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group.
Amnesty International
August 1, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Amnesty International reveals to have been targeted by a campaign carried out via the surveillance malware developed by the Israel surveillance vendor, NSO Group.
Hong Kong's Department of Health
August 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Three computers at the Hong Kong Department of Health are hit by ransomware.
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.
Hwera High School
July 30, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An anonymous computer hacker demands US$5000 from a Hwera High School to return course work they are holding for ransom.
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.
Blue Springs Family Care
July 26, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Healthcare provider Blue Springs Family Care discloses a ransomware attack resulting from an authorized access that may have also compromised 44,979 patients records.
COSCO
July 25, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware ]
A ransomware attack severely disables the U.S. network of COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), one of the world's largest shipping companies.
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.
League of Legends Philippines'
July 15, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
League of Legends Philippines' confirms an unauthorized modification in their client lobby code resulting in the injection of the Coinhive Monero miner.
Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital
July 15, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital in Mumbai is hit by a ransomware attack.
Chlorine distillation plant in Ukraine
July 11, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) reveals it stopped a cyber-attack with the VPNFilter malware on a chlorine distillation plant in the village of Aulska, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The SBU accuses Russia of operating the malware and launching the attack.
Cass Regional Medical Center
July 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Cass Regional Medical Center, a Missouri health care center, announces that they have been affected by an undisclosed ransomware. This incident affected their internal communications system and their electronic health record (EHR) system.
Klook Travel
June 29, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Klook Travel informs its users about a data breach incident it suffered. The attackers exploited a malicious JS code associated with SOCIAPlus, a third-party tool integrated on the site.
GitHub account of the Gentoo Linux distribution
June 28, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
An unknown hacker temporarily takes control over the GitHub account of the Gentoo Linux organization and embed malicious code inside the operating system's distributions that would delete user files. The malicious code fails to trigger properly and users' remain safe.
Middletown school district
June 28, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Middletown School District is hit by a ransomware.
Liberty Life
June 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Liberty Life's IT system are attacked by unknown hackers, who reportedly obtain sensitive data about some of the insurer's top clients and ask for a ransom.
Mongolian government data center
June 13, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor has compromised a government data center in Mongolia. Kaspersky Lab assesses that the threat actor used its access to compromise websites that they will use in subsequent watering-hole attacks.
