SPAMfighter News 2018/10/31

A Report on Data Breaches in Australia

In Australia, twenty percent of the entire Notifiable Data Breaches during the period July-September occurred due to online phishing, with private

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/31

Hack Disturbs Crypto Exchange MapleChange

Inside Alberta, Canada, there is one Bitcoin exchange of small scale which currently is inaccessible on the Internet. That exchange, MapleChange has

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/30

Report on Phishing Attack Shows Microsoft, Paypal as well as Netflix as the Top Targets

A latest report on phishing has been released that is said to be keeping a track of top-most 25 brands which are targeted by the bad actors. Amongst

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/30

Cofense Triggers its Increased Phishing Defense Services

Top global supplier of human powered defense solutions against phishing, Cofense declared on October 25 increased Phishing Defense Services 24/7 for

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/30

Cathay Pacific says a Hacker has Accessed 9.4 Million Customers Personal Information

A hacker has accessed 9.4 million customers' personal information as per the Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., and thus it became the biggest airline

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/29

Paytm Founder and CEO Victimized in Extortion Scam

Paytm CEO and founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma who was victimized in an extortion scam, which apparently his payment business' communication head and a

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/29

Hackers Breach System of Healthcare.Gov Exposing Personal Data of 75,000 Users

A computer of a government website HealthCare.gov got hacked in the beginning of this month, which led to exposure of personal data of around 75,000

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/29

Conference Website of Saudi Arabia Got Hacked

The website of an important conference to be held in Saudi Arabia was taken over by the hackers. The website for Future Investment Initiative, a

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/26

Trade.Io Hacked, Massive Amount of Tokens Stolen

Hackers have reportedly attacked Swiss blockchain firm Trade.io (TIO), which claims to be certain financial institution of the next generation.

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/26

Spammers Behind Historic Data Breach Affecting Millions of Facebook Users

As reported by Wall Street Journal, Facebook tentatively concluded that it was not the hackers working for the nation-state, but the spammers

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/26

Reports Allege Chinese Hackers Placed Chips in Victims’ Super Micro Motherboards

Super Micro the manufacturer of computer motherboards in torment indicated to customers that a hack, which purported to have hijacked its

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/24

South Korea Seems Chief Target of the ‘Operation Oceansalt’ Campaign

Korean-speaking people have become the target of first-stage implant that has been discovered recently. The first-stage implant functions by

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/24

Office 365 for Business - from May to September - has been Recorded Lowest Phish Miss Rate Versus Rivals

The report on phishing miss rate of Office 365 was released by Microsoft. As per the statistics of Microsoft, they had blocked around 5 Billion

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/23

Internet Crime Complaint Center of FBI Warned that Fraudsters are Targeting Paycheck Via Direct Deposit

Recently, Tech Tuesday segment of the Oregon FBI focused on building digital defense against the payroll phishing scams.

Internet

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/23

Facebook Hoax Tricks Users to Believe that Hackers have Hacked their Account

In a recent incident, the social media website was again in news; this time, a Facebook scam is tricking people to believe that the hackers have

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/22

Childcare Centre is now all Set to Open in New Year Despite $54,000 Loss in Invoice Hacking Scam

A childcare centre is now all set to open in New Year at rural Taranaki despite losing a hefty amount of around $54,000 in invoice hacking scam.

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/22

Apple Voiceover Exploit Allows Attackers Access to Ios Devices

One of the most important features of iOS and macOS devices is the Apple VoiceOver. This feature was introduced first in macOS devices (i.e. in the

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/19

Madison County Computer Systems Face a Ransomware Attack

Employees of Madison County were not able to send emails since the evening of 7 October, 2018, Sunday, after getting attacked by a ransomware virus

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/19

Local Person of Cork City Investigated over Hacking of Council’s Parking App

The Crime Unit of Garda Computer has been drafted to find about the hacking that illegally accessed personal information of 5,000 people's collected

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/19

Influencer’s Instagram Account Hacked for a Ransom of S$410

A local influencer, who was formerly a marine systems operator, Clarie Teo's instagram account was hacked; and she found that all her username,

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/18

Message of Cryptic Playstation 4 is Crashing the Consoles

The users of PS4 were getting an odd message that is triggering a glitch and then bricking the console. As per a number of Reddit users, this glitch

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/18

Around 600 Computers of Anne Arundel County Public Library have been Exposed to Emotet Virus

Around 600 computers of Anne Arundel County Public Library have been exposed to the computer virus, Emotet, thus prompting the officials to take

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/17

Russian Hackers Attack Specialist in Customer Review Tied to Innumerable Websites

According to RiskIQ a security firm, a syndicate of hackers from Russia after targeting British Airways and Ticketmaster has recently attacked an

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/17

Faculties and Staff of Chapman got Affected by the ‘Critical’ Phishing Attack

As per the Chapman's Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Communication, Jamie Ceman's email, above 20 faculty and staff members of Chapman have

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/17

Facebook Accounts in Several Millions Hacked

Facebook, in September 2018, acknowledged that millions of users' A/Cs had been compromised with the user data exposed to hackers. On October 13,

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/16

Now Surfing about your Favourite Celebrities can make you Vulnerable to Virus Attack

We are at the age of pop culture, where we all are obsessed by the celebrities and their images. We watch them on electronic media and want to

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/16

Malware Attack Popular Amongst the Hackers, Even though it Dips in Q2 in 2018

A new research by Positive Technologies have found out through the data that malware attacks are found to be the top-most method of attack, despite

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/15

Security Loophole Leads to Hacking of Whatsapp Accounts in Israel

A warning was issued by Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) on October 2, 2018, Tuesday, regarding a security flaw in the famous instant

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/15

Hackers from North Korea Reportedly Seize over USD1.1bn within Bank Heists

According to security researchers, a high-profile team of hackers from North Korea was recently found executing cyber assaults targeted against

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/12

U.S Charges Russian Intelligence Officers over Westinghouse Hack

On October 4, 2018, USA indicted 7 officers of Russian intelligence for allegedly conniving towards breaking into PCs of Westinghouse Electric Co a

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/12

Marion County Jail’s Reporting System Fall Prey to Virus Attack

Computer virus attack hits the reporting system of Marion County Jail in the last week of September, leading to the reporting system completely

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/11

Cyber Security Breach Affects 50 Million Facebook Users

Around 50 million accounts of Facebook users got affected in a major incident of cyber security breach, as per the social networking website on

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/11

Ghostdns Attack Compromised Over 100K Routers

The DNS settings of 100,000-and-more routers recently got modified so that end-users would get diverted onto phishing sites. When end-users

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/11

Canada-Based Restaurant Chain Hit with Malware Attack

A series of restaurant brands which run under a parent company in Canada recently experienced impact of an outage hitting the parent business' IT

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/10

Port of San Diego Hit by a Ransomware Attack Affecting its Computer Systems

It was confirmed in a press release by the San Diego Port that a cyberattack has affected its computer systems, and thus the port officials are

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/10

After C and Java, Python is Popular for Creating Hacking Tools

Imperva the web security firm published attack statistics during the end week of September and accordingly stated that after C and Java programming

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/9

A Boy, Aged 17, was Arrested for Hacking the Website of UPSC on September 10

The UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) website hacking case has been cracked now. The Delhi Police's Special Cell appointed for the case

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/9

Police Warned that Phishing Text Messages are Used to Target the Bank Customers

As per a statement by the Singapore Police on 2 October, 2018, a new phishing scam is on the rise which sends fake messages to bank customers. Bank

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/9

Hackers Targeting Instagram Accounts of Influential Profiles for Ransom in a Recent Campaign

The high-profilers and big shots should now be prepared to safeguard their Instragram account, as the hackers are targeting Instagram accounts of

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/8

Virus Attack Hampers the Email System of Ulster Town

A computer virus attack at the Ulster town has led to shut down of entire email system of the town. It has been decided that the email system will

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/8

Hackers are Trying Rerouting your Direct Deposit Paycheck – Warns FBI

As per the FBI, a latest phishing scam is on the roll that is targeting your paychecks directly. WJHL, in its report confirms that it is the

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/8

Aspire Health Lost 'Protected Health Information' after Getting Hacked by a Phishing Scheme

As per the report of The Tennessean, Aspire Health, a huge healthcare company of Nashville, which offers its services of in-home treatment to 25

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/5

Two Suspects in $14m Theft of Crypto-Currencies Detained in Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Police have taken under their custody two men suspected in theft of some $14m worth of crypto-currencies from one crypto company named

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/5

MP’s Assistant Sentenced over Hacking Account of Ex-Interior Minister

The assistant of Jozef Rajtar MP from Freedom and Solidarity party whom court identified solely as Filip R., is reportedly responsible for

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/4

Security Investigator who Compromised Hotel Wi-Fi, Shared Pass-Codes Online, is Fined

A security expert from China has been fined SGD5,000 (USD3,600) in Singapore because he illegitimately broke into one Wi-Fi system of certain hotel

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/4

Romanian Woman Pleads Guilty for Hacking MPD Surveillance Cameras

Eveline Cismaru, a woman from Romania, aged 28, was charged for hacking computer systems and surveillance cameras that were connected to the MPD

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/3

Vietnam-Born Worker in U.S Intelligence Ordered Prison over Data Theft and Leakage

Nghia Hoang Pho, who has been with the premium hacking unit Tailored Access Operations of National Security Agency for ten years, admitted

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/3

Snapchat Accounts Allegedly Hacked by a Man for Extorting Sexually Explicit Images

As per the federal prosecutors, Barton George Scott, a registered sex offender, has hacked over two dozen accounts of Snapchat belonging to minors,

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/3

$148 Million will be Paid by Uber for not Reporting about 2016 Hack

Uber, the ride-hailing company, has agreed to tighten their data security practices and pay $148 Million to states after the company failed for over

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/2

Teen Hacker of Apple Escapes Sentencing

A teenager in Australia made an intrusion into the computers of Apple office, spread over 2-yrs followed with downloading sensitive data of 90GB size,

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/2

Chegg’s 40 m Users to be Issued Fresh Passwords in the Aftermath of Hack

Education technology firm Chegg situated in Santa Clara, USA is considering creating fresh passwords for more than 40m consumers after it discovered

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/1

Regulators of Japan Seeking Answers in Wake of Zaif’s ¥6.7 Billion Crypto Hack

A business improvement order has been issued for the third-time by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan to Tech Bureau, owner of Zaif - the

SPAMfighter News 2018/10/1

Crypto-Mining Malware Still Exhibits Speedy Rising Trend

McAfee, on September 25, 2018, released its most recent study report about e-threats underscoring there has been a massive rise in malicious