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September 2018
SPAMfighter News 2018/9/28
Tesco Bank Likely to Attract Hefty Fine from FCA for Cyber Attack
According to reports from Sky News, the finance watchdog Financial Conduct Authority of Britain may fine Tesco Plc's banking arm over 30m pounds
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/28
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats Paid over $700,000 to Rebuild IT Infrastructure after a Ransomware Attack
Microsoft has been paid $703,697 by the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus to rebuild their IT infrastructure after getting targeted by a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/28
Cricketers Shikhar Dhawan as well as Gautam Gambhir Encounter Hack into their Twitter Accounts
Shikhar Dhawan the opening batsman of Team India and an oft writer on Twitter the micro-blogging website sent out a tweet September 23 saying
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/27
Virus Attack Disrupts Operations of Lutheran Hospital
Geoff Thomas, Public Relations Supervisor of Lutheran Hospital declared that on September 18, 2018, Tuesday, at around 6.30 p.m., Lutheran Hospital
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/27
Two People Arrested for Hacking the Indian Air Force Online Exam
Officials of IAF (Indian Air Force) were utterly shocked when they found that their online exam, for recruiting non-commissioned officers in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/27
Netflix Users are Getting Targeted by Phishing Attacks
People are getting used to the phishing emails from Western Union and Nigerian princes by now, but the financial institutions are not the only ones
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/26
Security Bugs in Apple’s Safari Browser Makes Iphone Users Vulnerable to Hacking Attack
iPhone users are once again become prone to hacking attack. Personal data of around 1 Billion users of iPhone became vulnerable as Apple's default
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/26
Recent Report Reveals German Manufacturers Facing Huge Losses due to Cyberattacks
In a recent survey published by the IT sector association of Germany, it was revealed that the manufacturers of Germany have faced huge losses, in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/25
Hackers Target Students’ Financial Aid through Phishing Attack
The Education Department of United States issued a warning about malicious attackers trying to get access to financial aid refunds of students at
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/25
Computer Network of Wilkes Hospital taken down due to Virus
The hospital officials of Wake Forest Baptist Health - Wilkes Medical Center at the North Wilkesboro town of North Carolina had intentionally taken
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/25
Beatrice City came to a Halt with a Virus Attack
The city of Beatrice in southeast Nebraska experienced a major breakdown due to a virus attack, as many operations came to a halt. The officials are
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/24
Authorities Uncover Phishing Scam Involving XRP Digital Coins
South Korean cops together with U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation cracked a global phishing scam wherein Ripple company's digital token, XRP was
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/24
Bristol Airport’s Flight Display Boards Goes Offline due to Cyber Attack
As per reports, officials of the ninth busiest airport in UK blamed cyber attack, as the flight display boards of Bristol Airport goes offline for a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/24
Scottish Brewery Encounters Ransomware Assault
Arran Brewery of Scotland, of late, encountered a ransomware attack targeted at its top executives. The officials state they suffered extremely
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/21
Cyber Criminals Hacked the Whatsapp Accounts of Karachi Users
The citizens of Karachi are now reluctant to use their WhatsApp, as the hackers are targeting them by hacking their WhatsApp accounts.
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SPAMfighter News 2018/9/21
Crypto-Currency Wallet Portal Jaxx Deactivated Following Malware Attack
A cyber-attack that distributed malicious software aiming at Jaxx wallet owners of crypto-currencies used one spoofed website of the actual Jaxx
SPAMfighter News 2018/9/20
Street Gangsters Charged with Hacking and Theft of Card Terminals
Over thirty street gangsters from East Bay were legally charged for apparently operating one fraud scheme worth $1m via breaking into payment card
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/20
Personal Information of Memphis Police Association Could be in Jeopardy after Hacking Attempt
A hacking attempt into the user accounts of Southwest Tennessee's City - Memphis and at Memphis Police Association, has been unfolded by the FOX13.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/19
North Korea Strongly Denies Involvement in Wannacry, Sony Attacks
In a strong statement of denial North Korea called United States' claim untrue that certain software developer on behalf of the formers government
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/19
Hacker Steals EOS Coins Valuing $222K after Attacking ‘Eosbet Cassino’s’ Dice App
A hacker using the handle "aabbccddeefg' on the Internet recently exploited EOS smart contract's security flaw for filching more than 44,400
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/19
Cryptomining Campaign was Launched by Kodi Add-Ons
ESET, the cyber-security firm, has informed ZDNet that a recent malware campaign has targeted the users of Kodi, the famous media player as well as
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/18
UIDAI Dismisses Claims about Ghost Aadhaars Created Via INR 2,500 Software Patch
The Unique Identification Authority of India may well have to explain following still one more security flaw which got detected. UIDAI stated on
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/18
Russian Cybercriminal Extradited to US Pleads Guilty
A Russian man's guilty plea has been secured by the US prosecutors. Peter Levashov, the Russian, is accused for commandeering the network of 1 lakh
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/18
Ashley Benson Claims Hack into her Instagram Account
Ashley Benson said someone hacked her account on the social networking website Instagram following news that appeared highlighting that she had an
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/17
Website of UPSC Hacked and Restored Later
It seems that the website of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) was hacked, as it displayed an image of Doraemon, a Japanese cartoon character,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/17
Key Fobs of Tesla’s Model S Recently Rectified from Hacking
Tesla is implementing plentiful innovative measures for safeguarding its motorcars' driving systems from digital assaults. For that it's using the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/17
Bookings Details of British Airways Passengers got Compromised
Hackers stole bookings details of almost 380,000 passengers of British Airways (BA), leading to huge chaos. Though, the cyber attacks have been
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/14
Jpmorgan Hack Key Suspect is in US Custody Now
A Russian man's extradition was announced by the federal authorities, who, as per them took part in an extensive and historic computer-hacking
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/14
Japan Recorded 2.9 Million People Tricked to Fake Websites Via Phishing Emails
Today the most effective and popular way for the hackers to get an access to sensitive data and systems and servers is through phishing attack. This
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/13
Inter-State Racket of Fraudsters Used Darknet for Hacking People’s Bank Accounts
The cyber cell of Madhya Pradesh in India, busted an inter-state racket of fraudsters, who were using information from 'Darknet' for hacking the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/13
Email Phishing Attack on Orrstown Bank Exposed Information of over 50,000 Customers'
Information of over 50,000 customers of Orrstown Bank got exposed to outsiders when two of its employees fell prey to the email phishing attack, as
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/13
Email Phishing Attack Compromises Data in Reliable Respiratory
Reliable Respiratory discovered unusual activity in the email account of an employee in early July, which is presumed to have allowed the hackers
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/12
Midland Town’s Computer Systems Hacked and Attackers Demand Ransom
Midland Town fall prey to cyber-attack in the morning of September 1, 2018, when the entire network of the town was accessed illegally and then was
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/12
Hacking Against British Airways Results in Theft of 380K Card Data
British Airways stated on September 6 that hackers got away with its customers' financial and other personal data when they were booking tickets
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/12
Fresh Financial Malware, Camubot Strikes against Banking Clients in Brazil
Security researchers from IBM X-Force recently examined one freshly discovered financial malware which strikes on prominent Brazilian banks via
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/11
Cybercriminals are Shifting their Attention towards Low-Profile Attacks to Steal Money
Trend Micro, cyber security leader, said on 30 August, 2018, that the cybercriminals are shifting their attention from the ransomware attacks
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/11
Bcom Graduate Behind Cyber Fraud was Arrested by Gurugram Police Cyber Cell
A commerce graduate was arrested by Gurugram Police cyber cell for allegedly duping several people from the Delhi-NCR, by obtaining their debit or
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/11
A New Feature, Back-Ups of Whatsapp Messages on Google Drive for Free, can Invite Hackers
It may soon be possible for hackers to gain access to people's videos, images and text messages from WhatsApp. This is the most current security
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/10
NSO Group of Israel Hacking Individuals for Boosting Sale of its Spyware
Spyware creator NSO Group's software helps end-users infiltrate smart-phones of the most widely used, while intercept calls and also garner other
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/10
Missouri State Democratic Party Email to University Of Missouri Leads to Phishing Attempt
The debacle called "#FallInternshipSpam" got triggered, when an email having the subject "Fall Internships" from the Missouri
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/7
Prominent Phishing Assault Targets Drake E-Mails
The Information Technology Services of Drake University has issued an alert e-mail to campus staff and students regarding a phishing assault that's
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/7
Police Arrested a Manchester Man for $300,000 Retirement Funds Theft
A man from Manchester was arrested by the Hartford police after an investigation on retirement funds theft, which led to revelation of crimes like
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/7
Cobalt Group - Behind Global Bank Hacking Spree - Launched New Attacks
A ferocious group of hackers who target the financial organisations and seem to be the cyber attacks perpetrator against the ATM systems and SWIFT
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/6
Phishing Attack Victimizes Employees of Albert Lea City
This summer a phishing campaign victimized current and ex-employees of Albert Lea city and the incident has been notified to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/6
Botnet Herders Increasingly Prefer Multi-Functional Malware
Kaspersky Lab in its latest report on botnet operations during the period January-June shows how botnet herders now prefer to spread malware which
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/5
Hackers Claim to have Personal Details of around 20,000 Superdrug Customers
Superdrug has asked all its online customers to change their login passwords, as the health and beauty retailer was targeted by the hackers. The
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/5
Busygasper Malware yet Again Discovered on Android Phones
A freshly found malicious program 'BusyGasper' when implanted on Android phones may cause their owners uncountable troubles because of the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/5
A Man from Connecticut Found Guilty for 2014 Celebrity Icloud Hack
As per District of Connecticut's U.S. Attorney Office, a person named George Garofano, aged 26, was sentenced to prison for eight months, which will
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/4
Spam Attacks Flood NEO Network
According to Reddit, its NEO blockchain is under an unabated spam attack. The purpose pertains to making fee transactions most important while also
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/4
Bad News for Healthcare - One out of every 50 emails has a Malicious Link
The latest study from Mimecast, an email security company, shows that many of the security systems were unable to detect the malicious links in the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/4
‘Atlas’ Crypto Trading Website of Brazil Encounters Data Hack
Atlas Quantum, an investment platform for crypto-currencies in Brazil which's popular among users became a victim of hack. Even though according to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/3
Possible Computer Data Breach at Eastern Maine Community College Affects Students and Staffs
EMCC in Bangor, Maine, has reported a data security breach after they got to know that some of the computers in the college were infected with
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/3
Epic Games Indicates Malware Risks of Fortnite
Epic Games hit the headlines when it declared its decision of not using Google's Play Store for distributing Fortnite. That's because if the game is
...SPAMfighter News 2018/9/3
Chinese Police Arrested Suspected Hackers over Cryptocurrency Theft
State media reported on 19 August, 2018, that three Chinese hackers, who are suspected of allegedly stealing assets worth of $87 million (i.e. 600
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