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October 2015
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/30
Advanced Malvertising Attack Hits T-Online Website – Invincea
A very sophisticated malvertising attack is using malicious online promotional ads on the homepage of Germany's biggest broadband service provider
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/30
Top German Official Infected by Regin Malware
Angela Merkel, the renowned German Chancellor was not the sole German high-profile official who may have been secretly spied upon by its allies as the
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/29
TalkTalk Warns Patrons of Phishing Emails
TalkTalk patrons are being urged to be vigilant about their online banking accounts for fraudulent transactions, and to be chiefly alert of phishing
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/29
SoftLayer Declared World’s Biggest Spamming Source – Spamhaus
SoftLayer, a USD 2 Billion cloud computing firm and daughter company of software giant IBM is the biggest spamming source across the world, disclosed
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/29
Scammers Targeting PayPal Users with Scam Emails – Warn Security Experts
Online payment giant PayPal is once again being targeted by cyber-scammers, disclosed security experts recently, as reported by softpedia.com on
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/28
Pawn Storm Cybercriminal Gang Strikes Organizations Investigating MH17 Crash
Organizations involved in probing the ill-fated crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 have been assaulted by a Russian based cyber-espionage group
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/28
Facebookers Being Targeted by Hackers Funded by Unknown Nation States
Facebookers are being targeted by cybercriminals who are backed by an anonymous nation-state, said Alex Stamos, Facebook's Chief Security Officer, as
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/28
Adware ‘eFast Browser’ Discovered by Security Experts
Infosec Specialist Swift on Security of late figured out a novel strand of adware nicknamed "eFast Browser," published by newsfirst.lk on
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/27
Dridex Botnet Shows Signs of Rejuvenation
The infamous banking botnet 'Dridex' is beginning to show retrieval signs even after a sophisticated FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) led trouble
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/27
“CEO Fraud” on the Rise, Warns Centrify CEO
When Tom Kemp CEO, Centrify read reports about several scams victimizing CEOs, he told of how one such instance of 'CEO fraud' happened with him.
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/26
Nuclear Exploit Kit Using New Intelligent Flash Bypass, Finds Morphisec
Israeli security company Morphisec, whose core attention is towards polymorphic defense for which it received praise at the 2014 RSA Conference has
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/26
Neutrino EK Targets Magento Websites
According to Sucuri, the security firm situated in Delaware, USA; malware has infected the websites operating Magento name of an e-commerce platform,
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/26
Brolux PC-Trojan Targets Japanese Online Banking Users
According to ESET the security company, "Brolux," one fresh banking Trojan is wreaking havoc in Japan as it attacks Internet banking users
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/23
The Infamous Angler EK Targeting Website of Daily Mail
Theregister.co.uk reported on 14th October, 2015, stating that Net nasty numero uno, the infamous Angler Exploit Kit, has infected advertising on the
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/23
Apple iTunes Warns Customers about Email Scam
Leicestermercury.co.uk reported on 14th October, 2015, stating that Apple users have been warned about an email which claims to be from iTunes,
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/21
Ukrainian cyber-crook Being Tried Inside USA Following Transfer from Italy
Sergey Vovnenko a man from Ukraine who's 29-yrs-old has been moved from Italy to New Jersey (USA) for trial following accusation that he operated a
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/21
Single Mother Loses Huge Amount of Money in Email Scam
Bbc.com reported on 12th October, 2015, stating that a single mother, known as Amanda Jackson from County Down (Northern Ireland), has been left
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/21
Malware Strain Wreaking Havoc after Manipulating UK Bank A/Cs for a 20m Pounds Theft
Security experts are warning Internet-users to beware of certain malicious program with which cyber-criminals have stolen 20m pounds deposited in
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/20
KAT Becomes Unsafe So Firefox & Chrome Disable the Website
Users of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome Web-browsers accessing the well-known KAT (Kickass Torrents) a torrent website of late had been
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/20
Check Point Detects & Quarantines Wave of Cyber Assaults Hitting Israel’s Public Sector
Check Point the security company has had its researchers detect and quarantine an assortment of cyber assaults which were being aimed at Israel's
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/19
A PC-Hacking Case Under Investigation by Scotland Yard Closed
HELP NET SECURITY reported on 9th October, 2015, quoting a warning by researchers of security firm, Volexity`, as "a Cisco product is being
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/19
Red Funnel Customers Being Targeted by Scam Emails
Notably, Red Funnel is a ferry firm that transmits commuters, automobiles and cargo on ways linking the English mainland and the Isle of Wight.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/10/19
America’s Thrift Store Announces of Cyber Attack Laced with Malware
al.com reported on 12th October, 2015, quoting an announcement by the company as cyber attacks used malware to obtain personal information of shoppers
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/16
Georgian Drivers Being Targeted With New Email Scam
AJC.com reported on 8th October, 2015, stating that Georgia Department of Driver Services and the Georgia Department of Revenue of late warned
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/16
Experts Warn of the Burgeoning New Smart Chip Credit Card Email Scams
Within a few days of the expiry for business houses to install the all new smart chip credit card readers, scamsters have yet again stumbled on a
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/16
DStv Hoax Email Currently Targeting Naïve Internauts – Warn Security Experts
A DStv hoax email is currently masquerading across the Internet, targeting innocent Internauts, warned security experts in a recent disclosure, reported
...SPAMfighter News 2015/10/15
Winnti Gang starts Attacking Pharmaceutical & Telecom Businesses Too, Finds Kaspersky
According to Kaspersky the security company, the cyber-criminal gang widely employing its Winnti ware notoriously for spying on cyber space,
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/15
LinkedIn Acquiesces to Pay $13m Towards Settling Lawsuit
Mountain View, California (US) headquartered LinkedIn the business networking website is understood to make a $13m payment towards settling one
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/15
EnSilo - Moker RAT Moves Out Wildly Across the Internet
Infosecurity-magazine.com published news on 8th October, 2015, quoting security experts of Israeli cyber-security start-up enSilo as saying, "We
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/14
Spam Campaigns with Malware Impersonating Amazon Targets Netizens
Grahamcluley.com reported on 8th October, 2015 stating that a spam email containing malware is on the roll claiming to be from e-retail giant
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/14
Subscribers of Abbotsford Attacked by Netflix Email Scam
Globalnews.ca reported on 6th October, 2015 stating that an e-mail scam targeting subscribers of Netflix is causing some confusion among residents of
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/13
Standard US Company Face an Expense of $15m Annually from Hacking Assaults
Hewlett Packard along with Ponemon Institute of Cyber Crime based in USA has released one fresh report stating that a standard American company bore
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/13
Phishing E-mail campaigns continue to Trick USPS Employees
According to one federal watchdog, employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) keep on getting duped with malware-laced phishing e-mails almost 12
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/13
Malware-Borne scam E-mail Masquerading as DHL Caught- MailGuard
MailGuard the security company, of late, detected and deactivated a malware-laced e-mail campaign that scammers have been circulating while posing as
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/12
Outlook Web App of Microsoft Targeted with Malware, Finds Cybereason
According to Cybereason a security company, one fresh malware piece is attacking Microsoft's OWA (Outlook Web App), name of e-mail client.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/10/12
Hacker compromised People’s Webcams, Filmed them while Performing Sex
Leeds, England based 33-yr-old Stefan Rigo a hacker was recently labeled a sex offender because he hijacked the webcams of his victims for capturing
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/9
Russia-Based Hackers Might have Infiltrated Hillary Clinton’s Personal Email Server
Firstpost.com published news on 1st October, 2015 stating that hackers, linked with Russia, has tried at least five times to trap Hillary Clinton into
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/9
Cisco Eradicates Angler Exploit Kit, Halts $30m Ransomware Outbreak
Cisco the security company has had its researchers do big by eliminating Angler, halting one huge ransomware attack associated with the exploit kit
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/8
Trump Hotel Collection Confirms the Suffering of Data Breach
Softpedia.com reported on 29th September, 2015 stating that Trump Hotel Collection (THC) is a conglomerate of hotel properties owned by Donald Trump,
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/8
Fresh Upatre Trojan Phishing scam Attacks Windows XP, says AppRiver
AppRiver the security company recently exposed one fresh phishing scam, which uses the Upatre Trojan, while particularly attacks computers with the
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/8
Banker Trojans Dridex and Dyreza Re-Emerge Online
The infamous banker Trojans Dridex and Dyreza have reappeared within macro-based attacks that are rejigged and freshened, with Dyreza changing action
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/7
XOR DDoS Botnet has Become Capable to Compromise Linux Machines - Akamai
Security experts of security firm Akamai say that cybercriminals have created a botnet competent of 150+ gigabit-per-seconds (Gbps) DDoS or
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/7
Rutgers Working With Police to Trace Hacker after Recent Cyber Attack
Nj.com published news on 29th September, 2015 quoting the campus administrator as saying "Rutgers University (New Jersey, US) officials are
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/7
Russian Imprisoned for 4.5 years for Citadel Malware
Fbi.gov published news on 29th September, 2015 quoting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as saying "Dimitry Belorossov, a/k/a Rainerfox, has
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/6
New Malvertising Campaign Uses BSOD to Scam Internauts - Malwarebytes
Security firm Malwarebytes recently said that a new malvertising campaign employs the notorious Microsoft Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) to scam
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/6
Organizations in MENA Region Attacked by Middle Eastern Threat Group - Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab recently reported that a Middle Eastern Threat Group has been targeting organisations in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/6
Armin van Buuren has Become World’s most Dangerous Celebrity – Intel Security
THE ECONOMIC TIMES published on 29th September, 2015 quoting a new study by security vendor Intel Security, as "almost 1 out of 5 results
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/5
xHamster and other Major Porn Sites Assaulted By Massive Malware Attack - Malwarebytes
A cyber attack on a large number of adult websites, including the renowned xHamster site has been identified by security vendor Malwarebytes. The
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/2
Spear-Phishing Campaign Employs MS Word Flaw to Taint Users with Malware - Sophos
A spear phishing rip-off was recorded by security vendor Sophos in April and May 2015 employed an infamous MS word flaw to taint Internauts systems
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/2
Ransomware Increases Their Attacks on Small and Medium Businesses – Trend Micro
Security researchers of security firm Trend Micro say that having extorted millions from patrons over the last few years, creators of file-encrypting
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/2
AG Jim Hood Warns Consumers about Phishing Attacks
Attorney General (AG) Jim Hood of Mississippi, (US) recently claimed that an old rip-off has resurfaced yet again and thus warned patrons in the State
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/1
Naikon the Infamous Hacker Group is connected to Chinese Army
Toptechnews.com reported on 24th September, 2015 stating that cyber-security company ThreatConnect released a report stating that open source
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/1
Malware-Laced Scam Email Imitating American Airlines Circulating
Myonlinesecurity.co.uk published news during first week of September, 2015 quoting a warning by security experts as that an email entitled your ticket
SPAMfighter News 2015/10/1
Kaspersky Discharges Instant Update to Fix AV Vulnerability
Securityweek.com reported during the first week of September, 2015 stating that Kaspersky Lab has invented an update to tackle a serious AV flaw which
