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October 2017
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/31
Repeated Silencing of ‘Overwatch’ Players Sparks Debate
Blizzard with its Overwatch item is still most popular within the shooter games trading place. In fact, the twosome lately had 35m people playing
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/31
FBI Finds it an Exorbitant Problem to not Manage Hacking Smart-Phones
In FBI's understanding, encryption is becoming unfeasible. Over the past eleven months, unsuccessful efforts of FBI have been with regard to
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/30
Unpleasant Racist Email Sent from Wilcox Teacher’s Hacked Email Account
A racist letter sent from the email account of a high school teacher seems to be hacked, as confirmed by the state's Educational Department. This
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/30
BadRabbit Ransomware makes Fresh Wave of Attacks in Ukraine and Russia
A ransomware attack struck an international airport in Ukraine as well as 3 media outlets in Russia October 24, 2017 before German IT experts detected
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/30
After its American Consumers, Equifax Faces Data Breach into its UK Customers
The regulatory problem of Equifax Inc. has gone from bad to worse. The company that provides credit reference is facing American investigations into
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/27
The New Reaper Botnet may be Dangerous for the Internet
Check Point Research a security group asserts there is one botnet which is evolving and growing very fast with the ability to sometime in future
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/27
Hacker Admits to Invading 550 iCloud and Gmail Accounts
A hacker not yet proved guilty of carrying out one phishing scam because of which he illegitimately accessed over 500 e-mail accounts of which a large
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/27
Feds Caution About Hacking Threats on Energy, Water, Nuclear, Aviation and More
The Department of Homeland Security together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an e-mail alert October 20 about hackers targeting water,
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/26
Rewards Abound for Discovering Bugs in Google Play Store Apps
One fresh scheme from Google is purposed with eradicating security flaws inside 3rd-party applications which are stored inside Google Play.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/26
Hermes Ransomware Employed by North Korean Hackers for a Recent Bank Theft
A cybercrime ring associated with North Korea suspected of attacking central bank of Bangladesh last year is expected to be responsible for the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/25
T-Mobile Customer’s Details Targeted via API Bug
Last week, a bug disclosed and targeted by T-Mobile in a web-based application interface enabled users to request account details by just entering
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/25
Pizza Hut Hack Affected Thousands of Customers – Announced by the Company
As announced by Pizza Hut on this Saturday, the theft of personal information of few of its customers is due to 28 hours long security breach at the
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/25
ATMii New Malware Targeting ATM Machines to Snatch Their Entire Stored Cash at Once
It is the new ATM malware, dubbed ATMii that intends to target ATM machines to spit out all their stored cash. The malware was unveiled by security
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/24
Wi-Fi Users can be at Risk of WPA2 Vulnerability Exploitation
The security protocol WPA of Wi-Fi has developed devastating vulnerability that if attackers exploit they can intercept a user's data when that
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/24
Newest Flaw in Adobe Flash Enables Malware Installation
Adobe Flash since long has been vulnerable intermittently. Right now it is found with a security flaw that lets 'hackers' compromise people's
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/23
A 2013 Hack into Microsoft’s Internal Database was Left Unpublicized
Over 4-yrs back, hackers seemingly breached the internal database of Microsoft with which bugs are tracked. According to the company's few erstwhile
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/23
Spam Mails Come into Domino’s Customers’ Inboxes
The Domino's retailer in Australia has encountered leakage of its customer data. In the process inhabitants are getting spam mails. The spammers
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/23
Australia’s Defense Data Stolen by Mystery Hackers
A mystery hacker, designated as a TV soap opera personality stole important and crucial data about the multi-billion dollar warplane and navy
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/20
Ransomware Sale Skyrocketing
On October 11, San Francisco held Cb Connect conference had a release of one fresh report, outlining how ransomware sales increased amazingly on the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/20
New Android Ransomware ‘DoubleLocker’ Launched
Cyber-criminals have created one Android ransomware which not only encrypts data of the device owner but also prevents access of the hijacked device
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/19
Spoofed iOS Application Login Box maybe Capturing Users’ Apple ID
Cyber-criminals have come to learn that it's very easy to make victims reveal their Apple ID particulars by simply telling them to provide the same.
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/19
Pornhub Website Hacked, Visitors Click Adverts, Become Infected With Virus
'Pornhub' website users are being alerted of a malware assault that could hack their computers for unwelcome outcomes. Apparently one sneaky,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/18
Hack Exposes Secret Data Regarding Defense Systems of Australia
Hackers have got away with secret data regarding newly-launched surveillance aircrafts, navy vessels and fighter jets stored on the system of a
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/18
Equifax’s Website Breached, Data Stolen, Malicious Adware Delivered
Hackers attacked the website of Equifax the credit reporting company during May and stole 145.5m American buyers' names, Social Security Numbers
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/17
Phishing Scam Steals Passwords from Apple iPhones
Phishers are crafting assaults that are smarter and increasingly deceptive. With one swift examination of an e-mail from its sender alternatively the
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/17
ICO Fines Vanquis Bank for Sending Unsolicited Promotional Messages
Provident Financial Group's subsidiary Vanquis Bank Limited attempted at making its payment cards, in particular, credit cards popular through
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/17
350 Government Bodies and Big Corporates Affected from the Deloitte’s Breach
There was a hack on Deloitte cyber infrastructure that was revealed on September 25. While Deloitte made uncertain statements confirming that the
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/16
Hackers of Tiny Super NES Add Innumerable Games
Evidently from the menu of the console, it's possible to add games into its library, like the 2 games namely "F-Zero" and "Super Mario
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/16
CyberSecurity Alert in South Korea and the United States as Data Stealing Malware Attacks the Infrastructure
FormBook is the new malware from attackers targeting manufacturing, defense, and aerospace firms in the South Korea and the United States.
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SPAMfighter News 2017/10/13
UK Teenager Hacked into PCs of Top FBI, CIA Officials
A British teen's mother facing imprisonment for attempting at hacking into systems of top American officials, most importantly the director of CIA,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/13
Australian Government Discloses Breach of Defense Supplier’s Computer
According to the Australian government, hackers infiltrated certain defense contractor's PC in 2016. Before launching the yearly threat report of
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/13
A Duo Arrested by Sri Lankan Police Over Bank Hacking in Taiwan
According to the officials, the duo has been arrested by Sri Lankan police for helping international criminals to steal and transfer millions of
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/12
Spammers Steal Personal Information of Domino’s Consumers
Domino's, the pizza chain says following receipt of customers' complaints that they were getting spam mails it was possible that someone had stolen
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/12
Hackers of Russian Government Exploited Antivirus Software to Steal Cyber Capabilities of U.S.
According to several people having knowledge about this matter, hackers who are working for Russian Govt. stole details about how US penetrates
SPAMfighter News 2017/10/11
How Australia is Fighting Cyber Crime
The new International Cyber Engagement Strategy emphasizes the incentive of trade but it was introduced with a reminder that Australia has enough
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/11
Cloudflare Blocks Sites Hosting Crypto-Currency Miner
Cloudflare the provider of Internet domain is clamping websites hosting crypto-currency miners that stay concealed. This was broadcasted October 4
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/11
Chief of Staff of White House John Kelly’s Mobile Phone Hacked
Unknown hackers, it's reported, compromised the personal phone of John Kelly chief-of-staff at White House. Kelly was using the cell-phone down many
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/10
NATO Soldiers’ Smart-Phones Victims of Hacks
NATO soldiers stationed in countries of Eastern Europe are facing a tough time guarding their smart-phones from sneaky hacks. According to a Wall
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/10
IoT Appliances very Useful But Still Security Deficient
Technology today is very important as it is closely connected with our day to day businesses. However, it is a security challenge most heavily felt,
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/9
UK has been Drained by 590 ‘Significant’ Cyber Attacks in Last Year
The organization says in one annual review which got published on 3rd Oct. that more than 1,000 incidents of cybersecurity has been reported to the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/9
South American Banks Targeted with New Stealthy Banker Trojan
According to Cisco Talos, cyber-criminals are intensively targeting banks of South America with the aim to capture accountholders' credentials using
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/9
August 2013 Yahoo Hack Impacted Entire 3bn Accounts
A security breach at Yahoo in 2013 disturbed the total 3bn accounts of the Internet giant. Its parent company Verizon revealed so after one fresh
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/6
FBI won’t be Compelled to Disclose San Bernardino iPhone Hacking Tool
According to ZDNet, one federal court yesterday ordered that FBI doesn't need to reveal either the vendor name used or price government paid for
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/6
The Tale of Equifax’s Breach
In a statement to lawmakers on October 2, 2017, Richard Smith former CEO of Equifax said that one massive hacking attack got executed due to both
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/6
How Recent Ransomware Assaults Affected Companies
According to prominent news organizations, cyber-criminals had got away with over $209m during January-March 2016 that was over 8 times more than
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/5
Hackers in Iran Attacking Aviation and Petrochemical Industries
According to FireEye the cyber-security company, a hackers' group thought as operating inside Iran to give service to the government reportedly has
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/5
Whole Foods Probing Hack of Taprooms and Restaurants
Amazon.com Inc. acquired Whole Foods Market just a month ago and, on Thursday, Whole Foods Market has disclosed that few of their POS terminals were
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/5
Security Hack Happened at Sonic Drive-In
Sonic, the fast food drive-in, may have been hacked. As per the company, they were looking for "unusual activity" while using credit cards
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/4
What We Know So Far is Deloitte Gets Hacked
The Guardian reported on 25th September stating that the consulting firm Deloitte was struck by a cyberattack which might have exposed the emails of
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/4
Poor Coding Limits Cyber-Capabilities of IS Hackers
As per a new research, the terrorist group built tools for online attack is full of general errors. Kyle Wilhoit, Sr. Security Researcher, speaking
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/4
All CCTV Cameras Exposed to Infrared Attacks
Proof-of-concept malware known as aIR-Jumper could be used for defeating air-gapped network protections, and then send the data in and out of the
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/3
UK’s Security Boss Warns that Major Cyber-Attack will soon Happen
The most serious attack is "category one", which might happen "sometime during the next few years". As per agency that reports
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/3
Mumbai Cyber-crime Police Investigates into State OSD’s Complaint
A particular case of cyber-crime filed 2 months back is currently a political issue following Mumbai's crime cell sending out twenty notifications
...SPAMfighter News 2017/10/3
CCleaner Compromised, Hackers Collect Data from Affected PCs
Fresh details come from the Threat Intelligence Team of Avast on September 22, 2017 regarding the CCleaner malicious program which got uncovered
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