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August 2017
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/31
NZ Facebook Users Cautioned about New Malware Attack
Users of Facebook are getting targeted by one scam which tricks people to think that they have received the video from their friend. Kiwis are
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/31
LG Electronics Attacked with WannaCry Ransomware, Company Halts Systems’ Working
LG Electronics reports that it found the WannaCry malware infecting one of its "help yourself" kiosks installed within South Korea
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/31
Lindsey Vonn Slams Hacked Nude Photos with Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn are among numerous celebrities whose private photographs got stolen, and then leaked online in most recent hack.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/30
Acronis Using its File Backup Technology ‘True Image’ to Combat Ransomware Through AI
Acronis is adopting AI i.e. artificial intelligence for fighting against ransomware assaults.
The organization situated in Burlington,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/30
Spyware potentially distributed through Android apps from Play because of treacherous SDK
Over 500 Android applications, together taken down more than 100m times from Internet giant Google's official mobile marketplace Play Store were
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/29
Banking Trojan BankBot Laced to Applications from Play Store
According to a warning to Android users, they should not download 2 apps found inside Google's authorized mobile marketplace Play Store because
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/29
IBM X-Force finds Enormous Volume of Spam Assaults Carrying Malicious Attachments
Cyber-criminals continue to rely on spam mail outbreaks as they dispatch increasingly nuisance messages on this day unlike
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/28
The Daily Routine in the Life of a Spammer
Unsolicited email, commonly known as spam, has been security and nuisance issue since long. IBM released a research report today which reveals
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/28
Hacking Smart-Phones by Using Malevolent Chips in Replacement Parts
Smart-phone owners currently have another thing to worry of - hackers may hijack their phones through specially treated replacement
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/28
Hacker Compromises Enigma at Pre-ICO, Churns more than $500K
Ironically, following the breach, which hackers carried out on Coindash's website at the time of an ICO, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder Can
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/25
Check Point Reveals Multiple Security Flaws in LinkedIn
Check Point the security vendor recently identified 4 different security flaws inside LinkedIn Messenger. LinkedIn was reported about the flaws June
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/25
Alleged Hacker Waives Extradition
A Canadian man charged of carrying out distressing cyberattacks on Yahoo waved his right to deportation hearing on Friday and soon will be handed
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/24
Ransomware Means Far Greater Expense Compared to Merely the Ransom
A particular cyber assault in June which derailed the operations of a shipping terminal globally while for a short period destabilized the biggest
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/24
Faketoken Malware Targets Russian Ride-Sharing Applications
A recent updated version of an Android malicious program called Faketoken.q enables the malware to quite easily capture the credit card details of
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/24
Bank-Fraud Malware not Identified by any AV hosted in Chrome Web Store
The most recent to slip through in last few months is the discovery of a banking malware piece, which was hiding behind the Chrome extension of
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/23
New Malware Infects PCs through Microsoft’s PowerPoint
Security researchers from Trend Micro recently unearthed how online criminals are abusing certain security flaw which lets them bypass AV solutions
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/23
Hacker Compromises Secure Enclave Processor of Apple
The ARM-based co-processor Secure Enclave of Apple utilized for improving iOS security had become somewhat less secure, August 17, 2017, because the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/22
Nigerian Hacker Targets Companies Worldwide
Check Point a security company recently conducted an investigation which reveals that a single hacker at Lagos, Nigeria has been trying hacking the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/22
Locky Ransomware Renames Encrypted Files with Lukitus Extension
An extremely efficacious ransomware family is back yet again as it runs one fresh spam campaign crafted for contaminating end-users with the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/22
Expert of Malware Blow the Whistle on Russian Hacking
A Ukrainian author of malware who built the PAS Web shell- a PHP based imbed used to remotely execute commands on hacked systems - has turned
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/21
Spammers Set up Fake Domains for Filching Banking Customers’ Details
Customers of Santander Bank would have the knowledge about one running spam campaign that is proliferating Trickbot a well-known banker Trojan being
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/21
Malware Exploit Threats Reach at New Height
Cybersecurity experts of NSA have allegedly developed huge online dump of exploits, due to which malware attacks have reached new high. What
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/18
Marcus Hutchins Asserts he didn’t Develop, Sell Kronos Banking Malware
On August 14, the widely known security investigator responsible for halting the highly damaging WannaCry ransomware that made him famous said he
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/18
Leaked Email Reveals HBO Negotiating with Hackers
This week, one email of HBO was released by the hackers stating that the company has expressed the willingness of paying them $250,000 as per
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/17
SonicSpy, Latest Spyware to Infect Play Store Apps
Android marketplaces, including Google Play Store were found with over 1,000 applications that were contaminated with one malicious spyware strain
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/17
DNA Strands could Become Infectious for Computers Soon
Researchers from the University of Washington discovered a method for biologically contaminating computers with malware.
Synthesizing
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/17
Canadian Accused of Yahoo Breach Wants Trail in USA
The lawyer on behalf of one Canadian man charged with an enormous hack into Yahoo electronic mails has said that his client won't opt for
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/16
Russian Hacker Attacks Aristocrat’s Poker Machines
A hacker from Russia recently tried extorting $10m or so from Aristocrat Leisure following a successful crack of the spin series for the company's
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/16
Mamba Ransomware makes a Comeback Targeting Saudi Arabia, Brazil
Of the very initial strains of ransomware which instead of files, encrypted computer systems' hard drives, Mamba was one spotted during public
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/16
Konni Trojan used to Attack North Korean Targets
Security researchers, of late, identified several malware assaults believably aimed at North Korea, possibly as an act of vengeance following the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/14
Worldwide Spam Rate Peaks since 2015
During July 2017, the rate of spam mails around the world touched its peak from March 2015. As per the monthly threat study by Symantec, based on
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/14
Content of IOL Blocked on Facebook
Wrong spam reports stopped the people from posting IOL.co.za news articles onto Facebook. IOL website, which is owned by Independent Newspapers
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/14
British Hacker who Halted WannaCry Faces Indictment inside Milwaukee
The indictment to be issued against Hutchins the cyber-security researcher from Britain on August 8, 2017 stands postponed. Hutchins, who was
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/11
UK Releases Guidelines for Protection of Interconnected Vehicles from Hacks
The government of United Kingdom recently released one fresh list of guidelines in connection with today's automotive cyber-security pertaining to
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/11
Red Cross Blood Service’s Website Partner Inadvertently Leak Database Following Data Hack
The Australian Red Cross Blood Service along with the contractor of its website recently got saved from paying fines to the nation's privacy watchdog
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/10
WannaCry Terminator Detained in Connection with Another Malware
Marcus Hutchins, security researcher from Britain who discovered certain "kill switch" concealed in WannaCry the malware that wreaked
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/10
Players will no longer get imitating spam invites to Steam groups
Automated bots invites spamming group to users is rising issue on the Steam for certain time now, with groups getting used as the advertisements for
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/10
BSNL Arrests Virus Infection from Spreading on Modems
A virus attack from the outside against modems of BSNL the telecom service provider under state operation that took place on 25th July prompted the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/9
Encrypted Malevolent Content Increasing More and More, Warns Zscaler
Security Company Zscaler says malevolent content encrypted with the help of SSL/TLS recently increased over twofold in volume during February-July
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/9
Cardiff Billboard Hacked, Provocative Pictures, Messages Exhibited
Shoppers inside Cardiff saw plentiful the current week when unexpected hackers compromised one e-billboard on top of the busy marketing street
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/9
Beware of Copyfish, the Chrome Browser Extension Compromised with Malware
Hackers have hijacked Copyfish the add-on to Chrome browser of Google. The criminals gained control over Chrome Web Store A/C belonging to A9t9
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/8
HBO Confirms Cyber Attack had Struck it
A cyber assault that hit HBO resulted in proprietary information getting compromised, the company confirmed. Hackers infiltrated the systems of HBO,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/8
Banking Trojan Svpeng for Mobile Phones Becomes Keylogger
Svpeng is an extremely destructive banking Trojan for regularly getting upgraded to remain effective under changing circumstances while persistently
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/8
'Most Dangerous’ Banking Trojan Receives Update
As per the report of Kaspersky Lab that was released on Monday, the latest version of Android banking malware Svpeng added a new method for stealing
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/4
U.S. Running after Russian Hackers
From early day's scams on online stock to the growing sophisticated world of botnets, Peter Severa, pseudonymous hacker, spent almost two decades in
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/4
Cyber Cell Performs Badly, only 75 Out of 570 Cases Solved
IIT Kanpur has shared a study with the Parliamentary finance committee, according to which demonetization and the following push for the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/4
British Hacker Known as ‘Spiderman’ Punished for Cyberattack
As per news reports, a German court has sentenced a British hacker aged 29, who has confessed of committing the cyberattack last Nov. which
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/3
Ransomware Not Going Away, Cautions Google
Google from one fresh research on ransomware found that individuals and organizations had parted with $25m-and-more during 2015-16 for restoring their
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/3
Bug in High-End Smartphones could Cause Unstoppable Malware
As per Nitay Artenstein, researcher who has discovered the latest flaw, a patched bug found in chips that are used for providing wifi in Google Nexus,
SPAMfighter News 2017/8/2
Ransomware Collects $25 Million from Victims in Previous 2 Years
The Verge reports that the malware hackers use Ransomware to lock computers of victims and demand ransom amount to unlock them and in the process,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/2
Google Stops a Spyware Infection in its Android Application Store
Google has just published details about an advanced new spyware which it, of late, stopped from infecting the Android App Store following knowledge
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/2
FruitFly Malware that Attacks Macs Revealed with Fresh Details
In 2017, there has been a revelation about one especially dangerous kind of Mac malicious program running on computers while remaining undetected
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/1
Now a Website to File Complaints of Cyber-Crime
Delhi Police introduced one website on July 26, 2017 for the cyber cell department projected for cautioning citizens regarding different frauds
...SPAMfighter News 2017/8/1
A Strange Bitcoin-Mining Virus is Sweeping all over Russia
President Vladimir Putin's advisor has claimed that exactly 25% of computers in Russia are infected with a malware known as cryptocurrency mining.
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