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May 2014
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/31
False Bitcoin Termination Tale Across Twitter.com Results in Malware, says Malwarebytes
According to Malwarebytes the security software company, one new scam spreading all over Twitter asserts that United States government has taken to
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/31
China Rejects America’s Accusations about Cyber-Espionage
Rejecting the number of allegations US made against China about online-spying by 5 military officials of Beijing, the defending country stated based
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/30
Malwarebytes says that Phishing Email Scam Strikes Customers of Amazon
Malwarebytes, the security firm, has recognized a new scam email that is trying to dupe recipients in disclosing their personal information of their
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/30
Ebay Requests its Customers to Change Passwords after Breach
Threatpost.com reported on 21st May, 2014 stating that the online retail and auction giant Ebay is requesting its customers to change their passwords
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/30
A Resident of Springfield Escapes Scam Email
Wics.com published news on 22nd May, 2014, stating that Scott Hammann, a resident of Springfield (based in Massachusetts, US) was waiting for a package to
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/29
Phishing E-mail Targeting UH, Students being Warned
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA situated University of Hawaii is encountering cyber-criminals who're targeting the school's e-mail users with ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/29
KnowBe4 says that CryptoLocker Ratcheting up Levels of Attack
Insurancenewsnet.com reported on 20th May, 2014 stating that KnowBe4, an IT security firm, (Tampa Bay, Florida, US), issued new reports confirming
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/28
Chinese Suspects Charged for Using ‘Spear-phishing’ to Gain Access to US Firms
Latimes.com reported on 19th May, 2014, stating that the federal indictment of five Chinese military officials for allegedly embezzling US commercial
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/28
Blackshades Malware Leads to Arrest of 100 Hackers by FBI
Theguardian.com reported on 19th May, 2014 that in a crackdown done by FBI on hackers associated to a "remote administration tool" known as
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/27
British NGO Sues GCHQ Over Unlawful Utilization of Malware
Privacy International (PI) an NGO based in UK has filed a suit against GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) the spying agency of Britain alleging
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/27
BoA Merrill Lynch Clients Alerted to New Phishing Scam
Security experts caution that one fresh phishing e-mail campaign has been spotted
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/26
NatWest Bank Clients Cautioned about Dubious E-mails
Dynamoo Blog's Conrad Longmore security blogger has urged Bishopsgate, UK-based National Westminster Bank's accountholders to stay vigilant of dubious
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/26
Irish iTunes Customers Cautioned about Phishing E-mails
As per a warning to users of Irish iTunes, fraudulent e-mails are targeting them in what's perceived as one fresh ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/24
NorSIS Detects Facebook Virus Mining Bitcoin
NorSIS (Norwegian Center for Information Security) is warning of one virus mining Bitcoins as it's been proliferating fast via Facebook from the time
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/24
Bank Account of an AIIMS Doctor Hacked by Alleged Pakistani Cybercriminals
Dailypioneer.com reported news on 16th May, 2014 quoting a recent police statement as "A doctor of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/23
PhishLabs Intercepted Emails Scam Which are Targeting Executives
Businessnewsdaily.com reported on 14th May, 2014 quoting PhishLabs, a cybercrime protection firm which discovered the scam email initially, as "A new
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/23
Netizens Targeted by New Wave of Phishing Emails Emulating PayPal - Experts
Softpedia.com reported on 14th May, 2014 quoting a warning by security firm Malwarebytes as "phishing emails have been reaching inboxes of many
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/22
Patched Word Flaw Still Exploited Within Malware-Laced Assaults, Says Trend Micro
According to Trend Micro the security company, even after Microsoft patched a March 2014 declared security flaw in Word that allowed code execution from the
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/22
Old Lady of Brantford Defrauded of $2,500 in Email Scam
Brantnews.com reported on 9th May, 2014 stating that a 81-year old Brantford (Ontario, Canada) was duped of $2,500 on being victim of a nasty email scam.
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SPAMfighter News 2014/5/22
Microsoft Reveals that Levels of Reveton Ransomware Doubled in 2013
V3.co.uk reported on 8th May, 2014 stating that the number of cyber attacks using the infamous Reveton ransomware has doubled over the past year.
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SPAMfighter News 2014/5/21
Hackers Attack Foreign Ministry Computers of Belgium, Steal Data on Ukraine Crisis
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgium, computer hackers infiltrated the servers of the ministry and grabbed Ukraine crisis related data
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/21
Google Accountholders Targeted with Fresh Phishing E-mail Scam
BitDefender the security company has just spotted one fresh phishing scam that's attacking
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/20
US DOJ for Fresh Power to Read Computers Remotely
The Department-of-Justice of United States has sought an alteration in procedures related to cyber-crime with which FBI can easily acquire authority to
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/20
Malware for Click-Fraud Experiences Huge Increase Recently, Reports Microsoft
Microsoft has just released its SIR (Security Intelligence Report) according to which, malicious software that helps cyber-criminals churn money through
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/19
Trojan Viknok the Latest Malware for Click-Fraud Scams, Reports Symantec
Security researchers from Symantec the security company recently found cyber-criminals carrying out click fraud campaigns with the help of 'Viknok' a Trojan
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/19
Orange, a French Telecom Giant, Suffers Major Security Breach
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL reported on 7th May, 2014 quoting Orange, a French telecommunications giant, as stating "hackers stole data of around 1.3
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/19
Online Crooks Masquerading as PayPal Security Personnel Con Subscribers
Cyber-criminals pretending to belong to the security team of PayPal, the well-known firm helping with e-payment, assigned for probing a fraud suspected as
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/16
Sefnit and Associated Malwares Hiked Infections in 2013, Says Microsoft
Microsoft the software giant has just published its "Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (MSIR): Volume 16" that states that saboteurs on the
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/16
Phishing Scam Impersonating Google+ Hitting Naïve Internauts
According to security researchers, Internauts should be watchful of scam e-mails that pose as messages from spurious "Google+ All Domain Mail
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/15
Security Pundits say that Spam Becomes 20 years Old and Still Going Strong
Ibtimes.co.uk reported in the last week of April 2014 quoting a warning by security experts as "commercial Internet spam emails become 20 years old
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/15
Experts Warn Users of Yahoo Mail about Attacks by Phishing Email Campaign
Softpedia.com reported on 6th May, 2014 quoting a warning by experts as "Yahoo Mail users are advised to look out for emails which are part of a ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/14
DFSA Cautions General Public in Dubai about Series of Scam Emails
International-adviser.com reported on 6th May, 2014 stating that The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has alerted the public about a series of scam
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/14
Beware of Spam Emails Purporting to be from Someone Called “Agent Feather”
Blog.dynamoo.com reported on 6th May, 2014 stating that Conrad Longmore, Security Blogger of Dynamoo's Blog, is urging Internauts to be careful about spam
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/13
Cybercriminal Finally Jailed Because of Defrauding Students
Finextra.com reported on 1st May, 2014 stating that Tunji Isiaka Lawal, 34, has been sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment by Southwark Crown
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/13
ACCC Warns Australians about Fake Utility Bills
Cnet.com.au reported on 1st May, 2014 stating that the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has warned Australians about a ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/12
Oregon AG Cautions of Fraudulent E-mail Purporting to be from her Office
Just as Attorney General of Oregon was examining possible consumer scams within the state, she lately cautioned people of Oregon about one fake e-mail that
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/12
Incopro says that Top Piracy Sites in UK Contain Malware and Scams
Nearly all the UK's favorite film and television piracy sites have malware or credit card swindles, as per a study conducted by Incopro or Intelligent
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/10
FireEye says that Cyber Attacks in UK and Ireland Increased by 300% in 2013
UKI (United Kingdom and Ireland) enterprises were struck by an average of over 70 new tainted infections a day last year (2013), which symbolizes a 300%
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/10
DJ of Copenhagen Faces Investigation for Hacking PCs of His Fans
Musicfeeds.com.au reported on 30th April, 2014 stating that a DJ (Disc Jockey) of Copenhagen (Denmark) is under investigation by local authorities because
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/9
Experts Warn to be Aware of ‘Unclaimed Vouchers’ Phishing Campaign Impersonating Walmart
Softpedia.com reported on 1st May, 2014 stating that security experts have spotted a new type of ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/9
Bkav Charges AWS for Malware Infection
Bkav, a Vietnamese known network security firm, asserts that AWS (Amazon Web Services) gave a cloud-computing patron an un-patched edition of Windows that
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/8
Sefnit Malware Returns with Sophisticated Version
Sefnit, a malware that made news in January 2014 has returned once again and this time is employing new tactics to malign users' computers, reported
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/8
Experts of F-secure Warn that Browlock Ransomware Currently Targeting Russian Users
Researchers of security firm F-Secure says that Browlock, a popular ransomware which blocks browsers to trick users in paying penalties and helping cyber
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/7
Scam E-mail Attacks People Subscribing to Bresnan/Charter
One fresh scam e-mail run has been spotted proliferating widely while targeting subscribers of the cable e-mail Bresnan/Charter; published county10.com,
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/7
Malicious Campaign Resurfaces as it Targets French-Speaking Employees; Symantec
As per Symantec, the security company, a campaign by online-criminals has yet again emerged as it uses a combination of phone calls that are
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/6
Patients of Centura Health Informed about Dangerous Hack
Colorado (US)-based Centura Health (CH), an organization without profit motive, and the owner of Mercy Regional Medical Center, recently dispatched letters
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/6
Alaskan Court Warns Internauts of State about Scam Emails
Newsminer.com reported on 28th April, 2014 stating that according to Alaska Court System, fraudsters are impersonating Police officials and court officers
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/5
Rebranding of Clarien Bank Leads to Phishing Scam Campaign
Bernews reported on 25th April, 2014 stating that scammers started phishing attempts
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/5
Iowa State University Announced Major Security Breach
Threatpost.com reported on 23rd April, 2014 quoting Officials of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, United States as saying "Personal data of nearly
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/5
Montana Revenue Department Warns Citizens about Scam Emails
Krtv.com reported on 25th April, 2014 stating that The Montana Department of Revenue, Montana's (US) state agency which collects taxes from taxpaying
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/5
AOL Cautions its Users about Infringement of Personal Information after Hacking Attack
Theregister.co.uk reported on 28th April, 2014 stating that AOL, formerly American Online, has issued a warning to users about theft of personal information
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/2
POS Assaults on Declining Trend; Verizon
Verizon, in its recent Data Breach Investigations Report of 2014, highlights how it discovered POS (point-of-sale) security hacks as reducing when the
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/2
Officials of Finnish Customs Warn of Scam Emails
Yle.fi reported in the first week of April 2014 stating that Finnish Customs officers are warning about a new email ...
SPAMfighter News 2014/5/1
Fresh Revelations about US Using Malware for Sabotaging Iran’s Nuclear Program
Fereydoon Abbasi a veteran nuclear scientist of Iran, whom President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, presiding in 2010, appointed to the post of topmost official of
...SPAMfighter News 2014/5/1
AOL Mail Hacked Seriously
Wltx.com reported on 22nd April, 2014 stating that AOL Mail, previously known as American Online, is a free email service provider by AOL has been hacked
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