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March 2019
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/29
Cyber assaults aimed at “industrial control systems” escalating
Cyber attacks aimed at ICS (industrial control systems) impacted 47.2 percent of PCs getting protection from Kaspersky Lab the security company,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/29
Ransomware incident at Norsk Hydro takes total loss to $40m
Norway headquartered multinational manufacturer Norsk Hydro a major aluminum producer globally reported during the week of 18th March that it fell
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/29
Data of the students applying for the admission hacked in 3 U.S. Colleges
Three colleges across United States were hacked, and the hackers are now seeking ransom to hand over the information.
In recent times,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/28
Over 600,000 Residents of Michigan affected by the Wolverine Solutions Breach, warns Michigan AG
Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, has warned the Michigan residents about ransomware attack on Wolverine Solutions Group (WSG) based in
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/28
Live Update software of ASUS hacked for thrusting backdoor into client PCs
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab the cyber-security company state that cyber-criminals misused a globally major computer manufacturer, ASUS for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/28
Kathmandu Holdings 'urgently' investigating Security Incident possibly exposing the customer info
Kathmandu Holdings, the Outdoor Clothing Retailer, has confirmed that an "urgent" investigation is currently getting conducted by them
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/27
Ongoing phishing scams reportedly targeting AMEX and Netflix clients
Office 365 Threat Research Team just discovered 2 separately running phishing campaigns attacking customers of American Express and Netflix for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/27
North Carolina county government suffered third time from a ransomware infection in last 6 Years
A North Carolina county government has suffered third time from a ransomware infection in the last six years.
As per the statement
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/27
Email Account Breach of Covenant Care impacted 7,858 Patients
Covenant Care, a network of skilled nursing and residential care facilities, in the Aliso Viejo city of California discovered that an unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/26
Police Federation of UK subject of ransomware infection
Police Federation of the United Kingdom recently substantiated it was struck with a cyber-attack. An organisation akin to a union and forming
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/26
60% of Firms suffering from Cyberattack every year in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the organisations suffering from cyberattack is continuing to increase, as 60% of firms have been suffering from cyberattack every year,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/26
Crypto, forex exchange Israeli fintech organizations targeted with Cardinal RAT
Palo Alto Networks the cyber-security company in its March 19 publication through its threat research wing Unit 42 states that a particular malware
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/25
Patient Data of Milestone Family Medicine potentially breached after EHR Hack
Milestone Family Medicine, previously with the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, started notifying patients recently that an unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/25
Hacked school district in Georgia thwarts attempt of stealing the payroll funds
Two-factor authentication foiled an attempt of stealing around $2 Million of payroll funds from Southern Georgia's Thomas County School System, as
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/22
Ransomware attack strikes Norwegian aluminum company Norsk Hydro
A very big aluminum manufacturing company in the world has been one recent victim of certain severe ransomware attack which led to the closure of all
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/22
Cloud software provider ‘Visma’ of Norway hacked by hacking group APT10
Hacking group called APT10, who were believed to be working for the Chinese intelligence agencies, hacked and then stolen data from a Norwegian
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/22
Around 400,000 Patients impacted by ransomware attack on Columbia Surgical Specialists in Spokane
Columbia Surgical Specialists in Spokane city of Washington impacted by a ransomware attack, which has possibly allowed unauthorized individuals
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/20
Old Mirai bot appears in new, more destructive variant
A known malware Mirai in a new variant is designed to infect Internet of Things (IoT) devices facilitating even unskilled online manipulators to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/20
Phishing attacks victimized nearly 50% of UK organisations
In UK, nearly 50% of all business entities were victimized with phishing attacks during 2017-18, with the bigger organizations possibly getting
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/20
2018 saw Phishing Attacks increased by 250%
Microsoft's new report found that there is increase in phishing attacks by 250% between Jan. and Dec. 2018. According to the SIR (Security
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/19
Warning issued by Attorney General of Nevada to beware of ‘Fortnite’ online game scam
A warning has been issued to the players and the parents by Aaron Ford, Nevada's Attorney General, about possible scams related to the popular
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/19
Woman lose $4,000 after receiving phishing text message
Ms Kyan Tan, assistant manager in finance industry, after receiving one text message from United Overseas Bank (UOB) last Thursday (i.e. on February
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/19
New DMSniff POS malware targets SMBs
The threat intelligence company Flashpoint in its new research discusses a point-of-sale (POS) malicious program that seems to be proliferating
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/18
Phishing Attack on UConn Health exposes Personal Information of around 326,000 Patients
Phishing as well as other hacking incidents, in recent times, have led to numerous reported big health data breaches that include the latest
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/18
More than 120,000 patients notified by HAP that they are possibly impacted by the Wolverine Breach
More than 120,000 patients notified by Health Alliance Plan (HAP) that their personal as well as medical data was possibly breached by a ransomware
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/18
Data Breach impacted more than 4700 patients of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital of Grand Rapids City, Michigan, has announced that more than 4,700 patients have had few of its Protected
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/15
Fresh Android adware discovered inside over 200 applications on Play Store
Security researchers recently came across one novel form of adware targeting mobile phones as it hides inside a large number of Android applications.
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/15
Ex-High School Teacher was sentenced to prison in the 2014 Celebgate Hacking Case
An ex-high school teacher of Virginia was sentenced on Friday (i.e. on March 1, 2019) to almost 3 yrs. in the prison for hacking the private digital
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/15
Columbia State Community College classes shut down for 2 Days
Columbia State Community College classes in Columbia, Tennessee, was reopened on Wednesday (i.e. on February 27, 2019) after college's network as well
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/14
Nine employees email accounts of Rutland Regional Medical Center accessed by Hackers
Rutland Regional Medical Center of Rutland City, which is largest community hospital of Vermont state, recently learnt about an incident which may
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/14
Crypto-currency miners continue to be most virulent e-threat
A newly-conducted threat analysis of global malware reveals that crypto-currency miners workable through Web-browsers are threats that have maximum
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/13
Warning issued over 'Voice Phishing' scam where fraudsters claims they will fix issues related to Broadband
A warning has been issued for the people to beware from a "voice phishing" scam, where the fraudsters pretend to be calling from one
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/13
Many students of the Central Michigan University were hacked after opening phishing scam emails
Many students of the Central Michigan University were hacked after they opened emails having the bright blue button which says "click here to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/12
Patients of Florida’s Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Center Impacted by Data Breach
The Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Center of AdventHealth Medical Group has discovered that its systems have been accessed by the hackers, and as a
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/12
Georgia County victim of ransomware, pays ransom of USD400K
Jackson County, Georgia's computers were recently hit with a ransomware assault causing a drastic slowdown of government activity till the officials
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/12
AZ Plastic Surgery Center refused to give extortion to TDO
TheDarkOverLord (TDO) hacked another healthcare provider yet again. This time the plastic surgeon of Arizona, Dr. Robert Spies computer network has
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/11
Network hack of Sharecare Health Data Services possibly breached data of AltaMed and Blue Shield Patients
Sharecare Health Data Services (SHDS) notified recently about a network hack to AltaMed Health Services as well as California Physicians Service
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/11
IRS cautions about ongoing tax-related phishing frauds
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert for taxpayers about online phishing scams which are ongoing resulting in identity theft and
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/8
Fake SSOs login windows steal passwords of Facebook Users
Now, the phishers are deploying new ways and means to trick people and steal their Facebook password. As per the researchers, phishers are doing
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/8
Innumerable Israeli websites compromised in ransomware assault
A massive 1m Israeli websites were hacked during Saturday-Sunday past week. The websites prominently were those of well-known telecom companies and
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/8
Server of Hampton Roads Community Health Center was compromised
A Virginia-based healthcare service provider of Portsmouth becomes the victim of data security breach. Hampton Roads Community Health Center (HRCHC)
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/7
Chinese hackers blamed over seeking military secrets through cyber-attacks on 27 universities
iDefense the cyber-security company reports that Chinese hackers selected more than 24 universities inside USA and other countries with the purpose
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/7
One million accounts of StreetEasy have been hacked
Around one million accounts of StreetEasy have been hacked. The information of these accounts was put for sale on dark web, confirmed StreetEasy on
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/7
Bank hacking for theft of money by North Koreans surging, state U.S officials
Officials at USA state that North Korea in a desperate move to get cash has been increasingly launching cyber attacks against various businesses but
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/6
More than 7,000 patients got notified about the Malware Attack on PCMH
Pawnee County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) in Pawnee City of Nebraska has notified more than 7,000 patients that a few of their PHI (Protected Health
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/6
Hackers attempted to steal around €13 million from Bank of Valletta in Malta
Malta's oldest and one of the largest banks, Bank of Valletta (i.e. BOV), resumed its operations on February 14, 2019, after it completely shut down
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/5
FINRA issues warning for Brokerage firms about recent phishing attack
An information notice has been issued by the FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) to the brokerage firms about an ongoing phishing email
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/5
Actress Pooja Devariya and Megha Akash becomes latest cybercrime victim
Now-a-days actors and famous celebrities becoming hacking victims have been increasing. Social media accounts and cell phones of the celebrities often
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/5
‘Momo Challenge’ the dangerous suicidal game interrupts children’s programs on YouTube
YouTube the video sharing service of Google has been repeatedly getting Momo Challenge the notorious girl character with creepy feelings during the
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/4
Bronze Union cyber-attack syndicate from China hacked for weapons technologies
Bronze Union a cyber attack syndicate is reported to have tried capturing details online about advanced weapons technologies while also spying on
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/4
2,143 Patients were impacted by the Phishing Attack on United Hospital District
United Hospital District - that is located in the Blue Earth City of Minnesota - has discovered that patient information have been exposed and then
SPAMfighter News 2019/3/1
Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry website and several others website hacked
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website along with Pakistan Army website and several others Pakistani websites were reported to be
...SPAMfighter News 2019/3/1
Cyber-crooks shift focus from ransomware onto crypto-jacking
During 2017, cyber-criminals launched most attacks with ransomware such as NotPetya and WannaCry and netted dollars counting to millions as they
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