CouchSurfing
July 23, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
CouchSurfing, an online service that lets users find free lodgings, investigates a security breach after hackers began selling the details of 17 million users on Telegram channels and hacking forums.
Telstra
August 2, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Telstra suffers a DDoS attack.
Undisclosed Vietnamese IT corporation
August 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Kela reveal that an undisclosed Vietnamese IT corporation was hit with the Maze ransomware exploiting the CVE-2019-11510 vulnerability.
Konica Minolta
July 30, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Konica Minolta is hit with a RansomEXX ransomware attack.
Emotet botnet
July 24, 2020
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
Someone is taking fun at the Emotet botnet and disrupting its operations by hacking into the malware's distribution sites and replacing malicious payloads with memes and GIFs.
A telecom company in the Middle East
July 22, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discover a series of cyberattacks on a telecom company in the Middle East signaling the return of the OilRig APT. The attacks also revealed a revised backdoor tool in the group's arsenal, called RDAT.
Citrix third-party
July 15, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
An actor sells what they claim to be a database with information on 2,000,000 Citrix customers on the dark web. An official statement by the company reveals that the database has been obtained from a third-party.
Cloudflare
July 9, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Cloudflare reveals that on June 21 it detected and mitigated a packet-based volumetric DDoS attack that peaked at 754 million packets-per-second.
Telecom Argentina
July 18, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
The REvil ransomware gang infects the internal network of Telecom Argentina, and asks for a $7.5 million ransom demand to unlock encrypted files.
ArbiterSports
July 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
ArbiterSports, the official software provider for the NCAA and many other leagues, says that the details of 540,000 referees were taken in a failed ransomware attack.
Collabera
July 14, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Collabera discloses a ransomware attack that occurred on June 8th.
Swvl
July 3, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Swvl, a bus-booking app and operator of bus routes in Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan, becomes aware of "unauthorized access to its IT infrastructure".
Blackbaud
July 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Blackbaud, a cloud software provider specializing in fundraising suites for charities and educational institutions, discloses a ransomware attack that occurred in May, 2020.
Wattpad
July 14, 2020
•[ leak, technology ]
An allegedly stolen Wattpad database containing 270 million records is being sold in private sales for over $100,000 and offered for free on hacker forums.
Xchanging
July 5, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology announces over the weekend a ransomware attack on systems from its Xchanging subsidiary.
Orange
July 4, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Orange is hit with a ransomware attack through the "Orange Business Solutions" division.
E27
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
Media firm E27 is hacked, and attackers ask for a small "donation" to provide information on the vulnerabilities used in the attack.
Frost & Sullivan
June 24, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
U.S. business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan is breached after data from an unsecured backup folder exposed on the Internet is sold on a hacker forum.
Uyghur ethnic minority
July 1, 2020
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Lookout discover four Android surveillance tools, named SilkBean, DoubleAgent, CarbonSteal, and GoldenEagle, elements of campaigns originating in China, and primarily targeting the Uyghur ethnic minority.
France Tvisions
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, technology ]
The France T l visions group announces it was the victim of a cyber attack that targeted one of its broadcasting sites.
