Hilton Hotel
September 25, 2015
•[ financial, malware, hospitality ]
Multiple sources in the banking industry say they have traced a pattern of credit card fraud that suggests hackers have compromised point-of-sale registers in gift shops and restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotel and franchise properties across the United States.
North Oldham High School
September 25, 2015
•[ hack, malware, education ]
North Oldham High School alerts 2,800 current and former students that a data breach earlier this month could have exposed their names, social security numbers and other personal information after a school computer falls victim to a drive-by attack.
realtor
September 22, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
Yet another high-profile website victim of a malvertising campaign. This time the target is realtor.com, a popular real estate website ranked third in its category with an estimated 28 million monthly visits.
Forbes
September 15, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Forbes is notified of a malvertising campaign on its website running from 8 to 15 September. The company states to have removed the offending ads.
Milestone Hospitality Management
September 15, 2015
•[ financial, malware, hospitality ]
Milestone Hospitality Management notifies an undisclosed number of guests who stayed at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey that malware may have compromised their credit card information.
Brunswick Hotel & Tavern
September 1, 2015
•[ financial, malware ]
Olympia Hotel Management, which manages Maine-based Brunswick Hotel & Tavern, notifies an undisclosed number of guests that malware was discovered on the hotel's computer systems and payment card information could be at risk (2,600 guests were impacted).
Emilio Aristegui
August 30, 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 Emilio Aristegui, the son of a prominent journalist. He was a minor at the time of the targeting.
Fred's Inc.
August 14, 2015
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Fred's Inc. confirms that an unauthorized person gained access to two servers that process payment card data placing a malicious software capable of copying the payment card data.
Dr. Carlos Figeuroa
August 7, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The Associated Press shows evidence that some Ecuadorean opposition activists were hacked by Ecuador's domestic intelligence agency, with software tailor-made by Hacking Team. The only named victim is Dr. Carlos Figeuroa.
United States Department of Defense
August 6, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks.
UniCredit
July 16, 2015
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Cyphort Labs discovered a malware infection at the Ukrainian website of UniCredit bank: unicredit.ua.
The Trump Hotel Collection
July 1, 2015
•[ financial, malware ]
The Trump Hotel Collection, a string of luxury hotel properties tied to business magnate Donald Trump, appears to be the latest victim of a credit card breach.
Japanese Petroleum Association
June 10, 2015
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Japan's Petroleum Association is hit by a targeted cyber-attack earlier this month, which saw numerous PCs become infected with an unknown virus.
Kaspersky Lab
June 10, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Kaspersky discoveres an advanced attack on its own internal networks. The company is confident that there's a nation state behind it and calls the malware Duqu 2.0.
Eataly
June 5, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
The global Italian food market Eataly confirms that it was the victim of a data breach earlier this year that could have compromised the data of all payment cards used over a nearly four-month period. It appears that only Eataly's NYC Retail Marketplace was affected.
Saint Francis Hospital
June 5, 2015
•[ financial, malware, healthcare ]
The St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, revelas that the system processing card payments for its gift shop was comprmoised for a brief period, capturing financial data of the customers
Holiday Valley Resort
June 2, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
New York-based Holiday Valley Resort announces that malware may have compromised payment cards used at any of the resort's POS devices between October 2014 and June.
AeroGrow International
June 2, 2015
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
AeroGrow International, Inc. notifies an undisclosed number of indidividals who shopped on its website AeroGarden.com that malware was likely used to infiltrate online servers, and that payment card data may have been compromised.
Office of the President
May 31, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Vietnamese threat actor Ocean Lotus has compronised the websites of numerous entitities in Southeast Asia to be used for watering-hole attacks. Some of the organizations have also been targeted with malware aiming to install backdoors on their systems. The group has targeted ASEAN, China, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines.
Breetec International
May 24, 2015
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
The metal company Breetec in Belgium suffers an 80,000 EUR worth loss (87,000 USD) after being hit by a malware targeting the Isabel payment system and spread via email. Two other Belgian companies have been allegedly hit by the same malware.
