Mississippi Valley State University
March 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Mississippi Valley State University's campus was temporary without internet service this week after university officials said the school was hit by a SamSam ransomware attack.
UK government contractor
March 9, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers at NCC Group reveal to have discovered multiple backdoors on a UK government contractor's computer systems designed to steal sensitive government and military data. The hack is tied to China-linked cyber espionage group APT15.
Pinelands Regional School District
March 7, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The Pinelands Regional School District is hit by the Emotet malware.
160 Applebee's Restaurants
March 2, 2018
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
RMH Franchise Holdings reveals that PoS systems at the Applebee's network of restaurants were infected with a PoS malware. 160 restaurants are affected. The breach was discovered on February 13, and took place between November 23, 2017, and January 2, 2018.
NIS America
March 1, 2018
•[ financial, malware, technology ]
Japanese gaming developer Nippon Ichi Software reveals that its American arm, NIS America, has suffered a major data breach compromising the personal and financial data of online customers. The breach, due to malware implanted in the checkout page, took place sometime between January 23 and February 26.
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
March 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
For the second time in two weeks, the computers at the Colorado Department of Transportation Agency shut down 2,000 computers after a ransomware infection.
Tim Hortons
February 27, 2018
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
A computer virus is suspected of crashing cash registers at over 1,000 Tim Hortons coffee and donuts fast food restaurants.
Matteo Salvini Facebook Page
February 24, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
And after the personal blog, hacktivists from Anonymous also deface Matteo Salvini's blog page.
About one dozen Connecticut government agencies
February 23, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
About one dozen Connecticut government agencies are hit with what one published report says is a WannaCry attack that knocks about 160 computers offline.
Unknown Organization
February 21, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The University of Virginia Health System notifies almost 2,000 patients that their health records may have been exposed when an unauthorized third party implanted malware on a staffer's computer active between May 2015 and December 2016.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
February 20, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
CDOT is hit with a ransomware attack, attributed to SamSam, which forces the organization to shut down 2,000 computers.
Davidson County
February 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Davidson County computers are hit by an unspecified ransomware.
Jemison Internal Medicine
February 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Jemison Internal Medicine notifies 6,550 patients of a ransomware attack. However the investigation reveals that the systems had already been compromised.
Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel
February 14, 2018
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Staybridge Suites Lexington Hotel is hit with what appears to be a point of sales data breach that occurred when several devices at the hotel were hit with malware.
Atos
February 14, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Reports emerge that the Olympic Destroyer malware might be used months before to target Atos, the IT provider of Winter Olympics.
City of Allentown
February 13, 2018
•[ malware, government ]
The city of Allentown is hit by the Emotet Trojan. The City believes that the cost of remediation is closeto $1 million.
Advertisement screen in London
February 13, 2018
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
And the last victim of the cryptocurrency frenzy is an advertisement screen in London that is infected by a miner.
Undisclosed water utility company
February 8, 2018
•[ financial, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Radiflow discover the first example of a malware attacking the operational network of a water utility company in order to mine the Monero cryptocurrency,
Decatur County General Hospital
February 8, 2018
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tenn., publicly discloses that an unauthorized party accessed the server for its electronic medical record system and secretly implanted cryptomining malware.
Smith Dental
February 7, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Smith Dental notifies of a ransomware attack affecting 1,500 patients.
