SPAMfighter News 2018/12/31

Vietnam Struck by a Ransomware Attack infecting around 4000 Computers

As per Whitehat Security Forum, the malicious code that is spreading in Vietnam is the fifth generation version of the GandCrab new-generation malware. The

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/31

Over 26m malware attacks aimed at Indian businesses during July-September

Seqrite the provider of enterprise cyber-security recently published its third quarter Quarterly Threat Report of 2018 stating that over 26m malware

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/31

Indian Income Tax Department warns Public against New Phishing Scam via SMS Promising Tax Refunds

The new phishing scam that is shared via SMS has been taking the people in India on its grips as it claims to be from the Income Tax (IT) Department

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/28

Hackers steal personal data off San Diego School District pupils and employees

The San Diego Unified School District in California is sufferer of a phishing scam which exposed data belonging to 500,000 pupils and employees.

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/28

Hackers robbed off INR 27 lakh from a Diamond Trading Company in Mumbai

In a case of hacking and theft, a diamond trading company based out at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) lost INR 27 lakh, when the hackers

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/28

Be Careful of Phishing attempt pretend as Netflix 'Validate your Payment Information' Email

Recently, the worried users of Netflix went to the social media for sharing about an email they have received regarding the streaming service

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/27

UMMS (University of Maryland Medical System) investigating Malware attack on their Computer system

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is investigating the malware attack on their computer system, which occurred on December 9, 2018

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/27

Phishing Attack pretends to be a non-delivery notifications email from Office 365

The new phishing attack, which has been found, is using forged non-delivery notifications email in order to steal users' credentials of Microsoft

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/27

More Than $800,000 stolen by Hackers from Cape Cod Community College

In a cyber security attack, the Cape Cod Community College got impacted. The cyber security attack compromised the college campus computers through

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/26

FBI confiscates fifteen websites having criminal intent

Federal authorities, in the current week, confiscated fifteen Internet domains following which declared charges against one man residing in the west

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/26

USA blames China for extensive hacking attacks

The Department of Justice in USA came down on China, indicting 2 men from the country with hacking charges against PC networks belonging to

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/26

Security hack targeted on NASA, employee personal information endangered

Hackers lately compromised NASA's computer servers in order to seize personal information about existing and erstwhile staff, revealed USA's space

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/24

Top CFOs getting targeted by sophisticated Email Scam

A Nigerian hackers group is making attempts to trick numerous top executives all throughout the world into sending the hackers group company funds.

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/24

Save the Children Foundation tricked into transferring around $1 Million to Scammers

Hackers scammed Save the Children Foundation out of around $1 million in a BEC (Business Email Compromise) scam.

Save the Children, a

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/24

Hackers defeat two-factor authentication system using automated phishing assaults

Using the 2-factor authentication mechanism on online accounts does not only make them secure but also provides an effective means for keeping away

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/21

IRS issuing alert to citizens about malware-laced phishing e-mails

According to a warning by Internal Revenue Service (IRS), there's a rise in the number of phishing e-mails which relate to W-2 forms, wire transfers

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/21

Hackers Post Memes on twitter.com for issuing Commands to their Malware

Trend Micro the security company has detected one fresh kind of malware which gets back the commands of its controller via memes put up on Twitter.

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/21

Computer Systems of North Bend Hit by a Ransomware Attack

Computer systems of North Bend city in Coos county of Oregon is up and working normally again, after falling victim to a ransomware cyber-attack

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/20

Ransomware Attack on EMR Hosting Vendor Compromises Data of Over 16,000 Patients of Redwood Eye Care Center

The medical sector has been struck by ransomware attack again. This time it affected the Redwood Eye Care Center, the ophthalmology practice of

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/20

Over 100,000 Windows PC users in China had their PCs infected by New Ransomware Strain

Over 100,000 Windows PC users in China have had their PCs infected by a new ransomware strain that encrypts their files. The ransomware does not

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/20

New Surge in Sophisticated Phishing Scams warns Internal Revenue Service

There is a new surge in sophisticated phishing scams warns Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the state tax agencies. The IRS said on December 4,

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/19

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University hacking unveils a student and an employee behind the crime

The investigation on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) hacking case has finally come to an end. The yearlong joint investigation carried

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/19

Credential Stuffing Attack may have led to Hacking of Dunkin’ Donuts Accounts

Customer data of Dunkin' Donuts got hacked in credential stuffing attack. Dunkin' Donuts announced on the evening of November 27 (i.e. Tuesday),

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/19

Businesses warned about increasing Phishing Attacks on winter

Come winters and the phishing attacks take a wild turn! The winters are largely associated with celebrations, holidays and merry making, and it is

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/18

Pewdiepie admirers yet again Hack Printers

A few supporters of PewDiePie yet another time hacked printers recently and ardently asked people to register with the YouTuber; however, they as

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/18

Enormous Iranian hack targeting U.S officials’ personal e-mails

After Donald Trump the President of United States yet again targeted Iran with stringent economic sanctions in November 2018, Iranian hackers

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/17

Ransomware attack affects Moscow’s New Cable Car System a few days after it opened

The first cable car service was opened in Moscow recently, and has promised free rides to the people in the first month of its launch. However, a few days

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/17

Infamous Virus possibly behind Cyber Hack at Saipem

A cyber hack targeting Saipem an oil services company in Italy which derailed over 300 PCs was probably because of one variant of Shamoon the infamous

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/17

Employee of Doordash claims that Someone Hacked his Account and Stole the Payment

Michael and his wife, Laura Lewis, work for the DoorDash delivering food. It is the main source of income for the family. Laura said "that's what's

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/14

Thirty-two people arrested from 16 Fake Call Centres in Noida and Gurugram

Twenty-three people have been arrested during raids by the Police on November 27, 2018, and November 28, 2018, for being a part of a cyber fraud. These

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/14

Hackers crack PlayStation Classic while in action

Sony's announcement of considering releasing its system of classic/mini/plug-n-play in 2018 resulted in an enormous excitement among numerous fans because

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/14

Android Trojan filches funds from Victims’ Paypal A/Cs pretty noticeably

According to ESET, one fresh Android Trojan is doing damage by hiding inside an application functioned for battery optimization so it facilitates theft of

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/13

Phishing Scam disguised as delivery tracking mail tries to befool Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy

A warning for the online shoppers has been issued by the office of Madison County Sheriff, which notifies them about a latest scam that is targeting the

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/13

Google discards another batch of 22 Malware-Laced Applications from its Play

Experts warn not to use Android often at this time to surf Google Play Store to download applications. For, during the recent weeks, Play Store was found

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/13

Former Assistant Attorney General of State in Watertown warns of Computer Virus Scam

John T. Sullivan Jr. when switch on his iMac computer for doing some online banking on November 28, 2018, an alert notice was there on his computer screen.

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/12

Dentist from Lawrence falls prey to Hackers losing around $90,000

A dentist from Lawrence loses around $90,000 after becoming a victim to a fraud scheme. The notorious fraud scheme was the one, which for many years

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/12

Bank Account of a Delhi-Based Doctor Hacked to steal INR 60,000 from Account

In a case of bank account hacking, a Doctor from Delhi was robbed off INR 60,000 from her account by crooks. The fraud was carried out very smartly

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/11

Innumerable Mikrotik Routers contract Crypto-Jacking Malware

Security researchers recently found 415,000-and-more routers, especially MikroTik routers, as contaminated with malicious software created for seizing

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/11

$8,900 lost by a Durham Couple in a Computer Virus Scam

Retired Triangle couple, Al and Amelia Lewis, lost $8,900 in a computer virus scam recently. As per Amelia Lewis, an alert message popped up while she

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/10

Ukraine Stops Major Cyber-Assault thought as originating from Russia

According to the SBU of Ukraine, the agency just foiled a cyber-assault that the intelligence office of Russia allegedly carried out against the judiciary's

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/10

Top Republicans suffer hack into their e-mails

The Republican campaign team of House of Representatives encountered a high profile hack at the time of this year's election causing a massive number of

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/10

Email System of Quincy got Hacked

People receiving strange emails from the '@quincyma.gov' email address might be victims of the hacking scheme that has attacked the Quincy City Hall

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/7

Quora Hacked, causes Data exposure from 100m-or-so End-User Accounts

The Internet has just had a success such as of Quora albeit unnoticed. The forum rarely hits the headlines even as it maintains a massive archive of

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/7

Ohio Hospitals (OVMC And EORH) recovered from EHR Downtime after Ransomware Attack

OVMC (Ohio Valley Medical Center) and EORH (East Ohio Regional Hospital) both were affected by the ransomware attack on November 23, 2018 (i.e. on Friday).

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/6

Personal Data of over 2 Million Atrium Health Patients might have been Compromised

Atrium Health announced on Tuesday (i.e. on November 27, 2018) that their AccuDoc system has been hacked and might have compromised personal information of

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/6

Marriott Hacking causes 500m Guests’ Data getting leaked online

Marriott International Inc. was sufferer of a hack wherein the attackers illegally acquired admission into the database of customer reservations for the

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/5

One Planet York App Users of the Council were Hacked affecting around 6,000 Residents

In recent times, a major breach occurred in City of York Council when an app (i.e. One Planet York) of the council was hacked by a cyber criminal. Personal

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/5

Latest Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Spotify

A latest phishing campaign targeting users of Spotify have been discovered by the security experts. In this campaign, the hackers send phishing emails to

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/4

Iranian Hackers Indicted for Widespread Computer Hacking as well as Extortion Scheme

Two men of Iranian origin were indicted in New Jersey by the Federal Grand Jury on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. They were indicted for widespread computer

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/4

Former Miss India Finalist – Arisha Jain’s Social Media Accounts got Hacked

Arisha Jain, Miss India finalist, 2011, faced a tough time when her three social media accounts got hacked by the hackers in the month of November. After

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/4

Crypto-Mining Malware a Dangerous Threat in 2018

Kaspersky Labs has just released its security bulletin about botnets being employed more and more for spreading crypto mining malware. During earlier years,

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/3

Computer Giant ‘Dell’ Customer Information was Targeted by Hackers

Dell, the Computer Giant, said on Wednesday (i.e. on November 28, 2018), that it found out that there was an attempt of hacking its network this month.

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/3

Ukrainian Man Arrested by the Cyber Police for Infecting More than 2000 Computers

A Ukrainian man, aged 42, who was charged for infecting more than 2000 computers all across 50 countries has been caught by the Ukrainian police. The

SPAMfighter News 2018/12/3

Javascript Library Poisoned with Malicious Software Allowing Hacker to Steal BTC

One renowned JavaScript library's current administrator lately poisoned certain open-source code, which was kept inside the library, with rogue software