FirstHealth
October 20, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The network of FirstHealth is hit by WannaCry and forced to suspend operations.
Politifact
October 13, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning website devoted to checking the factual accuracy of US politicians' words, appears to have been hacked so that it secretly mines cryptocurrency in visitors' browsers via CoinHive.
Hyatt Hotels Corp.
October 12, 2017
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Hyatt Hotels Corp reveals to have discovered unauthorized access to payment card information at certain Hyatt-managed locations worldwide between March 18, 2017 and July 2, 2017.
San Ysidro School District
September 29, 2017
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Malware infects the San Ysidro School District, deleting emails and forcing the district to temporarily shut down part of its systems.
Minsk Operational Administration of the Armed Forces
September 28, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted the government of Belarus for espionage purposes, using a tool known as Travle or PYLOT, which is believed to be an update of malware used by NetTraveler. Between June and August the threat actor sent a total of 20 unique emails to various government entities. The emails contained a series of subject lines revolving around Zapad-2017, a joint exercise between the Russian and Belarusian militaries.
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center
September 27, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center disclose a ransomware incident that may or may not have resulted in access to protected health information of as many as 128,000 patients.
showtimeanytime
September 25, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Two Showtime domains are found serving Coinhive, a JavaScript library that mines Monero using the CPU resources of users visiting Showtime's websites. It is not clear if the event is the consegue of a hack or an experiment.
Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports
September 15, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Switzerland's Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports reveals to have detected a cyber attack carried on by the infamous Turla APT.
Purdue University Pharmacy
September 1, 2017
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Patients of the Purdue University Pharmacy and the Family Health Clinic of Carroll County receive notices that their information might be compromised because of a security breach. A malicious file was installed on some computers on September 1st.
Central German state of Saxony-Anhalt
August 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Internet and telephone networks at the regional parliament in the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt are offline after a ransomware attack.
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants
August 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, reports a ransomware attack that affected 19,203 patients.
NHS Lanarkshire
August 29, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
NHS services in Lanarkshire (Scotland) are hit by a new ransomware campaign. The culprit is identified as a new variant of Bitpaymer ransomware.
Crystal Finance Millennium
August 23, 2017
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hackers breach the servers of Crystal Finance Millennium (CFM), another Ukraine company that makes accounting software for local businesses, sparking fear of a new global cyberattack.
LG
August 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Global consumer electronics manufacturer LG confirms it had to shut down some parts of its network after systems fell victim to WannaCry ransomware. Ransomware is also found on an LG self-service kiosk in South Korea.
Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield
August 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield says it will cut its Internet connection for some of its offices after a ransomware attacked 21 of its Internet terminals.
Pacific Alliance Medical Center
August 19, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Pacific Alliance Medical Center notifies 266,123 patients of a ransomware incident that occurred on June 14.
Namaste Health Care
August 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Namaste Health notifies about 1,600 patients its office experienced a security incident over the weekend of Aug. 12-13, when, when the file server was targeted by ransomware.
Wix
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Website-building service Wix.com reveals to have been the subject of a massive cyber-attack in April 2016 when a botnet of rogue Chrome extensions was creating Wix websites to spread itself to new users.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
July 31, 2017
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The author of the BrickerBot malware claims responsibility for a cyber-attack that took place in various Indian states and causes over 60,000 modems and routers to lose Internet connectivity.
Plastic Surgery Associates
July 29, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Plastic Surgery Associates reveals that a data breach may have compromised patient records after it was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this year on 12 February.
