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May 2018
SPAMfighter News 2018/5/31
Ransomware Attacks Concentrated On Supplier Groups
The year 2017 was witness to an alarming rise in ransomware as well as other cyber assaults targeting supplier companies. The sector encompassing
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/31
Privacy Oriented Crypto-Currency Verge Lost after DDOS Attack
Vergecurrency in a fresh tweet states their blockchain was delayed because of a DDoS assault that has led to security concerns among stakeholders.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/31
A Malware Dubbed ‘Roaming Mantis’ Attacks Smart-Phones Worldwide
The "Roaming Mantis" malware that emerged just a month or two back is fast proliferating globally by contaminating smart-phones via Wi-Fi
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/30
Hackers Deface Jamia Millia Islamia University Website
On May 21, Jamia Millia Islamia University encountered a hack into its official website that was defaced with the words "Happy Birthday
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/30
Doctor Turned Hacker Arrested in Lagos
A physician who became an international hacker was one of the wanted persons on Police's catalog of criminals. The man, Michael Thompson is under
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/29
Two Nigerians who Stole more than 1m Pounds Imprisoned in UK
Olawale Kashimawo and Emmanuel Mmaduike from Nigeria and operators of one cyber-crime gang from London are to spend jail term following committing a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/29
North Korea Uses its Own Mobile Malware to Track Defectors
More than a thousand citizens of North Korea make efforts for fleeing to South Korea every year and this feeling of freedom suddenly is expectedly
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/29
Coincheck Runs into Profit Even after Dumping Privacy Coins
Coincheck the crypto exchange of Japan recently declared it'll free its trading service from privacy coins following internal controls of the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/28
The New Winstarnssmminer more Dangerous than other Crypto-Mining Malware
A new crypto-mining malicious program WinstarNssmMiner is very nasty. Like all crypto-mining malicious programs, it attacks PCs followed with
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/28
Crypto-Mining takes over Ransomware Attacks
People churn revenue by collecting crypto-currencies and this they do by making use of their hardware. But that's not where everything ends, because
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/25
Securus Technologies, Assisting Authorities Track Prisoners’ Phone-Calls, Victim of Hack
Motherboard reports that Securus Technologies Inc., an organization, which provides services to U.S. prisons seeking to trace down phone-calls to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/25
Family Planning NSW Got Ransomware Attack and 8000 Users were Victimized
Ransomware attack vigorously circulating the Infosec news and data securityawareness since previous year's Petya and Wannacry incidents. Shockingly,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/24
Malevolent Chrome Extensions Contaminated more than 100K Pcs
Cyber-crooks contaminated over 100,000 PCs with the aid of browser extensions which clandestinely mined crypto-currencies, seized login credentials as
SPAMfighter News 2018/5/24
Belgrade Suspect Arrested over Being Part of Hackers’ Group ‘The Dark Overlord’
Officials from Serbia recently detained a Belgrade resident who's doubted as belonging to a hacking group named DarkOverlord or The Dark Overlord.
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SPAMfighter News 2018/5/23
Facebook Flagging vver 95% Posts about Violence, Sex, Fake Accounts and Spam
Facebook till now was facing constant pressure because it failed towards eliminating hate speech, nudity, violence as well as other inflammatory
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/23
E-mail Encryption Vulnerability Exposes Private E-mail Contents
A number of security flaws within encryption mechanisms utilized for keeping sensitive e-mails safe and secure now threaten to leak out office
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/23
After Removing Several Malicious Apps from Play Store 7 such Apps Appeared Again
Symantec has discovered two sets of new malicious applications on the Google Play store. Seven apps in the first set were re-posted, after
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/22
New Info-stealer ‘Vega Stealer’ Uncovered
A malicious program which has been named Vega Stealer is making the rounds seeking for stealing credit card data and saved credentials within the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/22
Crypto-Mining Malicious Programs Observed as Most Prolific
One fresh report reveals how cyber-criminals are repeatedly abusing security flaws in un-patched servers for contaminating systems with
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/21
MCMC Describes Bulk Mobile Calls Disrupting Communications in Malaysia
Numerous GE candidates as well as high-profile government officials, notably among others, Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun Inspector-General of Police in
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/21
Hack into Chili’s POS Leads to Theft of Client Payment Details
Brinker International Inc. the owner of a restaurant chain urged on May 12 that client data might've got seized from the Chili's cuisine chain of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/21
An Infected Siri Voice Commands can be Kept Hidden Inside Music Files
It is quite obvious, having a gadget which can listen to your voice commands is advantageous and it becomes really easy to access the device from
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/18
New ZooPark Malware Attacks Android Device Owners via Legitimate Website Telegram
Kaspersky Lab has published a report announcing the ongoing campaign of ZooPark that executes sophisticated attacks of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/18
California Hacker who Defaced Government Online Sites to be Prosecuted
On May 10, the feds cracked upon one California man thought to have infiltrated PCs as well as tampered with them worldwide. Two of the places he
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/17
Governor Vetoes much Debated Hack-Back Bill in Georgia
Appreciating the concerns that security researchers and tech giants equally have, Nathan Deal Governor of Georgia has banned in sole authority one
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/17
A Day before Voting Day, Rafizi Declared Blog ‘Hacked’
A day prior to the nation's polling day, leader from opposition Rafizi Ramli has guaranteed that his site, rafiziramli.com, and phone line has been
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/16
FBI Releases New Report on Cyber-Crimes of 2017
A new report by FBI lists Internet-related crimes which have been most costly and highly complained about and which's based on 301,580 complaints
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/16
Drupal Flaws Exploited for Hosting Crypto-Jacking Malware Kitty
One series of security flaws with high-severity nature affecting Drupal were revealed April 2018 which are currently being exploited in widespread
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/15
Your Smartphone can get Crashed for this Spam WhatsApp Message
Welcome to the updated continuous series of sly messages that could shut-down your telephone. In this situation you have to keep an eye out for a
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/15
SynAck Attack Uses Manual Downloads, RDP Brute-Force Entry
Researchers recently spotted one fresh sample of SynAck a ransomware which's currently employing Process Doppelganging that too is a new technique
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/15
Chinese ‘Hackers’ likely Groups under Government
The hacking attempts running since long in China likely are more extensive unlike what was originally thought. The 401TRG team of security
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/14
ZooPark Malicious Program Detected Hitting Android Devices
Kaspersky Lab the security company recently uncovered an absolutely fresh cyber-spying scheme within which Android users were targeted through
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/14
Hacker Attacking Star of Simple Life to soon Face Jail
Since last two years, a severe hacking has been ongoing against Paris Hilton. But eventually the hacker caught will get imprisoned. According to
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/11
Tech Agencies Fret on Push to make 'Defensive' Hacking Legal
The Senate Bill 315 is sitting on the desk of Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal, waiting for his veto or approval signature, a team of vigilante
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/11
Even the Smallest of Computing Device Targeted to Mine Crypto-Currency
As crypto-currency mining malware become more and more popular among cyber-criminals for churning revenue there is a hike in online sale of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/11
Crypto-Mining Malware Hello Kitty Exploits Vulnerability in Drupal Websites
The malicious program 'Hello Kitty' aims attack on Drupal websites with the objective of mining crypto-currency. When Kitty in its updated version
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/10
Phishing Scammer Victimizes ‘Just Eat’ Food Delivery Company, Gets Jail
A PC attacker after stealing customers' information recorded with over a hundred companies worldwide and then trading it with crooks for a price on
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/10
Fancy Bear is possibly after Malware Discovery in the Domain of Lojack C2
Fancy Bear APT team of Russia, remarkable for its alleged attack on the (DNC) Democratic National Committee, is probably responsible for malicious
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/9
In Proceeding PUBG Fraud Cleansing, 15 Suspected People were Arrested
(PUBG) Player Unknown's Battlegrounds is not justreceivinglatest modes and renew to its gameplay. PUBG Corp is the organization supporting the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/9
Data Breach Apparently Affects EPFO Registered Employees
Although reports came in that approximately 2.7 crore employees whose names were listed in EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) had their
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/8
Infotainment Devices in Audi and VW Cars Flawed that Hackers could Exploit
Computest a cyber-security company claims that it discovered the infotainment devices in a few VW and Audi motorcars as prone to remote hackers'
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/8
FacexWorm, a Malicious Chrome Extension Proliferates via Facebook Messenger
FacexWorm a malware-laced Chrome extension has been detected attacking crypto-currency trading services by using Facebook Messenger so it can seize
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/7
Unicef Australia Attempts Unique Crypto-Currency Mining to Fund Philanthropic Ventures
Unicef Australia in search of other methods of financing its causes is trying to mine crypto-currencies through Web-browsers. The charitable
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/7
Tivadar’s POC could be Non-Trivial Security Concern for Microsoft
A POC (proof-of-concept) is now ready for Windows devices on which it helps to generate without any difficulty the BSOD (blue screen of death).
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/7
Canadian Companies Targeted, Part of World Malware Transmit Network
Canadian companies have been utilized as a component of a doubted North Korean-sponsored worldwide networkof hacked agencies to transmit malware
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/4
School District makes Payment of $10,000 Bitcoin to Hackers as Ransom Demanded
A possible hack, April 14, into the server of Massachusetts located Leominster Public Schools District resulted in compromise and shut down of the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/4
2 Students from Kashmir were Accused of Hacking 500 Websites of India
The duo, who asserted to have hacked more than 500 Indian sites, have been recognized as Adil Hussain Teli, 20 and ShahidMalla, 28, saidDeputy
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/3
Spy Hack Incident of Russia Rocked Because Judge Firm-Arms Feds
Hacker for hire of Hamilton delayed his sentencing till the end of next month. Karim Baratov was found guilty a year ago as he was linked with 2014,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/3
PUBG Corporation Cracks Down on Cheaters/Hackers of the Game
Fans of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) are too frustrated with the unabated huge number of cheaters in the game. PUBG Corporation's
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/3
2018 Intelligence Report on Global Threats Shows Ransomware Increasing 350%
NTT Security, which conducted its 2018 Global Threat Intelligence Report, finds that ransomware increased 350% while spyware is the foremost
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/2
The New GandCrab Ransomware Tale
When 2018 started, GandCrab a prominent ransomware variant made its debut. The e-threat infected over 50,000 computers while acquired revenue of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/2
4000,000 Hyperoptic Users are at Risk of Hacking for ZTE Router Fault
Hackers manage to take charge of home network after a fault in broadband routers was observed to enable access. Users became vulnerable as hackers
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/1
Reid of MSNBC Attributes Homophobic Language on her Blog to a Hack
Joy Reid of MSNBC cable news network categorically stated that it was indeed some PC hacker who had posted homophobic language onto an old blog of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/5/1
Door Locks of Hotels Globally had been Risked of Hack
Hotel rooms counting in the millions can have their electronic keys hacked and doors unlocked. F-Secure the security company unfolded April 25 how
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