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January 2018
SPAMfighter News 2018/1/31
New Idea of Spreading Malware- This Time it is the PDF Form of ‘Fire and Fury’
Fire and Fury havebecome very popular online, in the previous few weeks and now it has managed to draw criminal activity as well. The Donald Trump
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/31
Kids’ Apps in Play Store had Pornographic Malware
A fresh discovery about Google Play Store's content is that malware had infected some sixty children's applications. This malware, reportedly, aims
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/30
Theft of $400m Worth of Virtual Funds Earned Through ICOs due to Hacking
As Bitcoin prices intermittently hiked and declined in 2017, certain types of investors inclined towards one thriving tool for raising funds called
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/30
Good News for Book Lovers- Soon Play Store will Offer Audiobooks for Sale
Very soon audiobook's fans will have another choice, as Play Store of Google will be getting a dedicated section of audiobook soon, reported by
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/29
Dark Caracal’s Spying Program Created for Compromising Android Devices
The Electronic Frontier Foundation a civil rights syndicate doing works digitally and Lookout a cyber-security company jointly prepared a report and
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/29
A Good 40,000 Customers of OnePlus Affected with Card Data Breach
Though a very common thing now-a-days yet data breaches' seriousness hasn't subsided to any extent. Thus, when numerous end-users reported noting
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/26
Canadian Suspected of Spamming Twitch Facing Criminal Charges
The Canadian Broadcasting Company flashed that certain Twitch user in Canada is facing criminal charges that he apparently dispatched innumerable
SPAMfighter News 2018/1/26
Alex Bessell, The Hacker is put Behind Bars for the Offense of Cyber-Crime
A hacker has been imprisoned for two years for attacking Pokemon, Google and Skype by producing online Zombies. Alex Bessell, the 21 years old hacker
SPAMfighter News 2018/1/25
Lebanese Hackers that Spied on Targets from 21 Countries Exposed
The intelligence agency of Lebanon seemingly has been caught carrying out espionage operations against numerous people of whom military personnel
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/25
Alarming Bug in Apple Devices has been Found Causing Trouble
A link was shared in Twitter today afternoon, is exploiting bugs in all Apple devices and iOS. This bug is spreading via Messages app and is making
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/24
Hackers Target Crypto-Currency Exchanges in South Korea, Techniques Similar to WannaCry and SPE Attacks
According to one report, hackers receiving support of North Korea government have been found targeting customers of crypto-currency exchange in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/24
Chrome Browser Extensions could be Malware Tainted
Security researchers recently found malicious software concealed inside 4 separate extensions used in the case of Google's Chrome Web-browser.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/23
Your Computer will be Infected with Malware with False Spectre/Meltdown Patch
The Meltdown/Specter incident isn't finished yet, obviously not until everybody fixes both their OS and BIOS firmware. But, we are now starting to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/23
New Robust Android Malware ‘Skygofree’ Filches WhatsApp Messages
Android users are being warned of malware 'Skygofree' that leaks messages on WhatsApp. According to security researchers, it is a powerful new
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/22
MaMi Malware Attacks- Settings of Mac OS X DNS is the Target
Security analysts found a new malware that can steal DNS settings. Named MaMi, after a pattern in the code of the program. Mac security analyst
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/22
Hackers Plunder $400K Worth Stellar Lumen Crypto-Currency
Hackers by hijacking a DNS managed to withdraw Stellar Lumen coins valuing $400K out of wallets that received their hosting service on
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/19
Miners of Virtual Currency Plant Malware on Web Servers
Security researchers, of late, noticed one fresh malware strain getting proliferated on the Web. Dubbed RubyMiner, the malicious program mines
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/19
India’s UN Representative’s Twitter Account Got Hacked
Syed Akbaruddin's Twitter account was hacked today morning. The Indian emissary to the UN declared that it might take more serious than a hack to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/19
ICICI Bank Believes No Significant Threat from Mobile Banking Application Malware
ICICI Bank, this Saturday, admitted there was malicious software inside the mobile banking application it maintained, however, with no considerable
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/18
Russia-Tied Hackers ‘Fancy Bear’ Allegedly on Attack against World Governments
A cyber-security company, which works independently, reported on January 12 that the hackers' group tied to Russia which infiltrated the systems of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/18
Malware in Play Store Prompts Google to Eliminate 60 Applications
Google recently cleaned its Play Store off sixty games following Checkpoint the security company detecting malware which exhibited adverts touting
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/17
WhatsApp Vulnerability Allows Hacking into Group Chats
According to researchers, the WhatsApp mobile messaging facility has been found with vulnerability which can let hackers eavesdrop into secret group
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/17
Sensitive Data were Stolen from the Computers by the Hackers of North Royalton
"Fruitfly" named malware program is created by a North Royalton citizen, which he utilized to worm its route to numerous computers across
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/17
Fourth Hacker Admits Involvement in Massive iCloud Leaks of 2014
Another hacker a fourth one is reportedly associated with and so accused of a hack into the iCloud A/Cs during 2014 which was responsible for the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/16
Kotlin Language Programmed Malware makes Debut via Google Play App
The first malicious program created for Android phones for seizing information, executing ad frauds as well as registering end-users for top grade
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/16
ICO Fines Carphone Warehouse of UK 400K Pounds over 2015 Hack
United Kingdom's data watchdog recently fined Carphone Warehouse the mobile phone seller an amount of 400K pounds -slightly less than the 500,000
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/15
Toy Manufacturer VTech makes $650K Payment in Connection with 2015 Breach
Parents have been issued one more reminder in the current week about the way toys connected to the Internet are garnering plentiful private info of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/15
Hackers have Figured Out How to Mine and Send Cryptocurrency to North Korea
Hackers of North Korea are using advanced technology and adopting latest method to make money. They are utilizing computer virus to make digital
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/15
Google Play Store Cleaned Off Infected Apps
Google recently removed over twenty applications from its authorized application marketplace the Play Store that contracted infection from LightsOut
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/12
Winter Olympic of 2018 is being Targeted by Fileless Malware, Utilizing Advanced Branded Tools
The Forthcoming Winter Olympic is on target by hackers with a malware campaign coordinated at the organization that gives infrastructure and other
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/12
Reddit Encounters Hack into its Intermediate Password Reset System
Reddit, which recently conducted a probe inside the office regarding an infiltration into its platform by cyber miscreants, has given out the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/11
WannaCry Hero Forced to Confess
The "hero" creator of ransom software WannaCry being legally tried in USA for allegedly developing one other malicious program was forced
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/11
Phishing E-mail Leaks 30,000 Florida Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Data
The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) of Florida State is cautioning everyone about a phishing assault that gave its operators access to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/11
Google Removes Malevolent Flashlight Applications from its Play Store
Almost 24 Android Flashlight along with associated utility applications had been eliminated from Google's Play Store following discovery of one
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/10
Quick Heal Detects Mobile Malware Android.Banker.A2f8a
Quick Heal Security Labs, which spotted the malware Banker A2f8a, states the program has been created for intercepting SMS messages, filching login
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/10
Google Apps Script Flaw Exploitable Resulting in Malware
Proofpoint in one fresh investigation outlines existing challenges to cyber security that are inbuilt to companies' offerings of SaaS
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/9
Satori Botnet’s Source Code Released on Pastebin
A hacker, of late, published one router exploit's working code; the router of Huawei and the exploit employed for the Satori network-of-bots to run.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/9
Just Before the Yahoo Accounts were Hacked, Abedin Shared Passwords of State to Yahoo
The FBI released several sensitive emails that were with Clinton's top associate Huma Abedin,at the end of last week. She saved them in Anthony
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/9
Fakeapp Trojan Attacking Android Application of Uber
It is since ages that the Trojan Fakeapp, which targets Android phones, has been known to contaminate the mobile platform of Google in various
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/8
Rockingham County Schools Subject to Virus Attack
A few district school PCs of Rockingham County were compromised with one cyber-attack during December last. Dr. Rodney Shotwell Superintendent of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/8
Forever 21 POS Devices Contract Malware Infections
Apparel retailer Forever 21 said in the end-week of December 2017 that malware infection on its point-of-sale machines resulted in hacking of data
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/5
Under High Security, Police Cameras of Washington, DC was Hacked
Around one-thirdsurveillance cameras of Washington were hacked before president's inauguration, authorities said Thursday. Two hackers from Romania
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/5
Nigerian Prince Phishing Fraud by a Man Leads to Arrest
A man aged 67, in New Orleans apparently assisted in defrauding people off dollars in the thousands while acting the middleman within certain
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/5
NiceHash Hack Leads to Loss of Around $60m in BTC
Hackers possibly made a catch of $60m in Bitcoin after they launched a cyber assault on NiceHash a platform for mining crypto-currency. Customers
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/4
Hacking of Smart-Phones Easy Through Sensor Data
One fresh research has found that sensors such as proximity, gyroscope and accelerometer existing in smart-phones enable hackers to infiltrate the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/4
Hackers Compromise Nintendo Switch, Illegitimate Homebrew Games Installed
Germany was host to certain hacking conference, of late, where a tinkerers' group exploited a peculiar feature inside a chip of the Nintendo Switch
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/3
Truecaller Spots 40 Million Spam Phone-Numbers During Current Year
Truecaller in its annual report published in December 2017 presents an insight of the increase in spam phone-calls over the past 12 months around
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/3
The Asserted Hackers were Hit Back by CARDI B in a most Ideal Way
Offset became victim to the hack of iCloud during the Christmas weekend and Cardi B, his fiancée is PISSED. The rapper's legal advisor told TMZ,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/3
Smart Speakers Another IoT Vulnerable to Hack
Security researchers recently showed the way hackers could attack home speakers connected to the Internet for doing mischief, identifying details of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/2
Year 2017 a Witness of Destructive Hacks
With increasing number of people and machines currently going online, valuable data has become susceptible to hackers' attacks that have malevolent
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/2
Hacking Smart-Phone Sensor Data Reveals the Device’s PIN
The sensor instruments inside smart-phones namely proximity, gyroscope and accelerometer are potentially vulnerable in security since cyber-security
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/1
RBI to Monitor Network Security, Payment Systems of Banks
Governments in India store diverse and massive volumes of data on their websites, PC servers as well as computer networks. Such organizations, each
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/1
Ransomware Assault Hits a Kerala Bank
A branch of Mercantile Bank in Kerala was reportedly hit with a WannaCry ransomware assault on December 26. According to police, the attack targeted
...SPAMfighter News 2018/1/1
A Congress Committee Member of Nagaland got Arrested for Fraudulent
The cyber crime department puts DiethoRhakho, the present president of Congress committee, Dimapur district behind the bars for making and uploading
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