Dave Moss
January 22, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of Dave Moss is hacked by the OurMine group.
Jeff Bezos
January 21, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
An investigation reveals that Jeff Bezos' phone exfiltrated a massive amounts of personal information after receiving a WhatsApp-attached video file sent by the future king of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman on May 1, 2018.
Boing Boing
January 10, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The popular Boing Boing blog is hacked by an unknown party who plants malicious code into the site's WordPress theme. Users visiting the site from desktop computers are redirected to a fake download page for an Adobe Flash update.
Enrique Hernandez
January 22, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
The Twitter account of second-baseman for the LA Dodgers, Enrique Hernandez, is hacked by the OurMine group.
LimeLeads
January 14, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
49 million user records extracted from a misconfigured Elasticsearch database by US data broker LimeLeads are put up for sale online.
Active Network
December 30, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
School software vendor Active Network notifies to have suffered a breach between Oct. 1, 2019 and Nov. 13, 2019, when there was illegal activity taking place on its Blue Bear platform during which time personal information was accessed or acquired by malicious actors.
Almex
December 24, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Almex, a booking site for customers of Japanese "love hotels" is hacked. Customer data including guest email addresses, handle name, birth date and gender, telephone number, log-ins, address and credit card information could all have been swiped by attackers.
Nexus Mods
December 19, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
The popular game modification site Nexus Mods announces a security incident: an unauthorized actor hacked their services on November 8th, 2019 through an exploit in their legacy codebase.
Adam Sandler's Twitter account
January 2, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Adam Sandler's Twitter account is hacked and used to post offensive messages against Mariah Carey, President Obama, and President Trump.
Mariah Carey
December 31, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Mariah Carey's Twitter account appears to have been hacked.
Synoptek
December 23, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Synoptek, a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services, suffers a Sodinokibi ransomware attack that disrupts operations for many of its clients. The company reportedly pays a ransom demand in a bid to restore operations as quickly as possible.
Entercom
December 22, 2019
•[ hack, technology ]
Entercom is targeted in a new cyberattack that may have impacted the back-office functions.
baltictimes
December 19, 2019
•[ espionage, hack, technology ]
Ghostwriter, a suspected Belarus-backed hacking group, has compromised websites and email accounts in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland'to publish fabricated documents pushing anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) narratives consistent with Kremlin talking points. The influence campaign started in 2017.
Master's Touch, LLC
December 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Monroe County reveals to have been alerted on Nov. 1 that Master's Touch, LLC, which provides the online Web portal fell victim to a malware attack on Oct. 23.
Helix Hosting
December 10, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Popular 'pirate' IPTV provider Helix Hosting appears to be facing a crisis after someone claiming to be a hacker posts a message on the service's homepage.
Mixcloud
November 29, 2019
•[ leak, technology ]
A data breach at Mixcloud, a U.K.-based audio streaming platform, leaves more than 20 million user accounts exposed after the data is put on sale on the dark web.
Complete Technology Solutions (CTS)
December 7, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), a company that specializes in providing IT services to dental offices suffers a Sodinokibi (AKA rEvil) ransomware attack that is disrupting operations for more than 100 dentistry practices.
CyrusOne
December 5, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
CyrusOne, one of the biggest data center providers in the US, is hit with a REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware attack.
ASD Audit
December 3, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
ASD Audit, a provider of software for financial auditing and analysis, is another Ryuk victim.
Prosegur
November 29, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Spanish multinational security firm Prosegur is hit by the Ryuk ransomware, and shuts down its IT network, reportedly sending its employees home.
