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January 2019
SPAMfighter News 2019/1/31
Malware attack on MacOS conceals payload inside ad’s image files
Security researchers in an elaborate analysis depict one fresh mode of malware assault against macOS wherein they have uncovered rogue online
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/31
Customers of Singapore Airlines were warned about Phishing website promising free air tickets
One can get free tickets of Singapore Airlines (SIA) just by clicking a link, as per a WhatsApp screenshot circulating on the social media. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/30
Chinese hackers group manage to swindle INR 130 Crore from an Italian firm’s Indian unit
As per the police on January 14, 2019, an Italian firm's Indian unit based out in Mumbai has reportedly lost INR 130 Crore to the hackers. In one of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/30
Allerdale Borough Council issues warning about an attempted Email Phishing Scam
Allerdale Borough Council warns its customers regarding a new phishing scam, which attempts to steal the financial details of the customers. A
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/29
Salisbury police a victim of ransomware assault
Earlier in January, a ransomware assault hit Salisbury city which could have endangered the cyber network of the city's police department. On 9th
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/29
Iran-based cyber criminals likely behind the "unprecedented" global hacking campaign - FireEye
As per FireEye, the US cybersecurity firm, Iran-based cyber criminals were likely behind the sophisticated "unprecedented" global hacking
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/28
Vulnerability within APT lets installation of rogue package
Certain well-known Linux distributions are vulnerable to attack because of a security flaw inside the key interface of package management which by
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/28
Hackers demanded Ransom in the form of Bitcoin from ZNS after infiltrating the servers
The Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) was shut out completely of their internal systems on the afternoon of January 14, 2018, when the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/25
Warning e-mail spammed about risk in using WPML plug-in for WordPress
The past weekend, people using WPML plug-in the software compatible with WordPress were recipients of e-mails which cautioned that the software was
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/25
Cyber-crime police foil fraud executed through SIM interchange in Hyderabad
A wide network of phishing scam was detected on January 19 in Hyderabad wherein the cyber-criminals carrying out identity fraud interchanged mobile
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/24
Patients of Kent County Community Mental Health Authority impacted by Phishing Attack
Kent County Community Mental Health Authority of Michigan - better known as Network 180 - is notifying around 2,300 patients about their data
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/24
Data leak of 87GB size revealed
Troy Hunt the security researcher and manager of the service named "Have I Been Pwned" that helps end-users to find out whether a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/23
Science graduate, aged 21, was arrested for hacking gmail account and then seeking Ransom
A science graduate, aged 21, was arrested on Sunday (i.e. on January 6, 2019) in Auraiya district for hacking gmail account of a youth and then
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/23
Personal data of 31,000 patients' potentially got exposed due to third-party data breach
The healthcare sector remains a prime target for the cyber attackers, with MHS (Managed Health Services) of the Indiana Health Plan notifying around
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/22
Hackers compromised Emergency Warning System and send email and text messages to thousands of Australians
After infiltrating the emergency warning system (i.e. Early Warning Network) used by governments, a hacker has been able to message directly
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/22
Complaint was filed with Singapore Police by State Bank of Mauritius to track down the hackers
A complaint was filed with Singapore Police by the SBM (State Bank of Mauritius) for tracking down the unknown hackers, who have allegedly withdrawn
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/21
Around $1 Million was stolen from the Caddo Parish School Board
As per a detective on Tuesday (i.e. on January 8, 2019), much of the almost $1 million that was stolen in international phishing scheme against the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/21
Redbanc security breach linked to Lazarus Group
Redbanc an interbank network of Chile had been subject to a cyber attack during December 2018. The incident has just been disclosed and associated
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/21
Benefitmall – The US Payroll Firm - got hit by Phishing Attack
BenefitMall, the provider of payroll, employer services, and HR to businesses all over the United States, has reported an incident of data security
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/18
Ransomware attack victimizes Texan city Del Rio
Del Rio a city in Texas was recently victim of ransomware attack. The incident compelled authorities there to temporarily close down electronic
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/18
British hacker imprisoned over Internet collapse in Liberia
A hacker from Britain has to serve prison for 30 months for carrying out a cyber assault that unintentionally crashed the Internet all over Liberia.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/17
Victorian public servants’ work details stolen in Data breach
In an incident of data breach, 30,000 Victorian government employees' work details have been stolen by the hackers. The work details have been
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/17
Students of NSFAS getting targeted by Phishing Scams
The malicious cyber attackers recently tried gaining access to financial aid of students' at numerous tertiary institutions in the scheme which
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/16
Dubious app pre-installed in certain Alcatel phones was malicious
According to one mobile security company "Upstream," certain weather application already loaded onto some Alcatel smart-phones carried
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/16
Fraudsters steal INR 1.86 Crore through SIM Swapping from Mumbai Businessman
As per the report by Mumbai Mirror, a whopping amount of INR 1.86 Crore was robbed off from a Mumbai-based businessman on intervening night of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/16
Delaware Department of Finance says phishing scam uptick during this time of year
Every day, people become victim to phone scams or phishing scams that is costing them their cash as well as their time. As the tax season is
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/15
Damages caused because of Computer Viruses to the Vietnamese users reached $642 million in 2018
As per BKAV, cybersecurity firm of Vietnam, damages caused because of computer viruses to the Vietnamese users have reached a record high of $642
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/15
Communications Authority of Kenya warns that network systems getting targeted by Emotet Banking Virus
A warning has been issued for the local institutions and public by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) regarding a very destructive and
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/14
Official website of Luas hacked and a minimum of 3,226 user records got compromised
The official website of Luas got hacked, with the Irish tram operator being "held to ransom for one Bitcoin". The worth of one Bitcoin is
SPAMfighter News 2019/1/14
Google suspends 85 adware infected fraudulent applications
Google just eliminated a whopping 85 fake applications that had crept into its Play Store following a report from Trend Micro, the research and
SPAMfighter News 2019/1/14
German student confesses hacking into databases of numerous politicians, including Angela Merkel
In a confession by a student in Germany, news is made that he stole and published private data of numerous politicians prominent among them Angela
SPAMfighter News 2019/1/11
National Security Center introduces scheme for U.S companies’ protection from offshore hackers
The United States NCSC (National Counterintelligence and Security Center) just introduced scheme for the distribution of information materials such
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/11
Be Careful from scam email campaign stating You Won a new BMW 2 Series M240i in a BMW Lottery
Emails are circulating which might make you believe that you have won, for the holidays, a free 2018 brand new BMW 2 Series M240i. However, in
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/11
Be careful from fake American Express emails having attached Phishing Form
A new phishing campaign is going on where emails pretending to be from the American Express, states that your credit card has a security issue. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/10
Phishing Scam on Amazon Order Confirmation
Now-a-days people might receive emails that claim to be from Amazon, the e-commerce giant, but actually are fake emails. The major issue with these
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/10
Malicious “WhatsApp Gold” missive circulating, installs virus onto users’ phones
A "WhatsApp Gold" missive of malicious nature can hit any user of the popular application, so warn experts. The missive is crafted
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/9
Warning regarding an Online Banking Scam issued by the Texas DPS
Warning about an online campaign targeting your banking information has been issued by the Texas DPS (Department of Public Safety). The source
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/9
MobSTSPY spyware detected in fake Android apps on Google Play
The year 2018 for Google, among other things, was to address the problem of malware-infested Android games and applications on its Play Store. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/9
A woman from Kolkata tricked by cyber frauds
The cyber fraudsters have found a new method to steal money out of the public, and this time the means is through claiming to be a job provider.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/8
Latest Extortion Email threatens to send Hitman unless ransom amount in the form of Bitcoin is paid
The cyber criminals are trying out new extortion emails ideas to victimize the people. The extortion emails are now getting much wilder. Firstly,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/8
Cloud hosting facilitator Data Resolution struggling to regain after ransomware attack
Brian Krebs the tech journalist reports on his blog "Krebs on Security" that Dataresolution.net a provider of cloud hosting is working
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/7
South Korean Government taking action to minimize Voice Phishing Scams
The number of voice phishing or phone scams incidents that had dwindled in South Korea for three continuous years (i.e. 2015 to 2017), has increased
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/7
Sedgwick County Vendors targeted by Email Spoofing and Phishing Scam
Sedgwick County, located in Kansas, United States, was hit by an email scam two years ago, when it suffered a loss of half-a-million dollar. Two
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/7
Hacker syndicate holds victims to ransom in connection with exposing 9/11 facts
A hacker group named The Dark Overlord recently sent a threatening message about exposing innumerable confidential documents it seized from the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/4
Members of STCU warned about Email Phishing Scam
STCU is warning their members about the bogus emails, which asks the members to log-in into their STCU accounts. STCU says although these emails are
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/4
Man pleaded guilty to a Phishing Scheme Victimizing the Connecticut School Employees
A Nigerian citizen, aged 36 years was arrested, and pleaded guilty before the Federal judge on December 20, 2018. The accused was brought before the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/4
Hackers compromised the Payment System of many towns all over the U.S.
As the hackers have compromised the payment system of many towns all over the U.S., so the citizens who use those town websites for making any kind
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/3
Malware assault halts distribution of Tribune papers along with L.A. Times in USA
A malware-ridden cyber-assault is suspected halting the printing of San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune along with many
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/3
Some 1,000 fleeing North Koreans to South victims of hack
According to the unification ministry of South Korea, anonymous hackers, who acquired illegitimate admission into the database of certain
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/3
Scam targets a man from Norfolk County by threatening to expose his Adult website viewing habits
A common man from Norfolk County, Southwestern Ontario, Canada, has been targeted by an email scammer. The scammer has sent him a threatening email
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/2
Hacking attack results in theft of over 200 Bitcoins out of users’ Electrum wallets
A hackers' gang managed stealing over 200 bitcoins valuing some USD 720K from Electrum Bitcoin users. The crypto exchange is a bitcoin client of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/2
16,000 Patients of Mind & Motion were impacted by a Ransomware Attack
Around 16,000 patients' of a medical facility located in Georgia, US, were impacted by a security breach, as their records got exposed when
...SPAMfighter News 2019/1/1
Recent Bomb Threat Emails asking for Money are a New Type of Phishing Scam, as per the Experts
All of U.S. including Michigan has been hit by the hoax bomb threats calls through emails, and the law enforcement agencies are on their toes to take
SPAMfighter News 2019/1/1
Over 100 Websites of Government were hacked between January to November 2018, says IT Ministry
More than 100 government websites, which includes a few managed by the NIC (National Informatics Centre), were hacked in the year 2018 (between
