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April 2015
SPAMfighter News 2015/4/30
ANZ Bank Phishing Scam on the Roll - Warn Experts
A hoax email entitled 'online alert' impersonating (Australia and New Zealand) bank, headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, is currently targeting the bank's
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/30
AFP Warns About Phony Traffic-Themed Emails
Afp.gov.au reported on 28th April, 2015 stating that Australian Federal Police (AFP), the federal police agency of Australia, is now warning public about a
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/29
Colombian Hacker Jailed for 10 Years for Spying
Theregister.co.uk reported on 15th April, 2015 stating that a Colombian hacker, Andres Sepulveda, has been imprisoned for ten long years for secretly spying
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/29
Banking Botnets Continue to Appear Despite Takedowns - Dell
The register.co.uk published a report on 23rd April, 2015 quoting a new study of Dell SecureWorks as "Banking botnets continue to be a threat despite
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/29
Australia Suffers Cybercrime Damages Worth $1bn Every Year - ACC
Cybercrime costs over $1 billion every year to Australia, and malware is deemed as the biggest threat to the nation, said the ACC or (Australian Crime
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/28
Sony Hackers Employed Apple ID Phishing Campaign, Claims New Study
North Korean cybercriminals probably employed phony Apple email IDs delivered to Information Technology administrators at SPE (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/28
Cyber Scammers ‘Phishing’ More for Corporates - ProofPoint
Cybercriminals are progressively targeting business houses in their attacks than mere consumers, said security firm ProofPoint in a study recently.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/4/28
CozyDuke Operators Masterminded White House, State Department Attacks: Kaspersky
A sophisticated threat group christened "CozyDuke", also infamously nicknamed 'CozyBear' and 'CozyCar', is probably the mastermind of last year's
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/27
Scammers Prey on Taxpayers Every Tax Season with Fake IRS Emails
Scammers every year wait tirelessly for the tax-filing season in an attempt to dupe innocent taxpayers with tax-themed scam emails purporting to be from
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/27
RBI Governor Targeted by Fake Email Impersonating ISIS
The crime branch of Mumbai Police recently filed a complaint after Raghuram Rajan, the Governor of India's top bank RBI (Reserve Bank of India) received a
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/27
Phishing Email Emulating Tesco Bank Targets Customers
A new phishing email bearing the subject 'Tesco Bank Changes to Interest rate' is currently targeting Tesco Bank's customers. The email tells its recipients
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/24
Fake Emails Impersonating United Nations Foundation Discovered
Security experts of security firm Malwarebytes warned that cyber crooks have launched scam emails claiming to be from United Nations Foundation which
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/24
Fake Emails Impersonating Microsoft’s Outlook.com Targets Internauts
A fresh phishing email impersonating Microsoft's 'Outlook.com Team' is of late hitting innocent Internauts, reported hoax-slayer.com on April 13, 2015.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/4/23
Cybercriminals Targeting NatWest Bank in Latest Phishing Campaign - Experts
Cyber crooks in their latest phishing email campaign are attempting to embezzle the login details of UK-based NatWest Bank customers, warned security
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/23
Cybercriminals Exploiting Easter Break - Warn Experts
Softpedia.com published news on 16th April, 2015 quoting a warning of security experts as "Holidays are great time for cybercriminals to exercise their
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/22
Scammers Target Customers of Halifax with Phishing Campaign - Malwarebytes
Security firm Malwarebytes said that recently scammers tried to trick customers of Halifax by saying that bank's website would be updated and so they need
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/22
Hackers Attack Computers in the Mayor’s Office of Taipei
Wantchinatimes.com reported on 15th April, 2015 quoting an official of Taipei city government as saying "The desktop belonging to Taipei Mayor Ko
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/21
Residents of Connecticut Warned About Fake Court Emails
Nbcconnecticut.com published news on 15th April, 2015 stating a warning by the state Judicial Branch to residents of Connecticut (US) about a fake email
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/21
Cybercriminals Lock Loggerheads with Each Other - Kaspersky
Kaspersky, a Russian security firm, has highlighted a series of cyber attacks in which hacker groups fought each other with malware targeting large
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/20
Threat Actors Use New Tactics in Targeted Attacks - High-Tech Bridge
Securityweek.com reported on 14th March, 2015 stating that security firm High-Tech Bridge has discovered an exciting attack where miscreants used a novel
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/20
Enterprises in Australia Targeted Excessively For Ransomware Attacks - Symantec
Symantec reveals in its annual report that Australian business houses suffered excessively high rate of attacks from ransomware during 2014 in comparison to
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/20
Broken Ransomware Permits to Retrieve Locked Data
ZDNet.com published news on 10th April, 2015 quoting experts as saying "a new thread of ransomware has been cracked permitting victims to avoid payment
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/18
Simda Botnet Successfully Busted In a Joint Operation
Threatpost.com reported on 13th April, 2015 stating that the Simda botnet, which is known for distributing banking malware and dropping a backdoor on
SPAMfighter News 2015/4/18
Computer Virus Paralyze Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Wmtw.com reported on 10th April, 2015 stating that a computer virus recently compromised computer systems at the Sheriff's Office in Lincoln County
SPAMfighter News 2015/4/17
Verizon - Hackers Striking Firms with Malware Five Times a Second
V3.co.uk reported on 14th April, 2015 stating that according to "Data Breach Investigations Report' written by US telecom giant Verizon, hackers are
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/17
Cybercriminals Hacked Houlton Police Department
Wagmtv.com reported on 11th April, 2015 that the computer system of Houlton Police Department in Maine (US) was recently hacked by cybercriminals as quoted
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/17
Cyber Crooks Attack Businesses with MAAS Model - Websense
Threat Report of 2015 of security firm Websense Security Labs said that enterprises must recognize that more cybercriminals are capable of launching
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/16
Phishing Emails Targeting Patrons of Butterfield Bank
Royalgazette.com reported on 7th April, 2015 stating that a new "phishing" electronic mail directed at customers of Butterfield Group, a bank with
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/16
Malware Infected Google Ad Campaign Knocks Users
Pcworld.com published a report on 8th April, 2015 quoting a warning of security experts as "a large number of ads distributed by a partner of Google
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/16
Beebone Botnet Busted In an International Operation
Threatpost.com reported on 9th April, 2015 stating that a comparatively small and troublesome botnet, known as Beebone, has been pulled down in a united
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/15
FAA Admits - Computer Systems Attacked by Hackers
Theepochtimes.com reported on 6th April, 2015 stating that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), national aviation authority of US, recently declared that
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/15
Chase Bank Warns Customers of Phishing Email Campaign
Twcnews.com reported on 7th April, 2015 quoting Chase bank, headquartered Chicago, Illinois, as "we are getting many complaints about a sophisticated
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/15
AlienSpy Being Used by Hackers to Spread Citadel Malware
Threatpost.com reported on 8th April, 2015 quoting a recent revelation by researchers as "Hackers have co-opted AlienSpy; a remote access tool (RAT),
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/13
New Spam Email Campaign Exploiting the Name of FedEx - Experts
Softpedia.com reported on 7th April, 2015 stating that security experts have recently spotted a spam email campaign which is targeting FedEx, a renowned
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/13
JC Penney Warns Patrons of Scam Emails and Fake Calls
Jcpenney.com reported during first week of April 2015 stating that JC Penney, a chain of departmental stores based in Plano, Texas (US), is asking its
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/13
Christchurch UKIP Candidate Alleges Email Account Hacking by Cybercriminals
Bournemouthecho.co.uk reported on 6th April, 2015 stating that Robin Grey, a candidate of UKIP (UK Independence Party), has declared that his emails were
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/10
Spam Emails with Malware Target French Users - Trend Micro
Researchers of security firm Trend Micro are warning about a clever and very well executed campaign of email spam which has been targeting French users to
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/10
Canadian Senior Citizen Warns People about Scam Emails Regarding Tax Refund
Thewhig.com reported on 30th March, 2015 stating that a local senior citizen in Canada is advising people to watch out for scam emails regarding refunds of
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/9
Phishing Scams Target Customers of Virgin Media
Netsecurity.org reported on 31st March, 2015 that a clever spam campaign is targeting customers of Virgin Media, a UK-based telecom and ISP (Internet
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/9
IBM Discovers New and Advanced Bank Transfer Cyber Rip-off
Simcoereformer.ca published a report on 2nd April, 2015 stating that IBM, an IT consulting giant, has discovered a sophisticated scheme of fraud run by a
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/8
Five Percent of Google’s Visitors Maligned with Ad-Injecting Malware - Study
Techcrunch.com reported on 1st April, 2015 quoting a study conducted by Google with researchers of University of California, Berkeley, (US) as: "5% of
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/8
Energy Sector Companies Assaulted with New Malware - Symantec
Security firm Symantec recently said that a new malware program is being used to explore targeted attacks against companies in the energy sector.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/4/7
Survey - With DDoS Attacks Companies Lose around £100k/Hr
Computerweekly.com reported on 31st March, 2015 stating that according to a study by Neustar, a communication and analysis firm, 40% of businesses amounting
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/7
Puush Server Breached with Malware
Scmagazine.com reported on 30th March, 2015 stating that the screen sharing platform was struck by a cyber attack in the last weekend of March 2015 which
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/6
XTube, a Porn Website, Compromised and Delivering Malware - Malwarebytes
Security firm Malwarebytes said that popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/4/6
Users of American Express Targeted in Phishing Scam
Softpedia.com published news on 30th March, 2015 quoting a recent warning of security experts as "fraudulent emails with links to websites for
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/6
Scammers Fraudulently Earning Money with Twitch Botnet - Symantec
Security firm Symantec says that Twitch botnet malware-for-hire services have appeared which allows scammers to earn money fraudulently through gaming
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/3
Latest RAT Widely Available in Underground Market - Symantec
Security firm Symantec has discovered a new and upcoming RAT (Remote Access Tool) which is freely available at black market and cybercriminals are eagerly
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/3
Canada Post Warns about Scam Emails Impersonating It
Cba.ca reported on 24th March, 2015 stating that Canada Post has issued a warning against a sophisticated scam which is imitating its email and branding.
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SPAMfighter News 2015/4/3
Bitdefender - Users of Apple Become Victims of Phishing Emails Again
Security firm Bitdefender recently warned users of Apple to be cautious of being targeted with phishing emails.
The fake email message does not
SPAMfighter News 2015/4/2
Infamous njRAT is Coming Back to Life - PhishMe
Techweekeurope.co.uk published a report on 20th March, 2015 quoting a warning by Ronnie Tokazowski, Security Speciality of security firm PhishMe as
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/2
AVG - Infamous Vawtrak Trojan is Spreading Globally
Scoop.co.nz published a report on 25th March, 2015 quoting Jakub Kroustek, Researcher with security firm AVG Technologies, as saying "A new variant of
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/1
Malwarebytes Warns - Scammers Targeting Bank of America
HELP NET SECURITY published a report on 21st March, 2015 quoting a warning of Chris Boyd, Security Researcher of security firm Malwarebytes, as
...SPAMfighter News 2015/4/1
Ethiopian Government Uses Cyber-Attacks to Restrict Media Houses
Thehill.com reported during second week of March 2015 stating that the Ethiopian government is using cyber attacks to try to stop news from reaching to its
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