Universiteit Utrecht
October 14, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the Universiteit Utrecht.
University of Cambridge
October 14, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the University of Cambridge.
University of Lincoln
October 14, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Iranian hackers with a history of launching phishing attacks against acedmic institutions have launched a new campaign, including against the University of Lincoln.
City of Franklin
October 8, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
Town officials from the City of Franklin announce to have been victimized by a "spearphishing" attack that resulted in $522,000 being "misdirected to a third party."
Gulf Coast State College
October 4, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Gulf Coast State College has notified some students and employees that a hacker accessed several employees' email accounts.
28 UN officials, including at least 11 individuals representing six countries of the UN Security Council.
September 30, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
A hacker group previously associated with the North Korean regime has been spotted launching spear-phishing attacks to compromise officials part of the United Nations Security Council. The attacks have taken place this year and have targeted at least 28 UN officials, including at least 11 individuals representing six countries of the UN Security Council.
Undisclosed pharmaceutical company
September 25, 2020
•[ espionage, phishing, healthcare ]
Researchers from Kaspersky reveal details on a COVID-19-themed campaign, carried out by the North Korean actor Lazarus Group, and targeting a pharmaceutical company.
Sam's Club
September 24, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, retail ]
Sam's Club has been notifying customers that may have been victims of credential stuffing and phishing attacks in mid-September.
Syracuse University
September 24, 2020
•[ hack, leak, phishing ]
The names and Social Security numbers of about 9,800 Syracuse University students, alumni and applicants have been exposed after someone gained unauthorized access to an employee's email account.
Scouts Victoria
September 24, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Scouts Victoria warns about a phishing incident that occurred in late July and early August.
Three unknown individuals in Hungary
September 22, 2020
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
A mix of social engineering, SIM-swapping, and the use of AnyDesk remote desktop software allows a scammer to empty the bank accounts of at least three victims, stealing the equivalent of $350,000.
PXMart
September 17, 2020
•[ social, phishing, retail ]
Scammers copy the Facebook fan page of the Taiwanese supermaket chain PXMart, with the aim of "doing something nasty to those who fell for the scam".
Louisiana State University Health
September 15, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division said it became aware of a cyber intrusion into an employee's electronic mailbox. Email messages or attachments contained limited information about patients who received care at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence; Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma; W. O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles; and the former Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge; Bogalusa Medical Center in Bogalusa; University Medical Center in Lafayette; and Interim LSU Hospital in New Orleans.
Brooklyn Defender Services
September 13, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, government ]
Brooklyn Defender Services has identified a data breach in which an unauthorized third-party gained access to some employees' email accounts.
The German Marshall Fund
September 10, 2020
•[ social, phishing, government ]
Strontium has targeted The German Marshall Fund of the United States, among other think-tanks, as part of a phishing campaign ahead of the 2020 election.
Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA)
September 4, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) loses $300,000 to a phishing scam.
Pandu Riono
August 28, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Twitter account of Pandu Riono, an epidemiologist from the University of Indiana, is hacked.
NHS
August 12, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
A report reveals that NHS staff were hit with a wave of malicious email attacks at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with doctors, nurses and other key workers reporting over 40,000 spam and phishing attacks between March and the first half of July.
Virtu Financial
August 10, 2020
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
High-speed trading firm Virtu Financial says it lost $6.9 million in a business email compromise scam in May.
SANS
August 6, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
The SANS cybersecurity training organization has suffered a data breach after one of their employees fell victim to a phishing attack.
