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April 2016
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/29
Anti-ad-blockers to get Banned in EU
In a new development, many websites receiving high traffic are stopping Web-surfers from entering every time these websites detect that the surfers'
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/29
Anonymous Hacktivist Group Member Detained Over COMELEC Attack
Anonymous the hacktivist collective, on 27th March, attacked Philippines' Comelec website followed with modifying its content to prove they believed
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/29
93.4m Mexican Voter Details Posted as Publicly Accessible
Chris Vickery, Researcher from MacKeeper reports that he found a database which was publicly accessible from one AWS server, and so unprotected while
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/28
SpyEye Creators to Serve Prison for 9+, 15 Years, Respectively
Two hackers have been ordered to serve jail for a combined period of over 24 years after convicted of creating as well as selling the notorious kit
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/28
FIN6 Found as Criminal Gang Stealing Payment Card Data on Weak Pos Systems
Cyber-criminals have made their attacks twofold as they target PoS (point-of-sale) devices in U.S and continue to utilize the transactions based on
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/27
Multigrain Malware Targets Multi.Exe Process, Steals and Exfiltrates Data, Pretending as DNS Queries
Security researchers caution after discovering one fresh strain of malware which utilizes DNS for bypassing security products. The malware, which is
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/27
IPS Web-hosting Provider Saved from Systems Hack
A systems hijack was averted at Invision Power Services a provider of web-hosting facility, this April 2016, and so clients potentially saved from
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/27
Companies Ready to Face Mousejack Attacks than Upgrade Wireless Mice
The MouseJack security flaw led to users' awareness about the probable dangers arising from any wireless keyboard else mouse, within organizations. A
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/26
Game’s Story Hints from Aug Aware Website ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’
Square Enix recently started one fresh propaganda website -Deus Ex: Mankind Divided according to which the population is segregated in-one comprising
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/26
BitPay the Online Payment Processor of Bitcoin Cautions About Trojan ‘Coinbitclip’
In a new warning by BitPay the service provider of bitcoin payment, visitors to the website require being watchful of one fresh virus called
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/25
Jail for U.S Reporter who Assisted Anonymous Hackers
A United States of America judge announced a 2-yr jail serving to Matthew Keys a journalist because he allegedly assisted members of the hacking gang
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/25
Hacker Fisher gives Detail Write-up about the Way He Breached Servers of Hacking Team
The hacker behind causing trouble for the Hacking Team, during 2015 July, recently produced a detailed "DIY guide" telling the manner in
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/25
Congress Calls for Investigation into Vulnerabilities in SS7 Telephony Signaling Protocol
Sharyn Alfonsi, a CBS reporter, and German PC-hacker Karsten Nohl who's also a Chaos Computer Club member recently conducted one experiment to
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/22
Optional Update from Microsoft Addresses MouseJack Flaw in Windows
Microsoft, recently, issued one optional update which takes care of certain hacking method known as "MouseJack." Several patches exist in
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/22
Lizard Squad Downs Servers of Blizzard with Enormous DDoS Attacks
The overnight Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) attack brought down the game servers of Blizzard that were overloaded, and the Lizard Squad hacker
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/22
Apple Denounces Use of Quicktime for Microsoft’s Operating System Windows by Not Patching Bugs
An initiative involving zero-day exploits recently revealed twin severe security flaws within Apple QuickTime working with Microsoft's Windows OS
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/21
Russian APT Grounded Sweden’s Airspace, not any Solar Thunder
During November-early of 2015, the Civil Aviation Administration of Sweden declared a knock down of control systems of air traffic in the country
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/21
Operators of Qbot Botnet are Targeting Public Organisations in US
Various other vendors of cyber-security identified the Qbot malware as Oakbot, which was discovered first in 2009 at the time when operators began
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/20
Tool now Available for Decrypting Files Infected with Petya Ransomware
The community of cyber-security researchers recently blew against ransomware once more through the creation of one fresh tool that unlocks computer
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/20
Exness Targeted with Ongoing DDos Assaults Causing Disruption of Services
Exness the retail broker for foreign exchange tells about experiencing ongoing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) assaults that is leading to
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/19
USB-IF Fights Malware and Bad Chargers with Type-C Authentication Spec
Till now, adoption of reversible and versatile USB Type-C connector was going quite well. It is barely universal, however it is appearing in rising
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/19
Malware Based on JavaScript Attacks DNS Settings of Your Router
Trend Micro, a security firm, has revealed attack on the home routers which involves mobile website, malicious JavaScript, as well as mobile device
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/19
Internet Security Plummeted in 2015, Reports Symantec
Online crooks are seen imbibing corporate-best-practices, implying their ever-increasing e-threats are affecting both consumers and businesses,
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/18
Criminals Bribe Chinese Security Firm to White-List Malware
The latest about cyber-criminals is that they're bribing security companies for smuggling malicious software and incorporating it into mobile gaming
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/18
CCTV Surveillance Rigs Sold on Amazon.Com Found Having Malware
Mike Olsen, Independent Security Investigator recently found that there was malware installed on CCTV rigs that were getting sold via Amazon. The
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/15
Security Researchers Discover Admin Panel of Dridex, Leverage Vulnerability and Hijack Backend
The widely known Dridex a banker Trojan has been hijacking PCs via the contamination of always existent macros inside the MS Office suite. People know
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/15
Adobe Rushes Flash Fix for 0-Day Exploit
Adobe, of late, hurriedly released one Flash update that fixes vulnerability which Infosec researchers spotted, before cautioning users of Windows 10
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/14
Revengeful Hacker Faces 10 Years imprisonment for DDoSing Website of Security Firm
A 37 year old man of Oklahoma City, namely Benjamin Earnest Nichols, faces a federal prison sentence for 10 years because he launched a DDoS attack
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/14
ESET Researchers Disable Mumblehard Botnet
Twelve months following publication of Mumblehard Linux botnet's technical analysis, the good news is that the botnet has become inactive. A joint
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/14
BillGates Malware Botnet Spewing DDoS Assaults Expands
In a warning by security researchers, hackers have been found employing malware that attacks Linux computers with the objective of building botnets
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/13
Personalized Spear-Phishing Attacks Ongoing to Garner Precious Company Data
Proofpoint recently said that threat actor with a financial motive whom it names TA530 has been observed targeting high-level employees and executives
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/13
Hackers of Turkey Attack Websites of Armenian Government
Turkish hacker group has launched a cyber-attack interrupting operations of many websites of Armenian government, including energy, defense and
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/13
Dell SecureWorks Surveys for Current Hacking Rates
The third yearly report of Underground Hacker Markets by Dell SecureWorks has been published. To prepare this report, security experts of the company
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/12
Kazakh Student Operates Largest Website to Download Scientific Papers
Alexandra Elbakyan a student aged 27 and from Kazakhstan created a website in 2011 that she named Sci-Hub to let anybody freely access it and download
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/12
Details Leaked Online of Nearly 50 Million Citizens of Turkey
A hacking group leaked online a database, apparently including personal details of almost 50 Million citizens of Turkey that even comprise of Recep
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/11
Trump Hotels Suffer a Second Card Breach
According to a report by 'Krebs on Security' dated 4th April 2016, a luxury hotel chain associated with businessman Donald Trump, who's also
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/11
Over 100 Android Apps Found with Adware that Harm End-users
Researchers from Dr. Web a security and anti-virus company unearthed over 100 Android applications which are contaminated with certain adware Trojan
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/11
Data Hack of Panama Papers Reveals Global Corruption Ring
A server breach, which occurred 2015-beginning, targeted a Panama situated corporate law and consultancy company Mossack Fonseca. Those responsible
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/8
Toy Maker Mattel Loses $ 3M in BEC Scam, Then Fights and Recovers It
A finance executive became a victim of a phishing scam which saw the maker of Children toys based at Los-Angeles wire a cool $3 million to Chinese
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/8
Anonymous Attacks Government of Angola due to Jail Sentence for 17 Activists
BBC reports that the Angolan government has suffered the impact of Anonymous cyber-attacker for sending 17 youth activities to jail. The group is
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/7
SideStepper Assault Launched for Company iOS Devices
Check Point the security company based in Israel is about to demonstrate at Black Hat Asia Security Conference on 1st April 2016 in Singapore how
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/7
Remaiten is a New DDoS Bot Targeting Routers based on Linux
Sophisticated exploits are not required for making botnets with modems, wireless access points, routers, as well as with other devices of networking.
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/7
HID Door Regulators can be Hacked to Open Doors Without Allowing Being Re-Locked
Security investigators at Trend Micro recently found critical security flaw inside HID door regulators which lets anyone dispatch a malevolent UDP
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/6
Ransomware Attack that Hit MedStar Hospitals
A hospital group MedStar within Washington D.C. is striving for returning to normal functioning following a ransomware assault that hit it. Ransomware
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/6
New Backdoor.Dripion Employed for Stalking Taiwanese Online Targets
A backdoor Trojan, Dripion has been employed to attack just a handful of targets; however, seeing from earlier iterations, Symantec doubts there maybe
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/6
CloudFlare Delves into its CAPTCHA Issue
People who routinely use Tor know very well that CloudFlare displays CAPTCHAS to the Web-surfers working on its clients' websites by utilizing one
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/5
Vulnerabilities Discovered in IoT Devices Suggest They’re Yet to be Fully Secured
IoT devices, which better our lives, require to be fully secured because they make a direct impact on 'our' security. Recently, security investigators
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/5
Vulnerabilities Discovered in IoT Devices Suggest They’re Yet to be Fully Secured
IoT devices, which better our lives, require to be fully secured because they make a direct impact on 'our' security. Recently, security investigators
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/5
Most of the People want to see Shut down of the Dark Web
The dark web is considered as a very bad place by most of the people, and they think that it should be "shut down". The dark web - those
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/4
Scam Warning: Credentials of Speeding Ticket Sent Via Email
The drivers in Tredyffrin Township of Chester County are targeted by a new malware scam posing as a speeding ticket email. The police of Tredyffrin
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/4
New PoS Malware TreasureHunt on the Prowl
One fresh Point-of-Sale malicious program called TreasureHunt has been into existence from near-end 2014, the time security researchers of FireEye
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/4
FBI vs. Apple Feud Ends as Former Successfully Breaks into Terrorist’s iPhone
The Department-of-Justice by discovering one method for retrieving a locked iPhone independent of Apple's help managed to withdraw a lawful action
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/1
Users Making Payment against Coverton Ransomware will Likely Never Retrieve Their Data
Quite recently, cyber-criminals released one fresh ransomware known as Coverton which executes AES+RSA encryption for locking users' data-files and
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/1
Node.js Package Manager’s Exploitation can Let Other Malicious Packages Execute Code
An easy way to restore packages back onto certain computer or server is by using Node.js Package Manager (NPM) that facilitates the same packages to
SPAMfighter News 2016/4/1
Black-hat ‘Weev’ Acknowledges He Hacked Printers and made them Print Racist Messages
Andrew Auernheimer the notorious Internet troll and black-hat hacker has once again embarked on his usual ploy, currently abusing several thousand
