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.
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.
