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.
Supervalu
October 2, 2014
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
The Supervalu supermarket chain recently announced that a new malware was discovered in late August or early September 2014 in the part of its network that processes payment card transactions for some of its Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy and Cub Foods stores.
Multiple Sclerosis Society
October 1, 2014
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Multiple Sclerosis Society warns website users their personal details might have been compromised via a malicious software discovered on its systems.
Japan Airlines
September 30, 2014
•[ leak, malware, transportation ]
Japan Airlines, or JAL, says personal information of up to 750,000 customers of its miles program has been leaked due to a cyber attack, without confirming if banking details had also been affected.
jQuery
September 23, 2014
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
RiskIQ detects a credential-stealing malware being loaded onto users computers through a drive-by download at jQuery.com. The attack was carried out using RIG exploit kit to target visitors.
Unnamed oil and gas company
September 17, 2014
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Bromium are alerted of a watering-hole attack originating from the website of a high-profile technology startup in the oil and gas sector.
Politica Estadao
September 15, 2014
•[ hack, malware ]
Sucuri reveals that a popular Brazilian newspaper, Politica Estadao, is hacked by attackers with a code able to attack readers' home routers.
Jimmy John's
September 14, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Signature Systems Inc., the point-of-sale vendor blamed for a credit and debit card breach involving 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shop locations, says the breach also may have jeopardized customer card numbers at nearly 100 other independent restaurants.
George Mason University
September 12, 2014
•[ hack, malware, education ]
George Mason University reveals to have detected a malware intrusion into its travel booking system on July 16. No personal information is thought to have been viewed, but the incident could have affected up to 4,400 users.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
September 8, 2014
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The official website of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (jcpa.org), an important Israeli think tank, is compromised and abused to distribute malware.
Bartell Hotels
September 3, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Bartell Hotels issues a notification that the payment card processing systems used at five of its San Diego locations were compromised and personal information, including credit card numbers, may be at risk. The potential number of affected customers is estimated to be between 40,000 and 45,000.
The Home Depot
September 2, 2014
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Home Depot confirms that thieves compromised the payment systems in its 2,200 stores in the US and Canada and stole credit and debit card data. Home Depot believes that 56 million credit cards were compromised by criminals.
Undisclosed industrial software company
September 2, 2014
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
AlienVault reveals the details of Scanbox, a watering hole attack compromising the website of an industrial software company to collect information on the site's visitors.
