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March 2018

SPAMfighter News 2018/3/30

USA Indicts Iranian Nationals for Cyber-Assaults on Universities

 

On March 23, U.S. Department of Justice declared indictments on 9 Iranians for trying to hack a large number of United States along with

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/30

Six QR Reader and One Smart Compass Apps Infected with Malware on Google Play

 

Android malware appears as lurking everywhere. Often over some weeks, there's one fresh batch of apps we get to find on Google's Play Store

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/30

Narendra Modi App Alleged to Share End-Users’ Personal Info with Clever Tap

 

According to Elliot Alderson, a security researcher from France, the Narendra Modi app a private mobile application belonging to Narendra Modi PM of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/29

Hack on City Services Declared by Atlanta Officials

 

Kesha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Mayor declared Thursday afternoon regarding computer service of the city was hacked. City authorities say Atlanta is

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/29

Five Higher Academia Institutions Join to Mitigate E-threats

 

Purdue University, Northwestern University, Indiana University, Nebraska-Lincoln University and Rutgers University have declared their OmniSOC's

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/28

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Discusses Data Breach on the Social Site

 

Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook issued a statement on March 21 after the social site encountered a massive data-hack during an incident with

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/28

Guccifer 2.0, Hacker of DNC Found Operating from Russian Intelligence Agency

 

U.S investigators recently found hacker Guccifer 2.0 the person claiming responsibility of the hack into Democratic National Committee server at the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/28

A 15 Years Old Hacker gets into the Protected Ledger of Crypto Wallet

 

Saleem Rashid is a 15-year-old programmer who discovered a fault in the well-known wallet of Ledger hardware that enables crooks to seize

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/27

Hackers from Russia gave Blackout Threatening to Britain

 

Spy heads have asked power organizations to strengthen their security in fears of Kremlin breach could createblackouts over Britain.The National

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/27

Delhi Woman Victim of Bitcoin Wallet Theft

 

Indian police are reportedly conducting an investigation in Delhi, capital city of the country in connection with certain theft of bitcoin in which

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/26

Travel-Booking Company Orbitz Encounters Hack into Customers’ Card Details

 

Orbitz the widely-accessed travel-booking website reportedly been hacked, it's assumed, possibly leaking payment card details belonging to people

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/26

New Fakebank Trojan Records Android Users’ Calls to Bank

 

Symantec the security company has issued an alert that one fresh strain of Fakebank the malicious program designed for targeting Android devices is

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/23

Visitors to Pirate Websites More Chanced to Contract Malware

 

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who recently conducted a study uncovered that browsing pirate websites for too long is likely to endanger

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/23

The Power Utility of Puerto Rico is Hacked; Butthe Customers’ Data are Safe

 

The Bankrupt power service of Puerto Rico, PREPA claimed on Monday it was hacked during the weekend, however, customer's data was not stolen.

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/23

POS Malware Prilex Evolves into All-Inclusive Tool Suite

 

Prilex, one kind of malware which targets point-of-sale devices and characteristically steals payment card info or money from ATMs and retail

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/22

Michigan State Undergoes Critical Audit of Computer Network Security

 

According to auditor general of Michigan, computer systems of Michigan State can be easily attacked as the cyber-security arrangements of the state

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/22

Following Threat on Ex-Spy, UK very Cautious of Cyber Attack from Russia

 

Within days following Theresa May Prime Minister of United Kingdom saying she wouldn't allow twenty three Russian diplomats to continue office in

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/21

The Aadhaar System, How Secure is it

 

The Government of India's Aadhaar project, an ambitious identity scheme of UIDAI, holds globally the most voluminous biometric database wherein a

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/21

Taxpayers Become Vulnerable to Latest Phishing Scams

 

Tax seasonimplies phishing crooks are out in a group, attempting to take identities of customers and bluff them out of the customer' tax refund. The

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/21

Ransomware Like before Major Problem in Threat Landscape

 

Ransomware is still a very big problem globally, as 54% of organizations polled had become victims during 2017 while an additional 31% are

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/20

Twitter Account of Air India got Hacked by a Group of Turkish Hackers

 

The authorized Twitter control of Air India seemed to have been compromised by a hacker group from Turkey, which uploaded a bunch of bizarre tweets.

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/20

Google Search, an Easy Way for Hacking Most Smart Devices

 

Security researchers loosened the parts of a number of common devices as well as reverse engineered their operations to easily uncover severe

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/19

WeChat, the Chinese Social Networking Site is Banded by Australian Military

 

There is a prohibition of using WeChat for Australian Defense Department' members. Australian Financial Review said on Sunday, authorities in the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/19

Microsoft Cautions about Employees Using Crypto-Miners on Enterprise Computers

 

Microsoft is warning businesses about a dangerous threat lurking on the Web. This is the coin-mining Trojans attacking in massive volumes on Windows

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/19

Malware Increasingly for MacOS Since 2017

 

Malware created for attacking Windows computers continue to be most common within the threat scenario; however, computer attackers are gradually

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/16

CCleaner Malware that Endangers Enterprise Networks

 

During 2017, hackers thrust malware into certain edition of CCleaner a computer maintenance application. Presumably, they were since getting ready

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/16

Beware of the Ransomware Hack in Your Robot-Like Laptop

 

Analyst at security agency IOActive managed to direct what may be the world's latest ransomware assault on robots a week ago - a technique that if

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/15

Yahoo Unable to Dismiss Class Action against it Completely

 

Following a mega data-hack of Yahoo accountholders in 2014 the affected customers have filed a class action suit against the e-mail

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/15

Players of ‘Fortnite’ Vulnerable to Hack, Safety Tips Suggested

 

'Fortnite,' today, is a very popular game globally, and hackers are taking advantage of this ubiquity by exploiting its vulnerabilities. Indeed, it

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/15

Binance Offers Reward of $250,000 for Capturing the Hackers

 

The world's largest digital-currency exchange world, Binance has requested help from public for capturing the hackers that endeavor to hack money

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/14

Slingshot, an APT, Infects Via Routers

 

Kaspersky Lab researchers recently detailed one probable state-sponsored outbreak with an "Advanced Persistent Threat" which nothing could

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/14

Olympic Destroyer Creator Deceptively Linked the Worm with Hackers from North Korea

 

A computer worm called Olympic Destroyer was targeted at the Pyeongchang Olympics of 2018, while its creator falsely attributed it to hackers of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/13

Over 150 Android Applications Attempted Contaminating Smart-Phones via Windows Malware

 

Next to Microsoft Windows, Android has been built as a highly resourceful operating system. For it to run there is no specified display size; it is

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/13

Truecaller Discloses Women are Harassed more than Men

 

Joining the global festival "International Women's Day", a report released by Truecallernamed 'Understanding the Impact of Harassment

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/13

The Malware to Destroy the Olympic is actually False Flag Bomb

 

An analysis on Olympic Destroyer malware that is utilized in the PyeongChang Olympics assault uncovers, how deliberately advertisers implant the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/12

Gigantic Coin-Mining Attack Hit Almost One-Half Million Computers

 

Around 6th March, an extremely advanced fresh malware strain began hitting Windows PCs. Within a short time of 12-hrs, it tried contaminating almost

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/12

IRS Cautions about Fraudulent E-mail Scams

 

Taxpayers are continuously being targeted with e-threats. Thus, IRS has made a list of e-mail phishing campaigns circulating online and graded them

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/12

Algerian International Football Star Mahrez’s Social Media Account Hacked

 

A post, which could be seen on the Facebook page of Mahrez March 6th, suggested that the football player from Algeria had decided

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/9

Spotify Sends Out Stern Warning to ‘Premium’ Hackers

 

Spotify, which is globally the largest paid service for music, in fact, supports free accounts in numbers greater than paid accounts. Unfortunately,

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/9

Germany Encounters Hack into its Key Government Network

 

According to parliament committee members of Germany, an ongoing cyber attack against computer systems of German government is understandably from

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/8

No Email Hacking Proof was Found by IG, Associated to Travel Infamy

 

Investigator hasn't revealed any evidence that David Shulkin, Veterans Affairs Secretary said email hacking, which might have added to a course of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/8

German Government Computers Infiltrated, Russia’s Hacking Group Fancy Bear Suspected

 

Germany declared on February 28 a hack which hit the computer network of its government and which was tamed so security officials could investigate

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/8

Cyber Attacks Spreading Malicious Software to Rise During 2018

 

According to one new report by Cisco, malware attacks are set to rise during the forthcoming months worldwide. Malware, which in full notation is

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/7

RCMP, CSE will Receive New Digital-Crime Fighting Agencies as per Government Budget

 

To fight cybercrime, administration will invest over half of a billion USD in coming 5 years and redesign the old cybersecurity system of Canada.

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/7

Estimated Cost of Cybercrime Reaches to $600 Billion

 

Cybercrime is standing in the third rank in dollar esteem as worldwide scourgeestimated losses near to $600 billion every year, or around 1% of

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/7

Cybersecurity Industry of Ice Georgia was Terrorized by Computer Hacking Bill

 

Proposed enactment, aimed for criminal attackers, is so comprehensively written expertsclaim, it would criminalize the key way cybersecurity

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/6

One-Stop Fake Certificate Agency for Every Requirement of Malware-Signing

 

A decade ago the worm that attacked the nuclear program of Iran, the Stuxnet was a big size of malware for many reasons. Important among them, its

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/6

Bulk Tweet has been Prohibited from Twitter to Avoid Spam

 

Issue with Twitter spam is not new; however, it reached a critical stage when it was uncovered that a huge number of troll accounts of Russia

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/5

Malware Developer Utilized Stolen Certificates to Dodge Malware Blockers

 

A latest report, issued by Recorded Future, has discovered criminal groups have raised their utilization of certificates to dodge some tools that

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/5

As per the Scientists, our Planet could be Hacked by Space Aliens

 

It is 2050 and from an extraterrestrial intelligence Earth has got its first interstellar transmission. The news is met with a blend of excitement

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/5

$1 Billion has been Devoted in Federal Budget of Canada to Fight Cybercrime

 

Canada isn't known for involving lots of cash into anything associated with protection, not at least when contrasted with its other activities that

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/1

Local Council of UK is under Excessive Pressure of Cyberattack

 

UK Council' IT systems are hit by cybercriminals and other crooks at about 37 times in each minute. The discoveries reveal the huge size of the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/1

Hackers Exploit Tinder Vulnerability, Compromise Accounts using End-Users’ Mobile Number

 

Only last month experts found that there was vulnerability within Tinder the dating application which if exploited can allow strangers to view the

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SPAMfighter News 2018/3/1

Cyber Crime Worldwide Costs around 600 Billion Dollars Annually

 

The yearly cost of digital crime has reached $600 billion globally, powered by developing sophistication of attackers and multiplication of criminal

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