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October 2019
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Weston students targeted by hackers via phishing emails
Recently in a phishing scheme, the hackers have targeted the Weston students. Numerous students have received emails stating that the accounts of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Russia-based hacking gang impersonates cyber spies of Iran
Cyber actors from Russia robed in like Iranian spies treacherously orchestrated attacks targeting different countries worldwide, the United States
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Phishing Attack on UAB Medicine impacted more than 19,500 Patients
The UAB (University of Alabama) Medicine is notifying patients regarding a phishing attack on Aug. 7, 2019, as a result of which email accounts of a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
Magnolia Pediatrics became victim of a ransomware attack
Magnolia Pediatrics based in Prairieville city of Louisiana became victim of a ransomware attack in Aug., which possibly has impacted several
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
Data breach in a New Zealand’s PHO puts medical details of around 1 million people at risk
A data breach in a New Zealand's PHO (Primary Health Organization) may have resulted in exposure of medical data of around 1 million people. These 1
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
City of Johannesburg announced breach of their network
City of Johannesburg in South Africa has announced breach of their network on the night of Oct. 24, 2019. Business Day has reported that this attack
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Cancer Treatment Centers of America notifying around 3,300 patients about data breach
Certain patients are getting notified by Cancer Treatment Centers of America (or CTCA) that some of their PHI (Protected Health Information) was
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Hacking of Hookers.nl leaked data of about 250,000 users
Hackers have obtained data as well as personal details of about 250,000 users of Hookers.nl, Dutch sex-work forum. The breach has been confirmed by a
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Servers that NordVPN relied upon breached in a hacking attack
NordVPN a renowned provider of VPN service lately admitted though not wanting to that it lost its TLS certificate code in a hacking attack. The
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/25
Fake plugins that mine crypto-currencies are targeting WordPress servers
Researchers from Sucuri, a website security as well as threat detection firm just spotted a number of WordPress plugins capable of helping mine
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/25
Beware of exploits attacking Google Home and Amazon Echo for spying and phishing on end-users
The Google Home and Amazon Echo like smart speakers are indeed useful devices; however, they come accompanied with several security concerns.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Ransomware attack on CHI Health impacted 48,000 Lakeside patients
CHI Health Lakeside Hospital, based in Omaha city, announced on Sep. 27, 2019, that it suffered from ransomware attack that might have exposed
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Phorpiex criminals spewing bulk sextortion e-mails from their botnet
Check Point the cyber-security company has said that its researchers were able to trace an origin from where sextortion e-mails recently were
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Around 1,000 patients' information of Kaiser Permanente got exposed in a data breach
As per a notice to the impacted patients, Kaiser Permanente has alerted about a data breach which took place in 2019 mid-August. The data breach has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/23
Malware-laden Tor Web-browser swindles Dark Web surfers off Bitcoin
Security researchers have uncovered a stealthy campaign which would not allow users of the Dark Web to mine crypto-currency. The online attackers
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/23
Cybersecurity breach in North Florida OB-GYN possibly compromises Protected Health Information
North Florida OB-GYN, based in Jacksonville city, has discovered that hackers have gained access to some portions of their networked computer
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
PHI of 9,160 Goshen Health patients possibly impacted in August 2018 email breach
Indiana-based Goshen Health has started informing 9,160 patients that a few of their PHI (Protected Health Information) might have been compromised,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
Malware operators using .WAV files for concealing harmful code
Over the recent months 2 reports have been published which tell about malware purveyors trying to utilize WAV audio folders for concealing harmful
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
Cornelia City faced ransomware attack for the third-time this year
City of Cornelia in Habersham County again faced a ransomware attack in the last week of September 2019. Habersham County is located in
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Ransomware attack on Sarrell Dental possibly impacted 391,472 patients
Alabama-based Sarrell Dental, a not-for-profit Children's dental as well as optical services provider, has suffered from a ransomware attack due to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Pitney Bowes hit with malware attack, a few systems inoperable
Pitney Bowes is the latest victim of cyber attack wherein malicious software encrypted data that a few of the company's systems contained, while
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Zendesk security breach in the year 2016 exposed data of around 10,000 customers
In the year 2016, Zendesk has suffered from a security breach which has exposed data of around 10,000 users, including email addresses, usernames,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/18
Sensitive information on the Drug Testing Subjects compromised
Tomo Drug Testing based in Springfield city, Missouri, is a provider of the drug screening services. The company has discovered that an unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/18
New Tarmac malware for macOS systems spreading through malicious ads
Security researchers just found one fresh strain of Mac malicious program although no one yet knows its full purpose as well as detail functions.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/17
Wood Ranch Medical will be permanently closed due to a ransomware attack
Another healthcare provider now has announced that they will permanently close their doors due to a ransomware attack. This time the devastating
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/17
Attor malware used in highly targeted attacks against diplomatic missions and government institutions
In a recent discovery by security researchers, a sophisticated malware program is being deployed for stealing information from diplomats along with
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/16
Two individuals detained in Montreal regarding Phone Company Bell Canada’s cyber assault
The National Division Cybercrime Investigative Team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) lately detained 2 persons from Montreal in connection
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/16
Peoples Injury Network Northwest suffered from ransomware attack
Peoples Injury Network Northwest (also known as PINN) is physical rehabilitation company for the industrial rehabilitation patients. Kent,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/15
Smominru is a fast spreading malware infecting 4,700 PCs daily
The Smominru malware, first detected during 2017, has since been infecting PCs in vast numbers. After infecting computers at the rate of 4,700 PCs per
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/15
Berry Family Services paid ransom to hackers
Berry Family Services, based in Rowlett city of Texas State in U.S., which offers health services to the disabled people as well as their families,
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/14
Hy-Vee declares card data hack after malware infected POS devices
An investigation spanning 2 months at Hy-Vee helped find that malicious software infecting its point-of-sale devices resulted in a data-hack
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/14
DoorDash confirmed data breach
DoorDash, a food delivery company, has said in their blog post breach notification on Sep. 27, 2019, that around 4.9 million customers, dashers
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/11
SEPTA suffered from a malware attack
An US transport authority has permanently closed their online store due to a malware attack. SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transport Authority)
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/11
Reductor infection compromises HTTPS traffic, spies into browser activity
Kaspersky recently detected one fresh malware attack which grabs control of the victims' exchange of messages with HTTPS while makes it possible for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/10
Servers of Northshore School District got hit with cyberattack
A cyberattack crippled several systems in Northshore School District (NSD), which covers the Bothell, the Kenmore and the Woodinville. On Friday
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/10
Guthrie Public Schools became victims of a ransomware attack
The Guthrie Public Schools was hit by a cyberattack on its system, according to Dr. Mike Simpson, the Superintendent. The officials of Guthrie
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
WhatsApp chats, messages, files vulnerable to hacks through malevolent GIFs
A security flaw has been revealed in WhatsApp which if exploited can help hijack chat sessions, messages as well as data files of users via sinister
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
Website of MCPSS is back up after the ransomware hack
The website of Mobile County Public Schools System (MCPSS) is back up as well as running after remaining down for 24 hrs. According to one school
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
Animates impacted by a data breach
Animates, the New Zealand-based pet supplies retailer, has shut down their website after learning that it suffered a data breach, thus affecting its
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/8
Airbus affected with multiple cyber assaults against its suppliers
Airbus the aerospace giant of Europe recently got affected with multiple attacks launched serially in a hacking campaign that targeted the company's
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/8
Erstwhile Yahoo employee admits committing offence of hacking users’ accounts
The office of U.S Attorney for the California northern district stated that an erstwhile employee of Yahoo admitted to breaking into several thousand
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/7
Microsoft, Cisco find new malicious program which makes ‘zombie proxies’ out of PCs
A malicious program just discovered makes "zombie proxies" out of PCs it infects, warns Microsoft. The malicious program, however, uses
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/7
Hospitals in Australia’s Victoria state go offline following ransomware assault
A few major hospitals in Victoria State were recently hacked within an alleged ransomware assault resulting in the closure of booking systems while
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Travis Central Appraisal District becomes victim of a ransomware attack
Travis Central Appraisal District suffered a cyberattack on Sep. 11, 2019. Travis Central Appraisal District has been responsible for providing
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Government Websites of Lee County back online after hit by a cyber attack
Access to as well as from the government websites of Lee County was restored early on Sep. 22, 2019, afternoon, four days after the resident's lost
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Campbell County Health suffered from a ransomware attack
Campbell County Health (CCH) in the Gillette city of Wyoming became victim of a cyberattack early on the morning of Sep. 20, 2019, which has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/3
Ontario’s Stratford City paid bitcoin worth more than $75,000 following cyber attack
Authorities in Stratford city of Ontario, Canada, in recent times paid a hacker bitcoin worth more than $75,000. City of Stratford has agreed to pay
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/3
Hackers attempted attack on Tibetans’ phones associated with Dalai Lama’s activities
The Citizens Lab digital rights activist lately published one report telling about how hackers attempted at infiltrating Android devices and iPhones
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
YouTube creators hit with account hijacks
An assault recently by malicious actors carried out in well-coordinated manner hijacked a massive number of creator accounts on YouTube. Those
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
Ramsey County increased victim count to 117,905 in the 2018 Phishing Attack
As per latest update, Ramsey County discovered that many more individuals were impacted in the Aug. 9, 2018, phishing attack than was previously
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
City of Woodstock suffered from a cyber attack
City of Woodstock in Cherokee County of Georgia, United States, is attempting to recover from the cyber attack that was successful in blocking
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