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February 2018

SPAMfighter News 2018/2/28

U.S Regulator SEC Releases New Guidelines on Cyber Security for Companies

 

The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) of United States, February 21, added points to its guidelines for public companies regarding what way

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/28

Null Character Defect of Windows 10 Enables Malware Hidden from Virus Scanning Tool

 

Attackers could pass malware to Windows 10's previous inbuilt tracking system by prepending invalid characters to the files. A security analysis

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/28

A Hacker Attacked Hardware Zone Forum, and 685,000 User’s Data were Stolen

 

HWZ was conformed about a serious data breach on Sunday exactly after a suspicious posting was found on a renowned tech forum website, SPH magazine

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/27

Phishing Attack Threatens Privacy of over 55,000 Snapchat Users

 

A complicated phishing campaign that one government official of UK flagged during July 2017 hacked more than 55,000 Snapchat users. A website named

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/27

Life-Saving Heart Devices can be Hacked, Warn Cardiologists

 

U.S cardiologists have cautioned that heart devices used to save life and which are dependent upon software/wireless communications have chances of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/27

Cloud Resources of Tesla Compromised for Mining Crypto-Currencies

 

Tesla the manufacturer of electric vehicles recently was victimized with an attack involving malware that would mine crypto-currency. On February

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/26

U.S. Air Force Runs Hacking Tests to Discover Vulnerabilities in its Websites

 

The test namely Hack the Air Force 2.0, of late, resulted in security researchers identifying more than 106 security flaws affecting more than 300

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/26

A Spyware Company’s Server has been Erased by a Hacker

 

It's been noteven a year since a socially-concerned hacker targeted the Florida stalkerware trader Retina-X's server, erasing out all the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/23

Spam and Phishing Techniques Effective, Finds Kaspersky

 

Spammers are now thoughtful actors as they waste no time keeping themselves updated with current global issues as well as important events worldwide

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/23

Indian Bank Defrauded of almost USD2m in Cyber-Attack

 

City Union Bank in India stated February 18 that cyber-crooks managing to hack its servers had transmitted almost $2m via 3 illegitimate remittances

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/23

Cyber Police of Ukraine and CiscoExposed Bitcoin Phishing Scam of $50 Mln

 

New information has been released by the security analyst of Cisco regarding Bitcoin phishing that include website impersonating asBlockchain.info,

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/22

UK and USA Attribute Destructive NotPetya Cyber Assault to Russia

 

Britain recently declared that Russian government was behind a worldwide cyber assault which chiefly struck businesses within Europe during 2017.

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/22

Two Russian Hackers to go Behind Bars in USA

 

A pair of men from Russia proved guilty of running one gigantic hack into the systems of Citibank, NASDAQ stock exchange along with some major

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/22

He was a Cybercriminal from North, for Money Making he was Sent to China

 

The hacker named "Jong" depicted his previous life to the Bloomberg Business, that he was a part of Kim Jong UN's hacker's army. They were

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/21

This Valentine’s Day brings along Dating Spam

 

Valentine's Day as much an opportunity for singles can mean difficult too, as zombie bots look towards exploiting their lonesome

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/21

Facebook’s ‘2FA’ Security System Lands into Trouble

 

The 2FA (two-factor authentication) arrangement of Facebook is being blamed because of certain peculiar design elements in it which over a long time

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/20

The Cryptocurrency Mining Malware has Targeted Government Websites

 

Governments started from the requirement to governas well as ensure citizen's security, however, some will most likely debate about how much that

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/20

Hackers Run Linux within Nintendo Switch, Possible with Vulnerability in Processor

 

Hackers worked tenaciously on Nintendo Switch at the time of its initial year's round, effectively abusing its browser while helping in introducing

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/20

Equifax Hackers may’ve Captured more info Compared to what was Initially Reported

 

Documents specially created for lawmakers reveal that a data breach against Equifax resulted in leakage of an even greater volume of clients'

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/19

Inside Story of North Korean Hacker Army

 

Hackers can utilize the Winter Olympic beginning next week to victimize travelers coming to attend the games in South Korea's Pyeongchang. Homeland

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/19

Hackers take over Winter Olympics of 2018

 

According to the Yonhap News agency reports, this year's Winter Olympics' inaugural ceremony faced a cyber-attack, February 9, as POCOG (PyeongChang

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/19

BitGrail Crypto-Currency Trader Asserts Losing USD195m in Hack

 

A little known crypto-currency exchange in Italy called BitGrail asserts hackers attacked it near the weekend and stole approximately $195m worth of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/16

Fresh Point of Sale Malicious Program Spotted

 

According to Forcepoint a security company, one fresh sample of PoS (point of sale) malicious program has been spotted which the company dubbed

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/16

Crypto-Currency Exchange Binance wasn’t Breached but had Server Problem

 

Binance a crypto-currency exchange based in Hong Kong stated it would neither recommence trading nor facilitate withdrawals for customers till

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/15

Twitter Accounts of Indian Public Figures Hacked

 

Beginning from 6th February, one hackers' syndicate that names itself Ayyildiz Tim and claims to be some cyber army from Turkey, infiltrated Twitter

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/15

The Hack that Compromised Uber’s U.S Clients’ Database

 

Approximately 25m people who suffered a compromise of their data at Uber because of a hack were residents of United States, John Flynn, chief

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/15

Samsung Smart Televisions are Vulnerable and can easily be Hacked

 

Hackers can exploit the security vulnerabilities of the huge number of so-called smart televisions. That is as per the Reports by Consumer, which

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/14

Two Suspects Charged over ATM Jackpotting

 

Two men will face trial for alleged involvement in one recent "jackpotting" case wherein a number of ATM machines were compromised within

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/14

Lauri Love Alleged to have Hacked U.S Agencies Wins Favorable Court Ruling

 

A so-called hacker from Britain recently received a favorable ruling from court that he wouldn't be extradited to USA.

 

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/13

UK Gearing to Drive Away Cyber Attacks


Cyber-criminals presently can't without difficulty hold the deceptive domains and malicious URLs utilized in phishing attacks over a few or more

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/13

An Actress Hacked the Twitter Account of Padraig Harrington’s


The account of, 6 times PGA Tour champion started uploading K-pop singer's as well as band's videos little more NSFW symbolism on yesterday or so. The

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/13

Amazon’s Smart Lock and Key System’s Integrity put to Challenge

A special Amazon key is an electrified lock and wireless-connected that delivery workers can tentatively disable while dropping things to businesses or

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/12

Phishing E-mail Results in Compromise of W-2 tax Forms of Batavia City Staff

 

According to Batavia authorities, around January-end, one phishing e-mail attack compromised the W-2 forms of city employees. The employees affected

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/12

Google Cleans Chrome Web Store off Eighty Nine Rogue Browser Extensions

 

A security company recently spotted as many as 89 malware tainted browser extensions within the web store of Chrome. In response, Google has

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/9

Police Caution Netflix Subscribers about Phishing E-mail

 

The Grand Rapids Police Department, on January 31, issued one public notice regarding certain phishing scam using Netflix's name. The scam attacks

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/9

Spectre and Meltdown Malware Samples Threatening CPU too could Explode

 

As the early samples of Spectre and Meltdown malicious programs start emerging, it's an indication that these central processing unit

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/9

In 2017 almost Half of the Companies are being Targeted by Ransomware

 

Ransomware keeps on being a serious problem over the world. About 54% of the companies surveyed attack in the most recent year. Furthermore, 31% of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/8

YouTube Visitors’ Computers Bogged Down via Crypto-Jacking

 

Crypto-jackers have been compromising YouTube advertisements so people accessing those advertisements were so affected that the malicious actors

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/8

'Hacker Confessing over Theft of Personal Information from GoGet Undergoing Prosecution

 

NSW Police recently detained one Illawarra man, aged 37, over charges he hacked into GoGet. According to allegation by the police, during the hack,

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/8

Ecommerce Websites Commonly Miss Safeguarding Customers Against Phishing Attacks

 

An e-mail analytics firm called 250ok recently conducted a study that shows ninety percent of the key websites that online retailers operate within

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/7

The Hackers didn’t Spare Experty ICO and $150,000 in Ethereum has been Stolen

 

Coincheck exchange of Japan was hacked and around $534 million was stolen. The extremely-waited token sale named ICO(Initial Coin Offering) by

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/7

Google, in 2017, Cleaned its Play Store off Harmful Applications

 

Within merely one year of 2017, Google cleaned its Play Store off more than 700K malware-tainted applications. The number is 70 percent over and

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/7

Cyber Attack Strikes Rabobank Closely Following Attacks Against Competitors

 

Among the large banks in The Netherlands, Rabobank was the No.3 to become subject of a cyber-assault on the morning of January 29 the day customers

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/6

USA too now Encountering ‘Jackpotting’ Hacks of their ATMs

 

A method of hacking into ATMs (automatic teller machine) earlier observed within Mexico, Europe and Asia is now being deployed in USA, such that the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/6

Computer Misuse and Fraud Bear Greater Chances Over Loot

 

The most recent crime estimates related to Wales and England reveal that computer misuse and fraud incidents counted 4.7m during twelve months

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/6

After the Coincheck Incident, Cryptocurrencies Regain Profit

 

Coincheck is a cryptocurrency exchange in Tokyo, they announced the loss of 58 billion yen in client assets because of an attack. That's the biggest

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/5

YouTube Ads Serving Up Crypto-Currency Mining Malicious Code

 

An ad campaign of malicious nature is circulating online, and it seemingly has got onto YouTube as well. The involved malware installs certain code

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/5

Swipes and Photos from Tinder can be Hacked

 

It can be very easy to hack Tinder photos as the application doesn't have the encryption facility, states one fresh report from Security Company

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/5

After the Disclosure of Phishing Attacks, all the Industries are at Risk

 

Another KnowBe4 investigation of phishing strategy about top industries reveals, small insurance firms have the highest rate of phishing-prone

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/2

Teen Boy Hacks into Social Media A/Cs of Cricketer Mohammad Siraj

 

An offensive act of facing a PC screen to take control over people's accounts, while using their private pictures or information with sinister

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/2

Bell Canada Informs its Customers about Hack into their Private Information

 

Bell Canada recently admitted that hackers got away with its customers' personal information. According to the telco, the stolen details included

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/1

For the purpose of Downloading Ransomware, Criminals Created SpriteCoin Cryptocurrency

 

SpriteCoin is said to be the latest cryptocurrency in the market, as promoted in the forum and it is sure that this will be quite beneficial for the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/1

Another Console ‘PlayStation 4’ Compromised after the Nintendo Switch

 

In addition to the Nintendo Switch as homebrew enthusiasts' and hackers' popular target, the PlayStation 4 system is also attractive to

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SPAMfighter News 2018/2/1

2017 Witnessed 130bn Pounds Loss for Global Cyber-Crime Victims

 

A new research by Norton the computer security company reveals that during 2017, consumers suffered a loss of 130bn pounds across the world due to

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