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November 2017
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/30
Necurs becomes Active again by Thrusting Scarab Ransomware Outbreak
Forcepoint Security Labs has noted ransom software named "Scarab" that's getting spread from Necurs the notorious network-of-bots. The
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/30
Imgur Just Learns about a 2014 Hack into its User Accounts
The widely visited picture sharing website Imgur disclosed on November 26, 2017 that certain data hack struck it during 2014 which it came to know
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/30
Credit Cards of Steven Nolan are Hacked being on Air
When BBC talks show hostStephen Nolan we live on television, he interrupted the Wednesday night show and reveled the incidence of hack of his credit
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/29
Phony Google Advert Redirected Visitors onto Scam Site Instead of Amazon
A few Google users who were doing a Web hunt to access amazon.com on November 23rd the Thanksgiving Day, landed on a fake advert which showed them
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/29
Malvertising Attack Strikes Pornhub Website Users
Security researchers think malware infection possibly targeted users of Pornhub the adult website. According to Proofpoint the cyber-security
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/28
Phony Website Copying Symantec’s Blog Disseminates Malicious Program
Symantec the software company based in California in a new report warns about one phony website that is a copy of Symantec's blog. As a matter of fact, the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/28
Canadian Businesses Targeted with Spear-Phishing Bank-Related E-mails
SMBs in Canada are receiving highly personalized spear-phishing assaults that certain gang is spearheading while attempting at getting employees towards
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/28
$31 Million Tokens were Stolen from Tether by Hackers
Bitcoin took a journey of past $8000 out of the blue this week, however the journey was not smooth for Tether- the start-up agency that changes currency to
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/27
Uber Held Back Notification of Gigantic Data Breach
Uber covered up one gigantic global hack in which private data belonging to 57m vehicle hirers and car drivers were stolen during October 2016. The company
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/27
Holiday Shoppers are the Target, Beware of Infected Black Friday Application
U.S. customers were prepared to avail the shopping gift card of Cyber Monday and Black Friday. In this regards RickIQ, the threat management agency warned
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/24
The New DNS System ‘Quad9’ of IBM to Stop Phishing and Botnet Assaults
Past week IBM Corp. launched one fresh DNS (Domain Name System) facility available at free-of-cost. The service is named Quad9 for whose launch
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/24
Jennifer Lawrence a Victim of Terrible Hack
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, aged 27, encountered an unforeseen situation when her intimate photos got put up on the Web following a hack into
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/24
Android Users have Lost Money for Installing Virus Affected Apps
Avast has published a latest news stating that, a new malware has come up named BankBot t has targeted the account holders of large banks which
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/23
Hackers could Compromise Vehicle Software causing Uncountable Deaths, Ministers Warned
Modern cars can well invite hackers from adversary nation-states who use Britain's streets to take revenge on citizens, so is a warning to the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/23
Android Mobile Platform Recipient of Maximum Malware Attacks
The new Threat Intelligence Report from Nokia states that the maximum malware attacks waged against mobile platform are targeted on the Android.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/22
Spurt of Malevolent Applications Seen in Google Play Store
ESET the security company found 8 downloadable applications from Google Play Store with a Trojan Dropper in each app. Trojan Dropper is referred to
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/22
Apparel Retail Company FOREVER 21 Notifies about Credit Card Data Hack
FOREVER 21 a clothing store informed customers November 14 about a possible victimization of its stores during one data hack recently. Actually, an
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/22
Amazon Key with an IoT Camera is Potentially Prone to Hack
'Amazon Key' is the latest delivery service of Amazon. It makes possible for delivery persons to reach goods parcels to apartments and homes. The
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/21
Minister Condemns Hackers for Liking a Porn on Twitter
Christopher Pyne senior minister of Australian government recently condemned Web-hackers as behind compromising his official A/C on twitter.com and
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/21
Apple’s New 3D Face Recognition Security Cracked
A tech firm asserts that it circumvented the most recent Apple security of three-dimensional face recognition after carrying out a hack worth $150.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/20
The Threat of Crypto-Currency Mining Malware
CheckPoint Software a provider of cyber-security solutions cautions about threat from malicious software 'CoinHive' that mines crypto-currency and
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/20
Latest Banking Malware IcedID Already at Par with Contemporaries
IcedID is the latest banking Trojan detected on the Web. Even though quite recent on the cyber-crime landscape, IcedID's abilities are easily
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/20
Anti-Virus Software now with Security Flaw
We use anti-virus software for keeping us protected from malicious programs of all kinds lurking online; however, deceitful cyber-criminals have been
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/17
Parity Wallet Owners’ Funds Blocked due to Vulnerability
Very recently, Parity Tech a widely used crypto-currency wallet company declared its Ethereum worth $300m got inadvertently blocked because of a
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/17
Google Play Store Cleared Off Malware, but they Keep Coming Back
Simultaneous to securing its Chrome browser once again, Google is also making the efforts for sanitizing its Play Store so as to safeguard Android
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/15
White Hackers Swindle Face ID Feature of iPhone Using Three-Dimensional Printed Mask
Face ID is the latest flagship scheme of Apple's iPhone X that secures the device while hackers quite easily and so obviously attack it. Only seven
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/15
Phishing Victims Easiest to Get Hijacked
The year 2016 was possibly largely regarding ransomware attacks; however, one can't forget the high-profile hacks along with credential exposures that
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/15
The Tales of Yahoo, Equifax Breaches Continue
Executives of Yahoo as well as Equifax played witness while facing Congress November 8, to apologize for enormous scales of hacks on their networks
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/14
Sophos’ Latest Report Delves into Ransomware Attacks Worldwide
According to one fresh report, India ranks within the 7 most ransomware-attacked nations, with such cyber assaults not simply targeting Windows PCs;
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/14
Bloomfield District School Website Defaced with ISIS Propaganda Video
Bloomfield Public School District issued an alert that its website, which Schooldesk hosts, was hacked around 4 a.m. on November 6, 2017. The site
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/13
Newton Schools District Website Hacked along with Many Other School Sites
The website of Newton Public Schools district happened to be one among approximately 800 websites belonging to other school districts that a hacking
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/13
New banking assault clubs date theft, Trojan infection and phishing
In a new attack mode, cyber-criminals have clubbed 3 tactics together viz. stealing credentials, planting banker Trojans and phishing victims off
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/9
TPG Internet Pays Hefty Fine Having Violated Spam Act
By paying a fine amounting $360K, TPG Internet is at last not spamming customers unwilling to receive SMS messages from the telecom company.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/9
A Group of Hackers from Russia Targeted Email Accounts across the Globe
The hackers who troubled the elections for US Presidential had targeted beyond the campaigns of Hilary Clinton, attacking the emails of officers of
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/8
The iOS 11 Most Recent Version by now is Hacked
With some new features, iOS 11 definitely is an extremely good upgrade; however, lot of people who promptly upgraded to the next-G operating system
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/8
CryptoShuffler Stole $150,000 by Replacing Bitcoin Wallet IDs in PC Clipboards
'CryptoShuffler Trojan' is the new malware discovered by the lab researchers of Kaspersky. It is the malware used by cybercriminals to robber crypto
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/8
‘Hetzner’ of South Africa Confirms Breach of its Key Database‘Hetzner’ of South Africa Confirms Breach of its Key Database
A chief database that 'Hetzner,' a major service provider of website hosting and operator of a data center in South Africa is reportedly hacked,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/7
Hackers Attack Global Banks with Just Found ‘Silence’ Banking Trojan
One fresh banker Trojan has been detected and found employing techniques resembling ones that the Carbanak employed. The Trojan has been targeting
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/7
Analysis Discovers over 3,200 Distinct Phishing Toolkits
E-mail phishers keep searching more effective techniques to earn greater profits. Often they use previously used material whereby they package
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/6
Play Store Reveals Three Malicious Applications for Mining Monero Coins
Trend Micro the cyber-security company discovered two malware strains -CpuMiner and JsMiner hanging at the back of three applications even as the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/6
Phishing Attacks Still in Force
A worrying 91% of hacking incidences start with a phishing assault that utilizes a socially engineered tactic and an e-mail message for acquiring
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/6
North Korea Condemned with Hacking Warship Blueprints from South
Hackers from North Korea yet again made a successful win having stolen blueprint documents from South Korea; the documents being of submarines and
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/3
Vulnerability in LG Products Leads to Hacking and Compromise of Privacy
In a household of Internet-of-Things, suppose a dishwasher's lights continuously flashes, the smart oven keeps turning itself off and on, while the
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/3
Bad Rabbit Ransomware on the Prowl
The Bad Rabbit ransomware has been described as moderately severe, courtesy CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team). The malware
SPAMfighter News 2017/11/2
The WikiLeak’s Hacked Emails Reached By Trump-Linked Company
The chief executive of a data-analytics organization that once worked for the campaign of President Donald Trump contacted Julian Assange, the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/2
Ursnif Banking Trojan Targeted Japan
As confirmed by the IBM X-Force data on the functionality of financial malware practiced by cybercrime groups, the Ursnif, also known as Gozi, the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/2
British Royal’s Plastic Surgery Threatened by Hackers to Disclose the Proof
A plastic surgery clinic in London has become the victim of a cyber-attack. According to a spokesperson for the London Bridge Plastic Surgery it has
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/1
Google Play Protect is Lowest Scorer for Anti-Malware Testing
Google's only difficult time lately isn't the release of its Pixel 2 understood to misguide users, but seemingly its anti-malware software namely
...SPAMfighter News 2017/11/1
Third Quarter 2017 Witnessed 600% Rise in URL e-Mails Delivering Malware
The recently published Quarterly Threat Report by Proofpoint tells that malware-laced e-mails which deliver banking Trojans and ransomware programs
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