Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power
March 17, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, energy ]
The South Korean government issues a report blaming North Korea for network intrusions that stole data from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), the company that operates South Korea's 23 nuclear reactors.
City of Moore, Oklahoma
March 15, 2015
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Bitcoin Baron claims to have hacked the City of Moore in Oklahoma (www.cityofmoore.com) and demands a ransom of 100 bitcoins to protect the private data acquired.
US Department of State
March 14, 2015
•[ hack, malware, government ]
The State Department shuts down parts of its computer network to remove malicious software from Russian hackers in its unclassified email system.
Jamie Oliver
March 13, 2015
•[ hack, malware ]
The website of Jamie Oliver (jamieoliver.com) is found to be harbouring malicious software for a second time in less than one month.
Aurora Health Care
March 13, 2015
•[ financial, malware, healthcare ]
Some computer systems and servers at Aurora Health Care are infected with malware designed to capture log-in data entered on certain websites mostly providing financial services.
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.
