Chinese Academy of Engineering
February 25, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, education ]
The Chinese Academy of Engineering suffered a cyberattack from Poison Ivy; a group that has carried out numerous espionage campaigns against China.
Lime Crime
February 25, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Cosmetics company Lime Crime notifies an undisclosed number of customers that unauthorized access was gained to its website server and malware designed to intercept customer data, including payment card information was installed.
RedTube
February 18, 2015
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
After xHamster, RedTube is the second adult site that is compromised to redirect the user to the Angler Exploit Kit.
Jamie Oliver
February 17, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
A spokesman for Jamie Oliver confirms that the celebrity's website (jamieoliver.com), has been affected by a "malware problem": a malicious iFrame redirecting to a site serving the Fiesta exploit kit.
International Marine Animal Trainers' Association
February 10, 2015
•[ hack, malware, other ]
In name of OpSeaWorld, hacktivists hack imata.org (International Marine Animal Trainers Association) and dump 1,445 usernames and hashed passwords.
French Lick Resort
January 28, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
French Lick Resort announces that malware has infected its payment card system, and any guest who used their credit and debit cards between April 23, 2014, and January 21 may have had their personal information compromised.
Barbecue Renew
January 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Barbecue Renew, which sells grill parts through its website grillparts.com, notifies an undisclosed number of individuals that their payment card data may have been compromised as a result of a series of cyber attacks on its web server.
Wingstop
January 20, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Wingstop notifies an undisclosed number of customers that malware was found on point-of-sale (POS) systems at four locations, and it could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information.
ValuePetSupplies
January 16, 2015
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
ValuePetSupplies.com notifies several thousand customers that unauthorized persons accessed its servers and installed malicious files to capture personal information, including payment card data.
Carmen Aristegui
January 12, 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 Carmen Aristegui, the director of Aristegui Noticias which reported on the "Casa Blanca scandal" which implicated the Mexican President's wife.
Backcountry Gear
October 29, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
For the second time in three months, Backcountry Gear is notifying online customers that malware may have compromised their payment card information.
Popular Science
October 28, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Websense detects that the official website of Popular Science (popsci.com) is compromised, serving malicious code.
Breyer Horses
October 24, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of people who made purchases on the Breyer Horses website are being notified that their personal information may have been compromised by malware that was installed on the computer server hosting the website.
People Power
October 13, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Researchers at Washington-based Volexity, observe that the websites of the Alliance for True Democracy (ATD), the Democratic Party Hong Kong (DPHK), People Power, and the Professional Commons have been compromised and serve malicious code to their visitors.
Mohammed Moosa Abd-Ali Ali
October 13, 2014
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
The UK Police National Cyber Crime Unit is asked to investigate claims that computers and mobile phones used by exiled Bahraini pro-democracy activists living in the UK are under illegal surveillance. The three named victims are Dr. Saeed Shehabi, Jaafar al-Hasabi and Mohammed Moosa Abd-Ali Ali.
Kmart
October 10, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Kmart reveals that an undisclosed number of credit card numbers were stolen in a month-long data breach which began in early September.
Hewlett Packard
October 10, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Hewlett-Packard alerts some customers that it will be revoking a digital certificate used to sign a huge swath of software, including hardware drivers and other software, since it had been used to digitally sign malware that had infected a developer's PC.
North Dakota State College of Science
October 9, 2014
•[ hack, malware, education ]
North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) notifies more than 15,000 current and former students and employees that malware was discovered on numerous computers that contained their personal information, including Social Security numbers.
ABC News 24
October 7, 2014
•[ ransomware, malware ]
The ABC News 24 programming is suspended for about half an hour, from 9:30am to 10:00am, by a ransomware attack (Cryptolocker).
Flinn Scientific
October 2, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
An undisclosed number of customers who made purchases on the Flinn Scientific website are notified that their personal information, including payment card data, may have been compromised in a malware attack on the company's server that hosts its internet store.
