Karolinska Medical Institutet
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 Karolinska Medical Institutet.
University of York
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 York.
University of Kent
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 Kent.
University of Bristol
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 Bristol.
TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences
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 TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences.
Jonah Williams Twitter account
October 2, 2020
•[ hack, social, technology ]
Unknown hackers appear to have hijacked verified the Twitter account of Cincinnati Bengals player to promote a bitcoin scam, this time impersonating Elon Musk.
Nicole Sifuentes Twitter account
October 2, 2020
•[ hack, social, government ]
Hackers also appear to have hijacked the Canadian Olympic runner Nicole Sifuentes to promote an additional bitcoin scam impersonating Elon Musk.
Scouts Victoria
September 24, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Scouts Victoria warns about a phishing incident that occurred in late July and early August.
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".
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.
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.
Millbrook Magnet High School
August 20, 2020
•[ social, education ]
Millbrook Magnet High School reports that virtual instruction was disrupted with inappropriate and offensive language.
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.
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.
Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center
July 31, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center notifies residents and employees of a phishing attack discovered in February 2019.
Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC)
July 28, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC) provides notice of a phishing incident involving potential unauthorized access to personal information.
Sylva, NC
July 23, 2020
•[ social, misconfiguration, government ]
A town board meeting in Sylva, NC was Zoom-bombed with unknown participants shouting racist remarks.
DeepSource
July 21, 2020
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
DeepSource resets the user logins after an employee falls for the Sawfish phishing campaign.
The Bank of Ireland
July 28, 2020
•[ financial, social, finance ]
One of Ireland's largest banks, Bank of Ireland, has been fined almost 1.7 million after regulators discovered it had failed to inform financial regulators and the police after a fraudster tricked them into transferring funds from a client's account.
Legacy Community Health
July 28, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Legacy Commmunity Health's notification indicates that an employee fell for a phishing attack on July 28. The compromise was detected on July 29. Although they have no indications of misuse, patient information in emails in that employee's mailbox contained some patients names, dates of service, and health information related to care at Legacy. "In limited instances," the notification reads, the email account also included patient Social Security numbers.
