Kaiser Permanente employees
December 15, 2024
•[ social, malware, healthcare ]
Researchers at Malwarebytes detect a malicious campaign targeting Kaiser Permanente employees via Google Search Ads.
Ukrainian Defense Companies and Security and Defense Forces
December 7, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) discover a series of phishing emails targeting Ukrainian defense companies and security and defense forces with a fake NATO standards conference. Some recipients opened the phishing emails execiting the malicious RAR attachments.
Kenton County School District
December 20, 2024
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Personal data from current and former students in Kenton County School District are compromised in a phishing scheme.
City of Clark Fork
November 15, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The City of Clark Fork is scammed out of half a million dollars by a man posing as its construction contractor.
Illinois Department Of Human Services
April 25, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The Illinois Department Of Human Services reveals that a phishing attack affected more than 1.1M public assistance clients.
Adam Griffin
May 6, 2024
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Adam Griffin, a crypto investor is robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies after a scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click yes to a Google prompt on his mobile device.
OpenAI's press account on X
September 23, 2024
•[ financial, social, finance ]
Crypto scammers hijack OpenAI Newsroom, OpenAI's press account on X, formerly Twitter, to advertise a nonexistent token $OPENAI.
Atrium Health
April 29, 2024
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Atrium Health sends notifications to patients who may have been impacted by a malicious email sent to employees in April, through which an unauthorized third party gained access to a group of employees emails.
Individuals in South Korea
September 2, 2024
•[ social ]
Telegram removes 25 pieces of deepfake pornographic materials, after South Korean police investigates its role in deepfake-powered sex crimes targeting victims in the country.
Locata
July 29, 2024
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
A cyber attack on software company Locata spreads across councils across Greater Manchester, leaving thousands of residents vulnerable to a phishing scam.
University of Chicago Medical Center
January 30, 2024
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
The University of Chicago Medical Center reveals that a phishing incident involving the emails of workers at University of Chicago Medical Center may have exposed the personal information of about 10,300 people.
Official Microsoft India account on X (formerly Twitter)
June 3, 2024
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
The official Microsoft India account on X (formerly Twitter), with over 211,000 followers, is hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers to impersonate Roaring Kitty, the handle used by notorious meme stock trader Keith Gill.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester
June 26, 2024
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
The Mount Kisco Surgery Center LLC d/b/a The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester ("ASCW") discloses a security breach after the compromise of an employee's email.
Political Parties in Germany
April 4, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The German Federal Office for Information Security, or BSI, and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warn that phishing attacks targeting political parties surged ahead of upcoming European Union elections.
Individuals in the U.S.
March 18, 2024
•[ social, phishing, government ]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that scammers are impersonating its employees to steal thousands of dollars from Americans.
LastPass
April 10, 2024
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
LastPass reveals that threat actors targeted one of its employees in a voice phishing attack, using deepfake audio to impersonate Karim Toubba, the company's Chief Executive Officer.
1,899 victims in Singapore
June 14, 2024
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
A Singapore police-led law enforcement operation dismantles a regional cybercrime ring that carried out malware-enabled scams to steal tens of millions of dollars from victims since 2023.
IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.
April 3, 2024
•[ social, healthcare ]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that threat actors are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.
Crypt investors in Hong Kong
March 25, 2024
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong warns against entities operating under the name "HKCEXP" and "EDY" saying the names falsely poses as an SFC-registered entities.
Department of State employees and annuitants
March 25, 2024
•[ social, government ]
The State Departments oversight office warns current and former employees to be cautious of a fraudulent scheme targeting workers payroll accounts.