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October 2014
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/31
Damballa in its Q3-2014 Report Reveals Surging of Malware Threat
Damballa, a threat protection specialist, has launched its report of threat protection for Q3-2014 revealing that the malicious software threat is
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/31
Bitcoin Ransomware Virus Paralyzes Italian Councils
Coindesk.com reported on 22nd October, 2014 stating that computer files of Municipal council offices across Italy have been encrypted by a ransomware virus
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/30
Targeted Assault Costing Companies Huge, Says Kaspersky
One fresh survey jointly by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab conducted over 3,900 IT personnel showed that a single successful targeted assault against
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/30
Phishing E-mails Targeting Customers of Alinea Restaurant, Warn Restaurant Owners
Well-known restaurant Alinea Restaurant situated inside Chicago, US has warned its customers for being watchful about scam e-mails posing as communication
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/30
Hackers Pretending to be WHO Distributing Ebola-Themed Spam Mails
According to SpiderLabs a cyber-security band, hackers, pretending to be WHO (World Health Organization) a global health agency, have launched malware-laced
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/29
UK is the Prime Target of Cyber Attacks in EMEA Region - FireEye
Security firm FireEye released a report revealing UK as the most targeted by cyber attacks in Europe and the Middle East or Africa (EMEA) during first
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/29
Phishing e-mails Bombard Customers of BT
According to security researchers, cyber-criminals are targeting UK's BT telecommunication company by sending ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/29
Kaspersky Intercepted a New Malware Mac OSX Ventir
Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based security company, says that a new type of malware has been identified which particularly targets Mac OS X machines. The
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/28
Customers of Amazon Cautioned About Malicious Email Campaign
Softpedia.com reported on 18th October, 2014 quoting recent warning of security experts as "customers of Amazon in UK should be on the lookout
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/28
Bill-Themed Phishing Emails Target Customers of Virgin Media
Softpedia.com published a report on 18th October, 2014 quoting a recent explanation of security experts as "Phishing emails purporting to be from
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/28
A Phishing Email Campaign Recently Exploited Dropbox
According to security firm Symantec, file storage service of Dropbox was employed for a tricky ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/27
Saskatchewan, Canada Police, Prince Albert Cautions Residents about Tax-Related Fake E-Mails
The Canadian cops Prince Albert of Saskatchewan, Canada has issued an alert to residents about fake e-mails being circulated within one fresh scam that
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/27
Internet-based Crimes Increased in Shelby County
Al.com reported on 6th October, 2014 stating that the Sheriff's Office of Shelby County which is located in Alabama, United States is warning against an
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/27
Asprox Botnet Distributing Spam Mails Promising Gift Card at Zero Cost
According to a warning by security researchers, the notorious botnet Asprox is being used for distributing spam mails that pledge recipients can access one
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/24
Security Companies Collaborate to Mitigate Threat Posed by Hidden Lynx
Securityweek.com reported on 15th October, 2014 stating that a joint effort by security firms has struck a serious blow against malicious software
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/24
Russian Hackers Organises a 5-Year Old Cyber-Espionage Campaign
Researchers of iSIGHT Partners examined the code used in the attacks and observed that government leaders and institutions have been targeted by a
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/23
Penny Stock Spam Mail Campaign Targets Little Familiar Mineral Firm; BitDefender
BitDefender is cautioning Internauts about one fresh penny stock bulk e-mail run which hitherto witnessed millions of spam mails landing inside
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/23
Malvertising Scam Disturbs more than 113,000 US Users, Says Trend Micro
Trend Micro lately said that it detected malicious advertisements exhibited on YouTube, while those also diverted over 113,000 Internauts within USA
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/22
Retefe Trojan Now Attacking Financial Institutions in Japan, Says CSIS
According to CSIS the security company based in Denmark, the Retefe malware's configuration file has been found containing one name-list of a number of
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/22
McAfee - Alia Bhatt is the Riskiest Celebrity in Indian Cyberspace
Ibtimes.co.in reported on 13th October, 2014 stating that security firm McAfee has revealed in a recent survey the names of most-searched Indian celebrities
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/21
Volexity - Websites of Pro-Democracy in Hong Kong Compromised
Computerworld.in reported on 13th October, 2014 quoting Volexity, a security company based at Washington D.C. as "In Hong Kong, four websites which
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/21
ATO asks Taxpayers to be Wary of Tax-themed Scam Emails
Online news website Magnet reported on 14th October, 2014 stating that The Australian Taxation Office (ATO), official taxing agency in Australia, is warning
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/20
Scam Emails Impersonating Chase Online Attacks Customers
Softpedia.com reported on 9th October, 2014 quoting a recent warning of security experts as "Phishing emails impersonating Chase Online are presently
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/20
ANZ Bank Customers Hit with Phishing Scam
Phishing e-mails are being sent to clients of the banking group of Australia and New Zealand namely ANZ Bank, which is based in Melbourne, Victoria,
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/20
Kmart - Popular US Retailer Suffers Major Security Breach
Securityweek.com reported on 10th October, 2014 stating that Kmart is the latest large retailer of U.S. to have experienced a data breach of its online
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/20
Fresh Version of Rovnix Malware Identified at CSIS
CSIS the security company based in Denmark has said that its researchers have uncovered one fresh variant of malware Rovnix which contains two extra
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/17
Illinois AG Cautions about Scam E-mails Surrounding Ebola
According to Lisa Madigan Attorney General of Illinois, e-mail scams are being launched that deal with outbreaks of the Ebola virus, published wgntv.com
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/17
Bitdefender - New Facebook Scam Exploits Popularity of Emma Watson
According to antivirus solutions provider Bitdefender, the popularity of British actress Emma Watson has been leveraged by a new Facebook scam to infect
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/16
Scam E-mails Purporting to be from American Red Cross Target Internauts
Scam e-mails posing as messages from the humanitarian organization known all over the world as American Red Cross are presently circulating online while
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/16
NDSCS Warned about Unfortunate Malware Activity
Databreaches.net reported on 9th October, 2014 stating that North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) Information Technology Services department has
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/15
Ransomware Attack Caused Knocking Off-air of Australian News Channel
Theinquirer.net reported on 8th October, 2014 stating that an Australian rolling news channel was hastily taken off from air recently after a ransomware
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/15
Fresh Phishing E-mail Campaign Abuses Popular Vodafone
According to an alert by security researchers, scam e-mails posing as informing about one fresh message related to different services keep getting utilized
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/14
Proofpoint Discovers Russian Cyber-Crime Gang, Attacker of Over 500K PCs
Proofpoint the security firm has said that its researchers recently intercepted one cyber-crime gang based in Russia which contaminated over 500,000
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/14
New PayPal Scam Hits at WA Motor-Drivers
WA Consumer Protection has issued an alert to the state's motor-drivers about one scam e-mail that asserts that the renewal of driver's license may now be
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/14
Fake Emails Offering Employment to Jobseekers on Roll
People sending CVs could be victimized by schemes laundering money by cybercriminals to divert the trail of bogus activity from them.
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SPAMfighter News 2014/10/14
CRTC Along with ISP and Computer Reseller Thwart Spam Campaign
Computerdealernews.com reported on 7th October, 2014 quoting Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as announcing "we have
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/13
Researcher Disputes Use of BlackPOS in Home Depot
Scmagazine.com reported during third week of September 2014 quoting a security researcher as claiming "contrary to reports of BlackPOS malware being
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/13
New Upatre Variant Intercepted in Banking Emails
A new strain of the infamous Upatre downloader are presently being circulated through emails purporting to be from different banking institutions, published
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/13
Irish Apple Consumers become Targets of Phishing Scam; Smarttech.ie
Smarttech.ie the IT security company is warning that hackers are on the roll to grab private information via phony e-mails, which pose as messages from the
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/13
Cheryl Cole Named Riskiest Celebrity when Searched Online
McAfee, in its 8th yearly issue of the greatest perilous stars online, describes Cheryl Cole, referred to as sexy X-factor judge, as that celebrity who's
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/9
Mac OS X gets Another Bot Malware iWorm
According to Doctor Web the Russian anti-virus company, one fresh strain of malware which targets Mac machines and is dubbed Mac.BackDoor.iWorm has been
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/9
Bogus E-mails Pretending to be Viber Circulating
According to security researchers, an e-mail posing as Viber the messaging service's communication has been detected circulating as it attempts at duping
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/8
Nigerian E-mail Fraud Strikes Calgary Yet Again
Calgary Police have issued an alert to the people in Calgary (Alberta, Canada) for being watchful ever-since the Nigerian fraud campaign has returned to the
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/8
Digital Crime Center to be Opened during 2015 in Singapore
Interpol the international police agency is preparing to start a Digital Crime Center during 2015 which will operate from Singapore towards fighting
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/7
Dyre’s Developers Enhance their Trojan’s Functionality
According to Proofpoint, developers of malicious software have added enhanced features to the Dyre banker Trojan so it can gain advantage via the Secure
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/7
BlackEnergy Malware’s Latest Version Strikes in Poland and Ukraine
ESET the security company has found one fresh edition of the notorious malicious program BlackEnergy which it has named BlackEnergy Lite earlier employed in
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/7
Apple the Sole Global Brand Getting ‘Phished’ Most Frequently - APWG
APWG recently conducted a survey according to which, phishing attacks are targeted on
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/6
Scam Emails Impersonating IC3 on the Roll
Theregister.co.uk published a report on 25th September, 2014 stating that Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in US backed by the Federal Bureau of
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/6
IRS Warns Foreign Banks of a New Online Scam Related to FATCA
Accountingweb.com reported on 24th September, 2014 quoting a fraud alert of the tax agency as "Scammers are posing as IRS and are trying to solicit
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/6
Akamai Observes that ‘Spike’ DDoS Botnet Targets Computers and IoT Devices
Security firm Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert) says that a new malware kit known as Spike can contaminate not only
...SPAMfighter News 2014/10/3
Online Trust Alliance Finds Only 10% of Retailers Complying CAN-Spam Act
Theregister.co.uk reported on 18th September, 2014 quoting Online Trust Alliance as "one of the 10 world's largest online retailers are still
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/3
Cybercriminals Compromise Official Website of jQuery
HELP NET SECURITY reported on 23rd September, 2014 stating that jQuery.com, the certified website of the renowned cross-platform JS (JavaScript)
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/2
Locals of Central Texas Attacked with Fake USPS Emails
Kwtx.com reported in the second week of September 2014 stating that many residents in Central Texas, a region in the U.S. State of Texas, have
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/2
BBB Warns About Emails Purporting to be from Courier Companies
Kctv5.com reported on 23rd September, 2014 stating that The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is cautioning consumers about a nasty ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/1
University of Akron Warns About Phishing Emails
Cleveland.com reported on 22nd September, 2014 stating that the University of Akron (Ohio, US) warned people via email not to click a ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/10/1
Hackers Lock Thousands of Australian Computers Demanding Ransom
There has been a massive hack attack on more than 20,000 Australian computers resulting in the freezing and locking of the computers by the hackers. The
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