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.
Juniper Networks
December 17, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Juniper Networks issues an urgent security advisory about "unauthorized code" found within the operating system used by some of the company's firewalls and Secure Service Gateway appliances.
Swiss Cleaners
December 15, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The dry cleaning firm Swiss Cleaners suffered a point of sale data breach that could have potentially stolen the data from every payment card type used in the eight-store chain for almost one year.
Elephant Bar
December 9, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
CM Ebar, LLC, the owner of Elephant Bar restaurants, announces that a PoS malware breach may have affected the information of customers at 29 locations in California, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Florida.
Kalahari Resorts
December 7, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Kalahari Resorts announces that its Ohio and Wisconsin resorts have been hit by a point-of-sale (POS) breach between March 9 and June 8.
Pearson VUE
November 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Technology certification management provider Pearson VUE is the victim of a computer security breach after malware compromises its Credential Manager System.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
November 20, 2015
•[ financial, malware ]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc says that payment systems at 54 of its hotels in North America had been infected with a malware designed to collect payment card data.
Noble House Hotels and Resorts
November 15, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Luxury hotel chain Noble House Hotels and Resorts notifies customers of a breach in six properties they uncovered in the wake of reports by customers of fraudulent charges on payment cards.
Unknown Organization
November 15, 2015
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Fashion to Figure notifies customers of a breach involving malware inserted on their web host's server
Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology
November 12, 2015
•[ financial, malware, education ]
More than a dozen students and faculty at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology (KAIST) have their credit card information stolen by a suspected card reader vulnerability.
Ammyy
November 11, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
The installer of the remote desktop software Ammyy is compromised and distributes the tools used by the Buhtrap gang to spy on and control their victims' computers.
UK Parliament
November 9, 2015
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Times reveal that, in May, cybercriminals were able to break into parliament's computer network, hijacked computers holding sensitive information and presented a ransom demand to Chi Onwurah, MP and shadow digital minister.
German Unit of the Federal Chancellery
October 26, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Der Spiegel reports that Regin, the highly sophisticated state sponsored malware, has been discovered infecting the laptop computer of a head of the German Unit of the Federal Chancellery.
Peppermill Resort Spa Casino
October 16, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of individuals are being notified that an attack may have compromised credit and debit cards used between October 2014 and February 2015 at the front desk of the Reno, Nevada-based Peppermill Resort Spa Casino.
Yellowfront Grocery
October 16, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Yellowfront Grocery in Damariscotta, Maine, notifies its customers via Facebook that it had experienced a point-of-sale (POS) breach on Oct 23.
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
October 15, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Bloomberg reveals that the web page of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was comporomised with malware in July, during the the third day of the hearing on the territorial dispute in the South China. Suspects are directed to China.
America's Thrift Stores
October 12, 2015
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Another charity store hacked: America's Thrift Stores, an organization that operates donations-based thrift stores throughout the southeast United States, says to have been the victim of a malware-driven security breach.
Karla Micheel Salas
October 1, 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 Karla Micheel Salas, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of the 2015 Narvarte killings.
Trump Hotel Collection
September 30, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Trump Hotel Collection acknowledges a malware infection across the United States and Canada, potentially stealing customer credit card data for an entire year. The list of hotels includes two locations in New York and one in each of the following cities: Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Toronto, and Miami.
Mexican Lawyer
September 25, 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 David Pe, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of the 2015 Narvarte killings.
