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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beaumont Health
July 25, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Beaumont Health, Michigan's largest healthcare provider warns around 6,000 patients that their data may have been exposed following a phishing attack that occurred between January 3, 2020, and January 29, 2020.
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.
University of Utah Health
July 20, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
University of Utah Health notifies 10,000 patients after it suffered a phishing attack.
Administrative Advantage
July 9, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Administrative Advantage, a company providing support services to healthcare providers, suffered a phishing attack in July 2020.
Heartland Farm Mutual
July 2, 2020
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
A phishing attack at Heartland Farm Mutual, a Canadian insurance firm, may have exposed the personal data of clients, the company warns.
CNY Works
July 2, 2020
•[ ransomware, social ]
The names and Social Security numbers of 56,000 people who used CNY Works employment services are exposed in a ransomware incident that was discovered in December 2019.
Choice Health Management Services
June 23, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Choice Health Management Services notifies an unspecified number of individuals of a phishing attack that occurred in late 2019.
Wells Fargo customers
June 18, 2020
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Researchers from Abnormal Security discover a phishing campaign impersonating the Wells Fargo Security Team and luring potential victims to phishing pages with the help of calendar invites.
Cano Health
June 12, 2020
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Cano Health warns its patients of a phishing attack involving three employees that was discovered on April 2020 and occurred on May 2018.
