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April 2017
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/28
Hackers Compromise Atlassian’s HipChat to Steal User Data
Widely accessed communications service by businessmen and companies, HipChat is warning visitors about a database hack it has experienced that
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/28
Chipotle Encounters Hack into Payment System
There has been an unauthorized transaction via the payment system of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. during the spring, the company said April 25, 2017.
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/27
Website of a Primary School in Chichester Hacked
An Islamist hackers' syndicate hacked into the website of one village school and substituted with text containing pro-Turkish
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/27
The Nexus of Locky and Necurs
The infamous ransomware called Locky, which had almost disappeared, is now back again inundating e-mail inboxes because of fresh attacks dispatched
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/26
USA Indicts Russian over Spam Botnet Operation
According to U.S. Department of Justice, a man from Russia detained in Spain in April this year faces accusation of destructive hacking offenses
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/26
Teenager Wealthy by 400K Pounds by Selling Harmful Software he Created
The Old Bailey is in knowledge of a teen computer hacker who earned nearly 300K pounds via sale of software he programmed that was utilized for
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/26
Cybersecurity Startup Exposed Network Data of Hospital in Demos
Tanium, a cybersecurity startup, is in trouble after it exposed data of non-anonymized network of a hospital in California during live
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/25
UK Government Department Reports on Cyber Security Problems
Ransomware is one especially spiteful kind of e-threat that if unwisely clicked through an e-mail attachment is sure to have all of the victim's
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/25
Homograph Phishing Attack Emerges Again
A conventional phishing method is hitting the news even as it potentially dupes certain Web-surfers irrespective of the number of times they examine one
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/24
Malware Steals Card Data after Infecting Servers of InterContinental Hotels
The InterContinental Hotels Group that comprises Crowne Plaza and the Holiday Inn, among other luxury resorts, encountered a security breach when
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/24
New Email Scam with Malware Could Infect your Computer
Stolen ID might be used for setting up the elaborate email scam of ASIC that was designed for infecting the systems of victims with
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/24
Three Detained for Fraud, Including GHMC Employees and Civilian
Cyber-crime cops yesterday (April 19, 2017) caught 2 staff members of GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) along with one civilian, all
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/21
Snapchat Hacked over Chief Executive Describing India Poverty-Stricken
A very big and profusely visited service for social networking, Snapchat is yet again being highly noticed. However, this time, the reasons to be
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/21
2.5 Million IoT Devices Infected by Malware Mirai
McAfee, an internet security solutions provider, reports that malware Mirai has infected as much as 2.5 Mn IoT (Internet of Things)
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/21
New ‘Karmen’ Ransomware Discovered
Security researchers have discovered one fresh type of ransomware that's extremely customized and which therefore lets cyber-criminals distribute it
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/20
Google Set to Tackle Ransomware, Relies on Android O
The most recent operating system for mobile phones is Android O which has the maximum advanced features. Some of these are what's called the OS'
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/20
Shoney’s Restaurants Hit with Info-Stealing Assault
Shoney's, a restaurant chain where people can dine and which specifically serves fries, burgers as well as all Americana delicacies runs outlets
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/19
Security Group Hacks into YouTube Star Accounts
OurMine a security group has hacked numerous YouTube channels even as it asserts that the breach is the most massive within YouTube
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/19
Union Bank was Hacked and How it Got Back its Money
A hack of $171 million in one of the banks run by the state has emerged at a time when the government has been promoting digital money transactions
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/19
Facebook Thwarting Fake Accounts Created for Unleashing Spam
April14, a Friday found Facebook stating it blocked one bogus account operation of international scale which was spurting fake 'likes' along with
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/18
Celebrity Pictures Yet Again Hacked
Miley Cyrus, US singer, Suki Waterhouse, model and Rosario Dawson, actress have become the most recent female celebrities to be victimized with a
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/18
Four Cases of Cyber Fraud and Cheating, Cash Stolen
On April 11, the police station at Sushant Lok registered four instances of cyber-crime following Gurgaon police's cyber cell conducting an
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/17
The New Brickerbot Computer Malware
One fresh computer malware is circulating across the Web. Defying all common types of attacks, it chooses to corrupt the host PC's hardware and then destroy
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/17
Russia’s Spam Kingpin Exposed
The United States Justice Department has declared a wide initiative for halting and dismantling certain botnet that contained numerous compromised
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/17
Mirai Bot Infects IoT Appliances to Harvest Bitcoins
During the recent years, many kinds of malicious programs for mining Bitcoins have been into existence. But, the popular Mirai bot malware utilized
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/14
Website of GameStop May have been Hacked
It looks like that there is a good chance of GameStop being victimized by a hack sometime during the past. KrebsOnSecurity blogged stating that both
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/14
Karim Baratov Alleged to have Hacked Yahoo Dismissed Grant of Bail
Karim Baratov the hacker accused of compromising Yahoo could not get bail on April 11 while will continue to be under supervision until his
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/13
Malware Compels Users to Play Game to Score High Instead of Paying Ransom
A Korea-based undergraduate student has produced anime malware, which demands the infected to play a game to salvage access to their files.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/13
Hackers Target Seller Accounts on Amazon.com
Hackers are aiming attacks on 3rd-party sellers, which are increasing in number on Amazon.com, by utilizing seized credentials for putting up online
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/13
Data Dump Reveals NSA Infiltrated Cellular Networks of Pakistan
WikiLeaks the whistleblower agency for the world asserts that NSA (National Security Agency) of United States brute forced into the mobile
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/12
Spain Arrests Alleged Spam King from Russia
Spanish officials have detained certain computer programmer from Russia who apparently is a highly notorious spam-king
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/12
Emergency Sirens Inside Dallas City Hacked
People living in Dallas, Texas were suddenly awakened close to midnight April 7 when loud siren noises blew simultaneously. Authorities declared
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/11
Malware Attacks on Macs Grow by 744% in 2016, Mainly Due to Adware
There is a common false impression that Macs are protected from security threats like adware or malware. It reported on many Mac-focused security
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/11
Indian Banks Suffering from Malware Infection in their Mobile Apps
FireEye the cyber security company in US from their new study reveals that almost 7 Indian banks presently have their mobile apps infected with
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/11
40 Percent of Americans more Careful with Email after DNC Hack
Four adults out of 10 claims that they become more careful while sharing something over their personal email since hacking of Democratic National
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/10
The New BrickerBot Internet of Things Malware
One fresh malicious program is contaminating unprotected Internet of Things (IoT) appliances while permanently damages them rather than include them
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/10
RAT-Catchers Spot New Malware Attacking Word Processor of South Korea
On Monday, the latest attack posted again uses the documents of Hangul in the phishing e-mails for carrying out the payload, which is ROKRAT this
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/10
Phishing Attack Leads to Theft of $40,000 from School District
A PC hack enabled theft of $40,000 kept for paying employees of Denver Public Schools in direct deposit funds, it's reported. The theft, suspected
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/7
Wi-Fi-enabled vibrator has Inbuilt Camera that’s Simple to Hack
Security researchers recently determined that it's extremely simple for hacking into the Internet-connected vibrator Siime Eye from Svakom. There's
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/7
Smart TV of Samsung Hacked using Malware Injected Broadcast Signal
Smart TVs from Samsung are yet again with security flaws. For, a piece of Samsung TV was hacked when a Swiss attacker injected malware into one
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/7
So-Called ‘Airline Phishing Assault’ Strikes Manufacturing, Shipping and Logistics Industries
According to Barracuda Networks, plentiful of its clients recently got struck with 'airline phishing assault' which seeks targets from industries in
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/6
Russia Continues to Allegedly Hack Even after U.S Elections
According to cyber-security specialists speaking to a panel of the Senate, Russia has not withdrawn from interfering into America's politics even when
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/6
McDonald’s Canada says Information of their Job Applicant Was Hacked
McDonald Canada announces on Friday that information of job applicants was compromised by the cyber attack on McDonald Canada's jobs website. The
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/6
Anonymous Infiltrates Amaq News Agency of ISIS with Malware
Islamic State's authorized news agency Amaq has issued an alert to its supporters regarding a breach that hit its online site thus letting the
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/5
Purus Digital to Pay 140K Pounds in Fine over Sending Bulk Spam Texts
Companies that violated data regulations because they phoned over 100,000 individuals as well as sent over 4m texts will have to pay penalty that one
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/5
One-Third of All Malware Can not be Detected by AV
New data from WatchGuard Technologies, a network security company, reveals that almost 0ne third of all malware attacks come through zero-day
SPAMfighter News 2017/4/4
Russian Hacker Admits using Ebury Botnet for Spam and Click Fraud
Maxim Senakh a hacker from Russia who's 41-yrs-old and belongs to Velikii Novgorod, of late, admitted to prominently participating in amassing Ebury
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/4
GitHub Developers Attacked with Malicious Macro-Embedded e-Mails
Developers of open-source and users of GitHub are being targeted with sophisticated malware which's capable of stealing passwords, taking
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/4
Banking Malware NukeBot’s Developer Releases Source Code, Future Malware Attacks to use it
A Russian national who developed one banking Trojan has given out his Bot namely Nuclear's source code, inciting worries that con artists may use it
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/3
WikiLeaks – CIA Hacked Apple iPhones in Ways Users Can’t Fix
As per WikiLeaks claims, CIA had discovered a way of intercepting and hacking the Apple iPhones, only one year since smartphone of the company comes
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/3
First Woman in Pakistan to be Arrested over Cyber-Crime
Sadia Mirza of Pakistan is the first lady in the country to be detained within the purview of cyber-crime act. Her story gets a new twist and
...SPAMfighter News 2017/4/3
APAC’s Threat Landscape Examined; Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes in its newly launched 2017 Asia Pacific State of Malware Report states that botnets, ad fraud and ransomware have become very prominent
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