1-15 November 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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In the first timeline of November, I have collected 127 events (corresponding to 8.47 events/day), a result in line with the previous timeline, which confirms the sustained level of activity that is characterizing this end of 2022.

Despite Ransomware continues to be a cyber plague, its percentage dropped to 22.8% (29 out of 127 events), nearly ten points down compared to the second fortnight of October, when it was 31.5% (41 out of 130 events). Even the impact of vulnerabilities had a considerable drop to 3.9% (5 out of 127 events), less than half compared to 10% of the previous timeline.

16-30 April 2023 Cyber Attacks Timeline

In the second half of April 2023 I collected 180 events (corresponding to 12 events/day), a sharp increase compared to…

Unsurprisingly, Decentralized Finance platforms were still under attack: Deribit suffered a $28M hack, and even the now nearly defunct FTX suffered a $400M blow, just to add fuel to the fire.

Once again, the impact of cyber campaigns related to Ukraine seems to decrease (at least the ones that are visible), even if Ukraine was hit by a specific ransomware strain dubbed ‘Somnia’. Even without the contribution of Ukraine, the cyber espionage front was equally quite crowded with well-known threat actors such as APT29, APT36 and the North-Korean Lazarus, but also newcomers such as Billbug and Earth Longzhi (particularly active, since two camaigns were discovered).

Even in this fortnight, the list is too long to be summarized in few words (this one in particular), so my suggestion is to enjoy the interactive timeline and the tabular format, and obviously thanks for sharing it, and supporting my work in spreading the risk awareness across the community. As always, don’t forget to follow @paulsparrows on Twitter, or even connect on Linkedin, for the latest updates.

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ID	Date Reported	Date Occurred	Date Discovered	Author	Target	Description	Attack	Target Class	Attack Class	Country	Link	Tags
1	01/11/2022	Early October 2022	Early October 2022	KillNet	U.S. Treasury	A U.S. Treasury official reveals that the organization countered a DDoS attack by the Pro-Russian group Killnet during October.	DDoS	Public admin and defence, social security	H	US		Killnet, U.S. Treasury
2	01/11/2022	During Q3 2022	During Q3 2022	SandStrike	Persian-speaking religion minority of Baháʼí	Researchers from Kaspersky discover a new campaign carried out via a spyware known as SandStrike and delivered via a malicious VPN application to target Android users of the religion minority of Baháʼí.	Targeted Attack	Individual	CE	IR		Kaspersky, SandStrike, Android, Baháʼí
3	01/11/2022	-	-	?	Android users	Researchers from Malwarebytes discover a set of four malicious applications available in Google Play, directing users to sites that steal sensitive information or generate ‘pay-per-click’ revenue for the operators.	Malware	Individual	CC	>1		Malwarebytes, Android, Google Play
4	01/11/2022	14/10/2022	14/10/2022	?	Dropbox	Dropbox discloses a security breach after threat actors stole 130 code repositories after gaining access to one of its GitHub accounts using employee credentials stolen in a phishing attack.	Account Takeover	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		Dropbox, GitHub
5	01/11/2022	Since July 2022	End of October 2022	W4SP	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Phylum discover over two dozen Python packages on the PyPI registry that are pushing the W4SP info-stealing malware.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Phylum, Python, PyPI, W4SP
6	01/11/2022	-	25/02/2021	?	Morrison Products	Morrison Products reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive information belonging to certain employees.	Unknown	Manufacturing	CC	US		Morrison Products
7	02/11/2022	02/11/2022	02/11/2022	?	Deribit	Cryptocurrency derivatives platform Deribit says a hacker stole $28 million from the company, forcing it to halt withdrawals as it investigates the incident.	Unknown	Fintech	CC	N/A		Deribit
8	02/11/2022	-	03/09/2022	KelvinSecurity	FourB S.p.A	Vodafone Italia sends customers notices of a data breach, informing that one of its commercial partners, FourB S.p.A., who operates as a reseller of the telecommunications services in the country, has suffered a cyber attack.	Unknown	Wholesale and retail	CC	IT		Vodafone Italia, FourB S.p.A., KelvinSecurity
9	02/11/2022	SInce early November 2022	Early November 2022	Emotet	Multiple organizations	The Emotet malware operation is again spamming malicious emails after almost a four-month break that saw little activity from the notorious cybercrime operation.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Emotet
10	02/11/2022	-	-	TA569	Undisclosed media company	Researchers from Proofpoint reveal that threat actors are using the compromised infrastructure of an undisclosed media company to deploy the SocGholish JavaScript malware framework (also known as FakeUpdates) on the websites of hundreds of newspapers across the U.S.	Malware	Information and communication	CC	US		Proofpoint, SocGholish, JavaScript, FakeUpdates
11	02/11/2022	29/10/2022	29/10/2022	?	Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory	The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in Chile suspends all astronomical observation operations and takes its public website offline following a cyberattack.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	CL		Atacama Large Millimeter Array Observatory, ALMA
12	02/11/2022	-	-	RomCom	Multiple organization in English-speaking countries	Researchers at BlackBerry discover a new campaign by the RomCom threat actors, cloning official download portals for SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), KeePass password manager, and PDF Reader Pro, essentially disguising the malware as legitimate programs.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	UK >1		BlackBerry, RomCom, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, NPM, KeePass, PDF Reader Pro
13	02/11/2022	Early November 2022	Early November 2022	Multiple threat actors	Twitter users	After Twitter introduces the new "verified account" badge, a wave of scams via fake accounts appears in the social network.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	>1		Twitter
14	02/11/2022	Since 20/10/2022	20/10/2022	SmokeLoader	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Cyble uncover a SmokeLoader campaign that is distributing community malware, such as SystemBC and Raccoon Stealer 2.0, along with a new clipper malware tracked as Laplas.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Cyble, SmokeLoader, SystemBC, Raccoon Stealer 2.0, Laplas.
15	02/11/2022	-	20/12/2021	?	Petersen International Underwriters	Petersen International Underwriters reports a data breach after the company learned that some of the information contained on its computer system was compromised.	Malware	Finance and insurance	CC	US		Petersen International Underwriters, ransomware
16	02/11/2022	Since June 2022	During June 2022	Fakecalls	Android banking users in South Korea	Researchers at Cyble discover a phishing campaign targeting Android users in South Korea, luring the victims via a fake Google Play Store page, attempting to deliver the Fakecalls Android malware.	Malware	Finance and insurance	CC	KR		Fakecalls, Cyble
17	02/11/2022	24/10/2022	24/10/2022	?	Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT, Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation)	The Mexican Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes stops issuing new permits, license plates and driver’s licenses for commercial truck operators until Dec. 31 because of a cyberattack	Unknown	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	MX		Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, SICT, Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation
18	03/11/2022	Between 2018 and 2022	During 2019	OPERA1ER	Multiple organizations in Africa	Researchers from Group-IB and Orange reveal the details of OPERA1ER, a threat group that has stolen at least $11 million from banks and telecommunication service providers in Africa using off-the-shelf hacking tools.	Targeted Attack	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Group-IB, Orange, OPERA1ER
19	03/11/2022	Since at least March 2022	During March 2022	Crimson Kingsnake	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Abnormal Security reveal the details of Crimson Kingsnake, a business email compromise (BEC) group, impersonating well-known international law firms to trick recipients into approving overdue invoice payments.	Business Email Compromise	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Abnormal Security, Crimson Kingsnake
20	03/11/2022	-	-	?	North Idaho College	North Idaho College is hit with a cyberattack that led to network shutdown.	Unknown	Education	CC	US		North Idaho College
21	03/11/2022	02/11/2022	02/11/2022	?	Jeppesen	Jeppesen, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary that provides navigation and flight planning tools, confirms that it is dealing with a cybersecurity incident, likely a ransomware attack, that has caused some flight disruptions.	Malware	Transportation and storage	CC	US		Jeppesen, Boeing, ransomware
22	03/11/2022	Since at least September 2022	During September 2022	?	Individuals	Researchers from Avanan warn of a new phishing campaign that abuses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice to trick recipients into handing over their credentials.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	>1		Avanan, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice
23	03/11/2022	Since October 2022	31/10/2022	?	Users in multiple European countries including France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Czech Republic and the UK.	A new wave of extortion messages mimicking law enforcement organizations Europol and Interpol are making a comeback.	Extortion scam	Individual	CC	CZ ES FR PT RO UK		Extortion, Europol
24	03/11/2022	Between 25/01/2022 and 11/03/2022	-	?	United Veterinary Care	United Veterinary Care reports a data breach after the company discovered that personal consumer information stored on its computer network was compromised.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		United Veterinary Care
25	03/11/2022	-	24/08/2022	?	Alinsco Managing General Agency	Alinsco Managing General Agency files an official notice of a data breach following a data security incident that compromised sensitive consumer information in the company’s possession.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	US		Alinsco Managing General Agency
26	03/11/2022	Throughout 2022	-	APT36 AKA Transparent Tribe	Indian government organizations	Researchers at Zscaler discover a new campaign carried out by the Pakistan-based threat actor APT36, abusing Google ad for malvertising, to distribute backdoored versions of Kavach multi-authentication (MFA) applications.	Targeted Attack	Public admin and defence, social security	CE	IN		Zscaler, Pakistan, APT36, Google ad, malvertising, Kavach, MFA
27	03/11/2022	24/10/2022	24/10/2022	?	Harcourts	Australian real estate agency Harcourts reveals it was affected by a cyber attack last month, with the personal information of tenants, landlords, and tradespeople potentially exposed.	Account Takeover	Real estate	CC	AU		Harcourts
28	03/11/2022	Since January 2022	-	?	Individuals in Singapore	At least 85 people here have lost about $237,000 since January 2022 after falling victim to phishing scams involving purported e-mails from Singapore Post (SingPost) and telco Singtel.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	SG		Singapore Post, SingPost, Singtel
29	04/11/2022	-	-	Robin Banks	Multiple organizations	Researchers from IronNet reveal that the Robin Banks phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform is back in action with a new infrastructure, after having been exposed in July 2022.	Account Takeover	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		IronNet, Robin Banks, phishing-as-a-service, PhaaS
30	04/11/2022	Since at least late 2020	During late 2020	Multiple threat actors	Multiple organizations	Google Project Zero discloses the details of three Samsung phone vulnerabilities that have been exploited by a spyware vendor.	CVE-2021-25337, CVE-2021-25369 and CVE-2021-25370 vulnerabilities	Multiple Industries	CE	N/A		Google Project Zero, Samsung, spyware, CVE-2021-25337, CVE-2021-25369, CVE-2021-25370
31	04/11/2022	Over the last two months	Over the last two months	Vultur	Android users	Researchers at Cleafy observe an increase in the number of the Vultur Android malware infections, reaching a total of more than 100,000 downloads on the Google Play Store.	Malware	Individual	CC	>1		Cleafy, Vultur, Android, Google Play Store
32	04/11/2022	05/09/2022	05/09/2022	?	Salud Family Health	Salud Family Health reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive employee and patient information contained on its network.	Unknown	Human health and social work	CC	US		Salud Family Health
33	04/11/2022	04/11/2022	04/11/2022	?	Undisclosed Information Technology Company	Many county government employees are working without computers after a Rogers-based information technology company tells them to shut down computer servers because of a possible security breach.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		Arkansas
34	04/11/2022	During October 2022	-	?	UOB KayHian	DESORDEN GROUP is back and lists a stock brokerage firm, UOB KayHian, as a victim	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	MY		DESORDEN GROUP, UOB KayHian
35	04/11/2022	-	03/11/2022	Hive	Landi Renzo SpA	Landi Renzo SpA, an Italian firm that researches and manufactures eco-friendly automotive fuel supply systems, is added to Hive’s ransomware leak site. The threat actors leak 534 GB of files.	Malware	Manufacturing	CC	IT		Landi Renzo SpA, Hive, ransomware
36	04/11/2022	-	30/10/2022	LockBit 3.0	Cooperativa Antonio Vega Granados R.L.	Cooperativa Antonio Vega Granados R.L. in Costa Rica is added to Lockbit’s ransomware site.	Malware	Finance and insurance	CC	CR		Cooperativa Antonio Vega Granados R.L., Lockbit, ransomware
37	04/11/2022	-	-	LockBit 3.0	Sociedad Balbiana	Sociedad Balbiana, an event and meetings venue in Spain, is added to Lockbit’s ransomware site.	Malware	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	ES		Sociedad Balbiana, Lockbit, ransomware
38	04/11/2022	-	30/10/2022	LockBit 3.0	Macrotel	Macrotel, an IT solutions firm in Argentina, is added to Lockbit’s ransomware site. The threat actors claim to have acquired 16,428 files comprising 15 GB of data.	Malware	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	AR		Macrotel, Lockbit, ransomware
39	04/11/2022	-	-	LockBit 3.0	Happmobi	Happmobi, a digital training program startup in Brazil, is added to Lockbit’s ransomware site.	Malware	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	BR		Happmobi, Lockbit, ransomware
40	04/11/2022	04/11/2022	-	Vice Society	Unidad Medica AngloAmericana	Unidad Medica AngloAmericana is added to Vice Society’s ransomware leak site.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	ES		Unidad Medica AngloAmericana, Vice Society, ransomware
41	04/11/2022	-	-	?	Norman Public Schools	Norman Public Schools suffers a ransomware attack.	Malware	Education	CC	US		Norman Public Schools, ransomware
42	04/11/2022	-	-	Royal	Veroni	Veroni, an Italian producer of cured meats, is hit by a Royal ransomware attack.	Malware	Accommodation and food service	CC	IT		Veroni, Royal, ransomware
43	05/11/2022	03/11/2022	03/11/2022	?	PNORS Technology Group	Thousands of Victorian students and their families may have had personal data stolen after PNORS Technology Group, a technology company that has contracts with the Victorian government is hacked.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	AU		PNORS Technology Group
44	06/11/2022	06/11/2022	06/11/2022	?	Maple Leaf Foods	Maple Leaf Foods confirms that it experienced a cybersecurity incident causing a system outage and disruption of operations.	Unknown	Accommodation and food service	CC	CA		Maple Leaf Foods
45	06/11/2022	-	-	LockBit 3.0	Kearney & Company	The ransomware group LockBit claims to have stolen data from consulting and IT services provider Kearney & Company.	Malware	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		Ransomware, LockBit, Kearney & Company
46	06/11/2022	-	-	?	Deezer	France-based music-streaming platform Deezer admits being hit with a data breach that potentially compromised the information of over 220 million users.	Unknown	Arts entertainment, recreation	CC	FR		Deezer
47	07/11/2022	-	03/11/2022	Ukraine’s IT Army	Central Bank of Russia	Ukrainian hacktivists from the Ukraine’s IT Army claim to have breached the Central Bank of Russia, stealing thousands of internal documents.	Undisclosed vulnerabilities	Public admin and defence, social security	H	RU		Ukraine’s IT Army, Central Bank of Russia
48	07/11/2022	04/11/2022	04/11/2022	Black Basta	Sobeys	The Canadian food retail giant Sobeys is hit with a Black Basta ransomware attack.	Malware	Wholesale and retail	CC	CA		Sobeys, Black Basta, ransomware
49	07/11/2022	Since at least July 2021	-	?	Indian defense personnel	Researchers at Cyfirma discover a new malicious Android installation package, a variant of the Spymax RAT, targeting Indian defense personnel since at least July 2021.	Malware	Public admin and defence, social security	CE	IN		Cyfirma, Android, Spymax RAT, India
50	07/11/2022	-	-	Justice Blade	Smart Link BPO Solutions	The group of threat actors calling themselves ‘Justice Blade’ publishes leaked data from Smart Link BPO Solutions, an outsourcing IT vendor working with major enterprises and government agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the GCC.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	SA		Justice Blade, Smart Link BPO Solutions
51	07/11/2022	-	-	?	Metropolitan Associates	Metropolitan Associates reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive consumer information that was stored on its network.	Unknown	Real estate	CC	US		Metropolitan Associates
52	07/11/2022	Between 14/01/2022 and 13/02/2022	09/02/2022	?	Camping World and Good Sam (CWGS)	Camping World and Good Sam (CWGS) reports a data breach after the company confirmed that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive consumer information in its possession.	Unknown	Wholesale and retail	CC	US		Camping World and Good Sam, CWGS
53	07/11/2022	-	-	?	TransUnion LLC	TransUnion LLC reports a data breach after information in the company’s possession was subject to unauthorized access.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	US		TransUnion LLC
54	07/11/2022	Since at least August 2022	During August 2022	Elibomi, FakeReward, AxBanker, IcRAT, and IcSpy	Bank customers in India	Researchers from Trend Micro discover an uptick of attacks targeting bank customers in India via five banking malware families: Elibomi, FakeReward, AxBanker, IcRAT, and IcSpy.	Malware	Finance and insurance	CC	IN		Elibomi, FakeReward, AxBanker, IcRAT, and IcSpy, Trend Micro, Android
55	07/11/2022	05/11/2022	05/11/2022	?	Albany City School District	The Albany City School District suffers a cyber attack and urges the personnel to stay offline.	Unknown	Education	CC	US		Albany City School District
56	07/11/2022	Between July and October 2022	During October 2022	?	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Sentinel One discover a new campaign by the SocGholish threat actors, expanding their malicious infrastructure with 73 new second-stage servers.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Sentinel One, SocGholish
57	07/11/2022	07/09/2022	07/09/2022	?	DOCS Medical Group	DOCS Medical Group discloses a ransomware attack.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		DOCS Medical Group, ransomware
58	08/11/2022	'Recently'	'Recently'	Cloud9	Individuals	Researchers at Zimperium discover a new Chrome browser botnet named 'Cloud9', using malicious extensions to steal online accounts, log keystrokes, inject ads and malicious JS code, and enlist the victim's browser in DDoS attacks.	Malicious Browser Extension	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Zimperium, Chrome, Cloud9
59	08/11/2022	'Recently'	'Recently'	LockBit	Multiple organizations	Researchers at AhnLab discover a new campaign distributing the LockBit ransomware via the Amadey botnet.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		AhnLab, LockBit, Ransomware, Amadey
60	08/11/2022	-	Early November 2022	StrelaStealer	Spanish-speaking users	Researchers at DCSO CyTec discover StrelaStealer, a new information-stealing malware stealing email account credentials from Outlook and Thunderbird, two widely used email clients.	Malware	Individual	CC	>1		DCSO CyTec, StrelaStealer, Outlook, Thunderbird
61	08/11/2022	-	-	Multiple threat actors	Multiple organizations	Microsoft fixes CVE-2022-41091, a bug actively exploited that prevents Mark of the Web flags from propagating to files within downloaded ISO files, along with other five zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited.	CVE-2022-41091, CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082, CVE-2022-41128, CVE-2022-41125, CVE-2022-41073 vulnerabilities	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Microsoft, CVE-2022-41091, Mark of the Web, MoTW, ISO, CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082, CVE-2022-41128, CVE-2022-41125, CVE-2022-41073
62	08/11/2022	'Recently'	'Recently'	?	Thousands of home and corporate users	Researchers at Minerva Labs discover an ongoing phishing campaign infecting thousands of home and corporate users with a new version of the 'IceXLoader' malware.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Minerva Labs, IceXLoader
63	08/11/2022	Early November 2022	Early November 2022	Team Montesano	Website owners	An active extortion scam targets website owners and admins worldwide, claiming to have hacked their servers and demanding $2,500 not to leak data.	Extortion scam	Individual	CC	>1		Team Montesano
64	08/11/2022	08/11/2022	08/11/2022	Russian Cyber Army	Several Mississippi state websites	Several Mississippi state websites are knocked offline during midterm election. A Pro-Russian group claims responsibility for the attack.	DDoS	Public admin and defence, social security	H	US		Mississippi, Russian Cyber Army
65	08/11/2022	Since at least September 2022	During September 2022	?	Vulnerable WordPress Sites	Researchers at Sucuri discover a malware campaign designed to increase the search engine rankings of spam websites under the control of threat actors.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Sucuri, WordPress
66	08/11/2022	Early 2022	Early 2022	APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, and The Dukes)	European diplomatic entity	Researchers from Mandiant detect an incident where APT29 successfully phished a European diplomatic entity and ultimately abused the Windows Credential Roaming feature.	Targeted Attack	Public admin and defence, social security	CE	N/A		Mandiant, APT29, Windows Credential Roaming, APT29, SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, The Dukes
67	08/11/2022	-	-	?	Eagle Bank	Eagle Bank reports a data breach after an unauthorized party was able to gain access to sensitive consumer information that had been entrusted to the bank.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	US		Eagle Bank
68	08/11/2022	08/11/2022	08/11/2022	?	Champaign County Clerk	Champaign County Clerk is hit by a DDoS attack.	DDoS	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	US		Champaign County Clerk
69	08/11/2022	During October 2022	During October 2022	?	General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)	The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) suffers a cyberattack on its Punto Neutro Judicial (PNJ) platform that connects judicial bodies with other government agencies, including the National Police Force, the Attorney General’s Office, and the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions. Half a million taxpayers and 50,000 police officers have their information stolen.	Unknown	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	ES		General Council of the Judiciary, CGPJ, Punto Neutro Judicial, PNJ
70	08/11/2022	06/11/2022	06/11/2022	?	Empresa de transportes urbanos de Sevilla (Tussam)	The Empresa de transportes urbanos de Sevilla (Tussam) discloses it had been the target of a cyber attack and that both the mobile application and the information panels at bus stops were disabled as a result.	Unknown	Transportation and storage	CC	ES		Empresa de transportes urbanos de Sevilla, Tussam
71	08/11/2022	During September 2022?	-	Hive	“TCQ”, Quetzal Container Terminal,	The Hive ransomware threat actors listed “TCQ”, Quetzal Container Terminal, on their dedicated leak site,	Malware	Transportation and storage	CC	GT		Hive, Ransomware, TCQ, Quetzal Container Terminal
72	08/11/2022	20/10/2022	20/10/2022	?	Midland Information Technology Consortium	The Midland Information Technology Consortium is hit with a ransomware attack.	Malware	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		Midland Information Technology Consortium, ransomware
73	09/11/2022	Between May 2020 and February 2021	-	Earth Longzhi	Several infrastructure companies in Taiwan, a bank in China, and a government organization in Taiwan.	Researchers at Trend Micro discover a previously unknown Chinese APT dubbed 'Earth Longzhi' targeting multiple organizations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Ukraine.	Targeted Attack	Multiple Industries	CE	CN TW		Trend Micro, China, Earth Longzhi
74	09/11/2022	Between May 2020 and February 2021	-	Earth Longzhi	High-profile victims in the defense, aviation, insurance, and urban development industries in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Ukraine.	Researchers at Trend Micro discover a second campaign by the Chinese APT dubbed 'Earth Longzhi' targeting multiple organizations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Ukraine.	Targeted Attack	Multiple Industries	CE	CN IN MY TW TH PK UA		Trend Micro, China, Earth Longzhi
75	09/11/2022	-	-	Royal	Circuit of Silverstone	Silverstone, one of the most popular motor racing circuits in the United Kingdom is investigating a ransomware attack after the Royal gang added it to its list of victims.	Malware	Arts entertainment, recreation	CC	UK		Silverstone, Royal, Ransomware
76	09/11/2022	-	-	Multiple threat actors	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Cisco Talos observe multiple ongoing campaigns that leverage the IPFS network to host their malware payloads and phishing kit infrastructure.	>1	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Cisco Talos, IPFS
77	09/11/2022	-	-	apicolor	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Check Point discover 'apicolor', a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that could hide code in images with a steganographic technique and infect users through open-source projects on Github.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Check Point, 'apicolor', Python Package Index, PyPI, Github
78	09/11/2022	02/09/2022	02/09/2022	?	Old Point National Bank	Old Point National Bank reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to access an employee’s email account that contained sensitive information belonging to certain bank customers.	Account Takeover	Finance and insurance	CC	US		Old Point National Bank
79	09/11/2022	16/02/2022	'Recently'	?	Work Health Solutions	Work Health Solutions reports a data breach after an unauthorized party was able to access an employee’s email account that contained sensitive information related to certain individuals.	Account Takeover	Human health and social work	CC	US		Work Health Solutions
80	09/11/2022	Between 20/09/2022 and 22/09/2022	21/09/2022	?	GATE Petroleum Company	GATE Petroleum Company reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party had gained access to sensitive information stored on its computer network.	Unknown	Electricity, gas steam, air conditioning	CC	US		GATE Petroleum Company
81	09/11/2022	-	-	?	Doctors’ Center Hospital	Doctors’ Center Hospital reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to gain access to sensitive patient information.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		Doctors’ Center Hospital, ransomware
82	09/11/2022	Between 19/01/2022 and 03/03/2022	-	?	Legacy Post Acute Care	Legacy Post Acute Care notifies patients that their personal data was compromised after the hack of multiple employee accounts.	Account Takeover	Human health and social work	CC	US		Legacy Post Acute Care
83	09/11/2022	-	-	?	Commack School District	Commack School District faces a ransomware attack	Malware	Education	CC	US		Commack School District, ransomware
84	09/11/2022	17/10/2022	-	?	Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP)	Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) is hit with a ransomware attack.	Malware	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	UY		Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works, MTOP, ransomware
85	10/11/2022	09/11/2022	09/11/2022	?	Autovie Venete	Autovie Venete suffers a cyber attack that prevents the access to its IT services.	Unknown	Transportation and storage	CC	IT		Autovie Venete
86	10/11/2022	-	-	?	Individuals in the US	The FBI warns that tech support scammers are now impersonating financial institutions' refund payment portals to harvest victims' sensitive information and add legitimacy.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	US		FBI
87	10/11/2022	-	-	Venus	Healthcare organizations in the US	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that Venus ransomware attacks are also targeting the country's healthcare organizations.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, Venus, Ransomware
88	10/11/2022	Since at least November 2021	06/11/2021	APT15	Ethnic and religious minorities in China	Researchers from Lookout discover a previously undocumented Android spyware tool named 'BadBazaar', targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.	Malware	Individual	CE	CN		Lookout, Android, BadBazaar, China, Uyghurs, Xinjiang
89	10/11/2022	Since at least July 2022	During July 2022	?	Ethnic and religious minorities in China	Researchers from Lookout discover a new campaign targeting the ethnic minorities in China through a new variant of the Moonshine malware.	Malware	Individual	CE	CN		Lookout, Android, Moonshine, China, Uyghurs
90	10/11/2022	Since at least early November 2022	Early November 2022	KmsdBot	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Akamai discover KmsdBot, a botnet with cryptomining and DDoS capabilities, infecting systems via a SSH connection with weak login credentials.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Akamai, KmsdBot
91	10/11/2022	'Recently'	'Recently'	Xenomorph	Android users	Researchers at Zscaler discover a new campaign distributing the Xenomorph banking malware via a couple of malicious dropper apps on the Play Store.	Malware	Finance and insurance	CC	>1		Zscaler, Xenomorph
92	10/11/2022	-	-	Multiple threat actors	Individuals	Researchers from Digital Shadows discover multiple campaigns taking advantage of the forthcoming Qatar 2022 World Cup.	>1 (Account Takeover, Malware)	Individual	CC	>1		Digital Shadows, Qatar 2022 World Cup
93	10/11/2022	-	-	?	Individuals in Germany	Researchers from Kaspersky discover a scam campaign targeting German residents, and pretending to be from Finanzmarktaufsicht, a German financial regulator company investigating fraud.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	DE		Kaspersky, Finanzmarktaufsicht
94	10/11/2022	-	-	?	Individuals in Switzerland	Researchers from Kaspersky discover a scam campaign targeting Swiss residents, and pretending to be from FINMA, an independent local financial regulator.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	CH		Kaspersky, FINMA
95	11/11/2022	-	-	UAC-0118 AKA 'From Russia with Love' (FRwL), and 'Z-Team'	Multiple organizations in Ukraine	The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) issues a warning about Russian hacktivists infecting multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called 'Somnia.'	Malware	Multiple Industries	CW	UA		Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine, CERT-UA, ransomware, 'Somnia', UAC-0118, 'From Russia with Love' (FRwL), 'Z-Team'
96	11/11/2022	-	-	0x_dump	Deutsche Bank	A threat actor (0x_dump) claims to have hacked the multinational investment bank Deutsche Bank and is offering access to its network for sale online.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	DE		0x_dump, Deutsche Bank
97	11/11/2022	08/09/2022	08/09/2022	?	New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York-Presbyterian Hospital discloses a security incident after detecting a possible attempts to download information by an unauthorized user.	Unknown	Human health and social work	CC	US		New York-Presbyterian Hospital
98	11/11/2022	Between 17/08/2022 and 31/08/2022	01/09/2022	?	Alta Forest Products	Alta Forest Products experiences a cyberattack in which the protected health information of up to 2,100 members of the Alta Forest Products Health and Welfare Plan was exposed.	Unknown	Manufacturing	CC	US		Alta Forest Products
99	11/11/2022	-	10/11/2022	BlackCat	Conforama	BlackCat ransomware gang lists Conforama, said to be Europe's second-largest home furnishing retail chain, on its victim list, and claims to have stolen over 1TB of data.	Malware	Manufacturing	CC	FR		BlackCat, ransomware, Conforama
100	11/11/2022	09/10/2022	10/10/2022	Vice Society	Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School	The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School has its data leaked online after suffering a ransomware attack by the Vice Society threat actor.	Malware	Education	CC	UK		The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School, ransomware, Vice Society
101	11/11/2022	-	-	?	Individuals in Spain	Researchers from Avast discover a phishing campaign in Spain posing as the Spanish Tax Agency, Agencia Tributaria.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	ES		Agencia Tributaria
102	11/11/2022	-	-	?	Undisclosed collection provider in Spain	A cyberattack on a debt collection provider used by Orange breaches some customers’ personal information.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	ES		Orange
103	11/11/2022	11/08/2022	12/09/2022	?	Yale Medicine	Yale Medicine discloses a ransomware incident.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		Yale Medicine
104	11/11/2022	-	Since at least April 2021	?	Malaysian Election Commission	67 gb with the the personal details of 800,000 Malaysian voters are posted online on a forum. The data should belong to the Malaysian Election Commission, which denies the breach.	Unknown	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	MY		Malaysian Election Commission
105	11/11/2022	-	-	Sawarim	eKRÉTA	A hacking group named Sawarim has breached eKRÉTA, the company behind a school management platform widely deployed across Hungary. The platform is believed to store the personal details of more than 720,000 Hungarian students, aged between 6 and 18 years.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	HU		Sawarim, eKRÉTA
106	11/11/2022	-	'Recently'	?	Stanley Street Treatment and Resources	Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR) reports a data breach after learning that an unauthorized party accessed the organization’s computer system and removed confidential patient information.	Unknown	Human health and social work	CC	US		Stanley Street Treatment and Resources
107	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	?	Greene County Tech School District	The Greene County Tech School District is hit with a malware attack.	Malware	Education	CC	US		Greene County Tech School District
108	12/11/2022	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	?	FTX	FTX, the massive crypto exchange that went bankrupt, suffers a hack exceeding $400 million, probably the work of an insider.	Account Takeover	Fintech	CC	N/A		FTX
109	12/11/2022	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	?	Government websites in Bahrain	Several government websites in Bahrain are hit by a DDoS attack.	DDoS	Public admin and defence, social security	N/A	BH		Bahrain
110	12/11/2022	-	-	Kelvin Security	Norigine	Norigine, an Italian pharmaceutical company, has 3,15GB of data exfiltrated by the Kelvin Security gang.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	IT		Norigine, Kelvin Security
111	14/11/2022	11/11/2022	-	?	Whoosh	The Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh confirms a data breach after hackers started to sell a database containing the details of 7.2 million customers on a hacking forum.	Unknown	Transportation and storage	CC	RU		Whoosh
112	14/11/2022	Since 2017	'Recently'	Fangxiao	Individuals	Researchers from Cyjax reveal that a malicious for-profit group named 'Fangxiao' has created a massive network of over 42,000 web domains that impersonate well-known brands to redirect users to sites promoting adware apps, dating sites, or 'free' giveaways.	Account Takeover	Individual	CC	>1		Cyjax, Fangxiao
113	14/11/2022	During Mid-November 2022	During Mid-November 2022	QBot AKA QackBot	Multiple organizations	A new campaign distributes the QBot malware via phishing emails. The malware use a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 Control Panel to infect computers.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Qbot, QackBot, Windows, Control Panel
114	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	?	Jackson County Intermediate School District	Jackson County Intermediate School District is hit with a ransomware attack.	Malware	Education	CC	US		Jackson County Intermediate School District, ransomware
115	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	?	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District	Hillsdale County Intermediate School District is hit with a ransomware attack.	Malware	Education	CC	US		Hillsdale County Intermediate School District, ransomware
116	14/11/2022	Since September 2022	Since September 2022	BatLoader	Multiple organizations	Researchers from VMWare Carbon Black discover BatLoader, an initial access malware using batch and PowerShell scripts to gain a foothold on a victim machine and deliver other malware.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		VMWare Carbon Black, BatLoader
117	14/11/2022	-	13/09/2022	?	Connexin Software (Office Practicum)	Connexin Software (Office Practicum) reports a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive patient information that had been entrusted to the company.	Unknown	Professional, scientific and technical	CC	US		Connexin Software, Office Practicum
118	14/11/2022	08/10/2022	-	?	Health Care Management Solutions	Health Care Management Solutions reports a data breach after the company was the target of a ransomware attack compromising patients’ sensitive information.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		Health Care Management Solutions, ransomware
119	14/11/2022	01/10/2022	01/10/2022	?	Middletown Valley Bank	Middletown Valley Bank reports a data breach after the company discovered that an unauthorized party had gained access to files on the bank’s computer network containing sensitive consumer information.	Unknown	Finance and insurance	CC	US		Middletown Valley Bank
120	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	14/11/2022	KillNet	FBI Websites	The pro-Russian hacking group KillNet claims responsibility for a denial-of-service attack against FBI websites,	DDoS	Public admin and defence, social security	H	US		Killnet, FBI
121	14/11/2022	-	-	Typhon Reborn	Multiple organizations	Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discover a new version of the Typhon Stealer, named Typhon Reborn, with enhanced anti-analysis techniques and multiple new malicious features.	Malware	Multiple Industries	CC	>1		Palo Alto Networks, Typhon Stealer, Typhon Reborn
122	14/11/2022	4/11/2022	4/11/2022	?	Vanuatu government	A ransomware attack takes down the websites of the Vanuatu government.	Malware	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	VU		Vanuatu, ransomware
123	15/11/2022	Since at least 2012	During March 2022	Billbug (AKA Thrip, Lotus Blossom, Spring Dragon)	A certificate authority, government agencies, and defense organizations in several countries in Asia.	Researchers from Symantec/Broadcom reveal the details of the latest campaign of the Chinese Billbug threat actor targeting multiple organizations in several Asian countries.	Targeted Attack	Multiple Industries	CE	>1		Symantec/Broadcom, China, Billbug, Thrip, Lotus Blossom, Spring Dragon
124	15/11/2022	'Recently'	'Recently'	Lazarus	Organizations in Europe and Latin America.	Researchers from Kaspersky reveal the details of the latest campaign from the North Korean group Lazarus targeting multiple organizations in Europe and America via the DTrack modular backdoor.	Targeted Attack	Multiple Industries	CE	BR CH DE IN IT MX SA TR US		Kaspersky, Lazarus, North Korea, DTrack
125	15/11/2022	Since October 2022	During October 2022	At least seven hacking groups	Vulnerable Magento 2 websites	Researchers from Sansec reveal that at least seven hacking groups are behind a massive surge in 'TrojanOrders' attacks targeting Magento 2 websites, exploiting CVE-2022-24086.	CVE-2022-24086 vulnerability	Wholesale and retail	CC	>1		Sansec,TrojanOrders, Magento 2, CVE-2022-24086
126	15/11/2022	Since October 2022	During October 2022	RapperBot	Game servers	Researchers from Fortinet reveal that the Mirai-based botnet 'RapperBot' has re-emerged via a new campaign that infects IoT devices for DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks against game servers.	DDoS	Arts entertainment, recreation	CC	>1		Fortinet, RapperBot, Mirai, IoT
127	15/11/2022	Between 04/05/2022 and 16/09/2022	16/09/2022	?	Commonwealth Care Alliance of California (“CCA Health California”)	Commonwealth Care Alliance of California (“CCA Health California”) reports a data breach after an unauthorized party was able to access files on the company’s network containing sensitive information belonging to certain individuals.	Malware	Human health and social work	CC	US		Commonwealth Care Alliance of California, CCA Health California, ransomware
128	15/11/2022	Between 08/04/2022, and 21/04/2022 and between 10/06/2021 and 08/042022	-	?	Assurance Health System	Assurance Health System announces that the email accounts of two employees have been accessed by unauthorized individuals.	Account Takeover	Human health and social work	CC	US		Assurance Health System
129	15/11/2022	During the second week of November 2022	During the second week of November 2022	?	Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD)	Dallas Central Appraisal District is hit by a ransomware attack.	Malware	Public admin and defence, social security	CC	US		Dallas Central Appraisal District, DCAD, ransomware
130	15/11/2022	-	-	?	Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque (CVA)	CVA, an Italian local water utility is hit with a cyber attack.	Unknown	Water supply, waste mgmt, remediation	CC	IT		Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque, CVA
131	15/11/2022	-	-	MedusaLocker	Fonderia Boccacci	Fonderia Boccacci, an Italian foundry, is hit with a MedusaLocker ransomware attack.	Malware	Manufacturing	CC	IT		Fonderia Boccacci, MedusaLocker, ransomware
132	15/11/2022	-	-	Kelvin Security	Tel.ene	Tel.ene, a local Italian telco provider, has 11,5GB (4.107 files) leaked by the Kelvin Security group.	Unknown	Information and communication	CC	IT		Tel.ene, Kelvin Security
133	15/11/2022	Since early November 2022	Early November 2022	?	TikTok users	Researchers from Checkmarx reveal that attackers are capitalizing on a trending TikTok challenge named 'Invisible Challenge' to install the WASP malware on thousands of devices and steal their passwords, Discord accounts, and, potentially, cryptocurrency wallets.	Malware	Individual	CC	>1		Checkmarx, TikTok, Invisible Challenge, WASP
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The “Breachometer” compares the current number of events/day with the max and min values recorded in the previous 12 months.

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