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November 2018
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/30
Uber gets Hefty Monetary Penalty over 2016 Cyber Assault
Uber had encountered a cyber-attack in 2016 which resulted in the exposure of data pertaining to innumerable customers and drivers to the attackers. For
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/30
Officials of East Tennessee State University investigating the phishing attack
A phishing attack is being investigated by the officials of East Tennessee State University (ETSU), where two ETSU employees email accounts got compromised
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/30
Delhi Resident Robbed off INR 1 Lakh through Email Hacking
A resident of Southeast Delhi was robbed of an amount of INR 1 Lakh approximately from his account by the hackers in the month of July. To do so, the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/29
Warning issued by IRS on the latest Tax Transcript Scam
The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) issued a warning on the latest "tax transcript" scam. Cybercriminals are now sending fraudulent emails, which
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/29
Coincheck Crypto Exchange Resumes its Tokens’ Services subsequent of January Hack
Coincheck the crypto exchange of Japan recently restarted services for the total 9 crypto-currencies that were being traded just before the hack in January.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/28
Two Hacker Groups Carry out Major Phishing Attacks against the Russian Banks
As per a cyber security firm, two major phishing email campaigns have been identified by them that have targeted financial institutions of Russia. The
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/28
Oncology Center in New York Notifies Patients and Employees about Phishing Attack
The NYOH (New York Oncology Hematology) in Albany has mailed letters to their patients and employees informing them about the phishing attack and notifying
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/27
Saudi Arabia tried Negotiating Purchase of Cell-Phone Spyware from Israel
As per Haaretz daily's reporting, there has been an alleged negotiation by Saudi Arabia for the purchase of a sophisticated system, which aids in hacking
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/27
Windows Ransomware Attack Hit Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore
A Tullamore hospital, i.e. Midlands Regional Hospital, has been working for restoring its systems after suffering from a windows ransomware attack.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/27
Finance Departments getting Targeted by Phishing Emails with .Com Payloads
As per a recent analysis by Cofense IntelligenceTM, there has been a substantial increase in the number of phishing emails targeting financial service
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/26
Students were getting Targeted with Emails of Fake Tax Refund by Scammers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said that university students in thousands were targeted with emails of fake tax refund in an effort to steal their personal
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/26
Crypto-Currency Thief Executes Multiple Account Hackings
Getting disconnected from mobile phone service, apart from being inconvenient, sometimes also implies the phone is hacked.
Robert Ross a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/23
Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center suffered a Phishing attack
Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center (SWRSC) in Vancouver, WA, suffers a data breach, in which 2,393 patients' secured health information might have
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/23
One Half Million Attempts Reported of Downloading Rogue Apps from Google’s Play
Malware is familiarly spread through fake apps; however according to one security researcher, he has known of over one half million end-users who downloaded
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/22
Two Men involved in Talktalk Hack get Sentenced
Two men are recipients of a sentence for being involved in an extensive cyber-attack which targeted TalkTalk during 2015. Connor Allsop, aged 21 and Mathew
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/22
Phishing Attack Compromises Health First Patients’ Data
A non-profit community based health system in Florida, known as Health First, fall prey to a phishing attack. A notification was sent to around 42,000
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/22
Hacking Syndicate TA505 Back with Focus on Info-Stealing Trojan
A hacking syndicate profusely launching attacks is back, now executing one fresh campaign that seemingly thrusts one novel RAT (remote access trojan) onto
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/21
Millions Stolen by North Korea-Linked Hacking Group from Atms in Africa and Asia
The latest report from Symantec, the cyber security firm, has revealed that North Korea-linked infamous hacking group called Lazarus has been estimated to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/21
Major Pakistani Banks Data got Hacked, as per FIA Official
Major security breach led to hacking of data of most Pakistani banks, as per a media report on Tuesday (i.e. November 6, 2018), that quoted a senior
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/21
Hacker got Rewarded for Discovering a Critical Steam Bug
ArtemMoskowsky, a security researcher, came across with a Steam bug that provided him the access to numerous free keys for various games that are available
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/20
For Smbs Ransomware Attacks still the Greatest Online Threat
Although there's now calm over ransomware attacks' excitement, yet they continue to pose considerable danger for SMBs (small and medium businesses), in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/20
Google Account Hacked for Fake Bitcoin Reward
Widely used social media site Twitter has been battling to halt an increasing trend of accounts' hacking, largely the verified accounts belonging to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/20
Children Movement Tracking Smart-Watch have Vulnerabilities Allowing Hacking
Hackers have found a way for hacking certain SMART watch which's designed for reading the movements of a child so con persons can detect their
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/19
Cathay Pacific Airlines Cyberattack is Caused by a ‘Sustained Cyberattack’
The cyberattack on Cathay Pacific airlines, which resulted in data breach, has come out as the world's biggest data breach of any airline. The carrier
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/19
Wannacry Continues to be Dominant Ransomware
WannaCry's efficacy now stands diminished after being the biggest disaster on cyber space that history can recall. A website, which criticizes the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/19
Turkish Police Arrested Cryptocurrency Hackers
As per Hurriyet, a major Turkish Newspaper, 14 individuals have filed complaint to local prosecution authorities in Istanbul that fraudsters have hacked
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/16
Massive Rise is Seen in Phishing Attacks
Phishing is a fraudulent activity type where the hackers - having fake identities online - 'fish' for information. As per Kaspersky Lab's latest
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/16
Warning Issued by Emirates NBD over VAT Phishing Email Targeting its Customers
UAE tourists and residents are getting targeted by fraudsters in a latest scam ahead of VAT (Value Added Tax) refund system introduction, on November 18,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/16
French Company Data Breach Causes Sensitive Information Stolen to the Hackers
French and German media on November 2 (i.e. on Friday), 2018, have reported that thousands of documents containing sensitive information pertaining to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/15
Ransomware Attack Strikes Media Prima
According to The Edge Financial Daily, a ransomware assault struck Media Prima Berhad on 8th November 2018. Media Prima is a company which runs
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/15
India saw over 4.3 Lakh Cyber Attacks from China, Russia, US, Germany and Netherlands
As per F-Secure's honeypot data, China, Russia, the US, Germany and the Netherlands together have targeted India with more than 4.3 Lakh cyber
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/15
Bitmain Sues Anonymous Hacker over Theft of $5.5m
One legal suit, which was recently filed with Washington's Western District's District Court at Seattle, USA, alleges that China situated Bitmain
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/14
Public get Warning from Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office about a Phishing Email Scam
The public are getting warned by the office of Scotts Bluff County Sheriff about a phishing email scam that is going on.
As per a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/14
Homebuyers Fall Prey to the Email Hacking Scheme Of Crooks
The crooks have come up with a trick which victimizes the homebuyers in such a way that he/she ends up sending the money to them without being
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/14
BDO Unibank Warned its Customers to Remain Beware from New Phishing Scheme
Philippines' largest bank, named BDO Unibank, issued a warning for its customers on Tuesday (i.e. on 30 October, 2018) regarding the latest phishing
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/13
Ransomware Attack on City of Muscatine Shutdown Several Servers
A news release from City of Muscatine tells about one ransomware attack that shutdown many servers of the city but two weeks later officials
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/13
A Student Aged 14 Years behind Hacking of Peoria Notre Dame High School’s System
Principal of the Peoria Notre Dame High School, Randy Simmons, wrote a letter to parents on October 29, 2018, informing them that the school being
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/13
24-Year-Old Arrested By Mumbai Police or ‘Hacking’ Woman’s Whatsapp Account
Diptesh Prakashchand Salecha was arrested by the Mumbai Police for hacking WhatsApp and Facebook accounts. The Rajasthan youth, aged 24, was held
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/12
Three Foreign Nationals Arrested for Hacking MP Husain Dalwai’s Email Account
Three foreigners were arrested from New Delhi by the Cyber police on October 26, 2018, for hacking into Congress Party member of Rajya Sabha, Husain
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/12
Ransomware Assault Strikes Toronto Company, which Sells Data Belonging to Ontario Residents
A company named ESC Corporate Services in Toronto and which resells confidential business and private data that the government of Ontario collects has been
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/12
Multiple Phishing Attempts Targeted Major Universities
Kaspersky Lab warned that students and staffs of universities around the world should now become more cautious online, after the researchers detected around
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/9
Phishing now possible by exploiting online video function vulnerability in Word
Security researchers from Cymulate a cyber assault simulation firm based at Israel have detected vulnerability within the online video function of
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/9
Idaho Falls School District Struck by a Computer Virus Attack
Idaho Falls School District 91 has been attacked by a computer virus. Margaret Wimborne, the spokeswoman of D91, said that due to the virus attack,
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/9
D93 staff accounts compromised through a phishing scam
The staff accounts of Bonneville Joint School District 93 were compromised by the scammers through a phishing scam. The school is now recovering from
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/8
Hackers from North Korea still breaking into PCs for mining crypto-currencies
The Intelligence Service of South Korea believes North Korea is continuing to break into PCs for mining crypto-currencies. The reports state that the
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/7
A Phishing Incident is Being Investigated by the Carthage Police
Residents are getting warned by the Carthage Police regarding a latest phone scam. A complaint, where phone number of the Carthage Police Department's
SPAMfighter News 2018/11/6
Anonymous Hackers Syndicate Defaces Huge Number of Websites of Gabon Government
According to recent news, an extensive hacking assault occurred inside West Africa's Gabon region. It is also known that the hackers' group named Anonymous
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/6
Gift Card Phishing Scam Using Email Addresses of Bosses’ is Latest Trend Adopted by Scammers
A latest phishing scam related to gift cards has now become a new way to fool people. These phishing emails have become all the more successful in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/5
Ship Builder Austal Hacked
Austal a defense contractor and builder of ships consigned to the Royal Navy of Oman, the United States Navy, and the Royal Australian Navy recently
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/5
Chinese Intel Agents Indicted by US Again over Hacking
The DOJ (Department of Justice) of US has indicted 6 people of Chinese origin - who were allegedly paid hacker lackeys, 2 Chinese Intelligence
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/2
White-Hat Hacker Enumerates Weaknesses within Google Home Platform
A problem associated with smart speakers' adoption involves digital assistants inside them along with their included hardware both of which can be hacked.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/2
U.S. Geological Survey Network got Infected with Malware
A federal employee has viewed over 9,000 pornographic webpages at his work place thus infecting a government network of U.S. with malware.
As
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/1
USA Indicts Chinese Intelligence Agents over Hack into Jet Engine Information
USA has indicted officers from Chinese intelligence for having connived towards hacking the computer systems of U.S private companies after teaming
...SPAMfighter News 2018/11/1
Phishing Attacks Breach 20,000 Patient Records of Catawba Valley Medical Center
20,000 patients of Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) based in North Carolina has been notified regarding breach of their personal data after 3
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