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July 2016
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/29
Intel, Kaspersky and Europol Jointly Create Anti-Ransomware Portal
The European Union law enforcement agency, Europol, launches the latest scheme in collaboration with the companies of cybersecurity as well as
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/29
Cyber-Espionage Gang behind ‘Patchwork’ Campaign Moves from Government Targets to Private Companies
The cyber-crime group as old as two years and responsible for the cyber-espionage attack called Patchwork, which is also referred to as Dropping
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/29
A UAC Bypass Technique on Windows 10 Threatens Attack on the System
Security researchers in a new experiment have created one new method of stealthily evading the UAC (User Account Control) feature possible only on
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/28
Hacker of Hollywood Celebrity Sentenced to Six Months in Prison
Los Angeles Times reports that in February, Andrew Helton was pleaded guilty for stealing around 161 personal photographs of 13 persons, after waging
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/28
DNC Chairperson’s Resignation Comes during E-Mail Exposure
U.S Congress member from Florida constituency Debbie Wasserman Schultz declared on July 24, 2016 that she will no longer chair the Democratic National
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/27
WikiLeaks Blocked in Turkey over Leakage of E-Mails of Turkish Government
Turkey is no longer broadcasting WikiLeaks' website. This has happened after the country's capital Ankara is striving hard to adjust with the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/27
Police in Portland Stop Current Phone Scam
Portland police said on Thursday that they have stopped the current phone scam, while rescuing a woman who believes that she has been paying iTunes
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/27
ISPs Encounter DDoS Attack Causing People Problem in Surfing
Hackers have been attacking ISPs (Internet Service Providers) across Mumbai in a way never done before that lowered the pace of Web-surfing within the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/26
Trojan Lurk was Hosted and Downloadable from Ammyy Admin Website
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab found that attackers were using the Ammyy Admin website for executing drive-by download assaults with the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/26
‘Introspection Engine’ a Protective Device for iPhones
According to Wired's reports, Andrew Bunnie Huang a hardware hacker together with Snowden delivered a lecture for an audience gathered in MIT Media
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/25
WhatsApp in Brazil First Banned then Reinstated
The Rio Court in Brazil passed a ruling on July 19, 2016 that WhatsApp should be blocked as the service no longer shared information over the mobile
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/25
U.S Government Websites Encounter DDoS Attack
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack hit the U.S government by impairing its main 'Library-of-Congress' portal on July 17, 2016. Some
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/25
Attackers Split Words Coded in Macros to Evade Gmail Security Features
A few security solutions that Gmail maintains are designed to intercept malicious macros, but these security features can be evaded with the help of a
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/22
Infamous Banking Trojan Carbanak Tied to Russia-Based Cyber-Security Company Captures Financial Transaction Making
Researchers investigating Carbanak the financial Trojan's origin have found it apparently having links with certain cyber-security company in Russia.
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/22
Apple Having Own Stagefright Vulnerability
A patch was released by Apple for vulnerabilities that are affecting the iOS, iTunes, Safari, tvOS, OS X El Captain and watchOS products line. A
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/22
‘Code Hooking’ Leads to Security Problems in Software Products
A technique called 'code hooking' which Microsoft as well as 3rd-party security firms implement, however, improperly, caused innumerable end-users
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/21
New Android Malware Blocks Calls to Customer Care of Banks to Stop Reporting Fraud
Technology Company of America, Symantec, found the malware app Android.Fakebank.B in Oct. 2013. This app replaces the banking apps on the device of a
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/21
Hackers Allegedly from China Deface Online Portals of Philippines Government
Two websites of Philippines government recently became targets of online hackers suspected to be from China. The hack occurred only days after a
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/20
UK Railways Encounter Cyber Attacks
During twelve months that have gone by, cyber attacks have struck the United Kingdom network of rails no less than four times. Although disruption did
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/20
Network of a European Energy Company Found Containing Sophisticated Malware
Security researchers have discovered a recent malware campaign that is targeting the energy companies of Europe. "Sophistication" and
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/20
IP3C Launched from Europe to Stop Online Intellectual Property Abuse
Europol the law enforcement organization of European Union together with EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) has started IP3C
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/19
Money Launderers and Associated Cash-Mules from Russia Sent Behind Bars
A group of five Russia-based cash-mules have got prison for laundering nearly 1m pounds to aid illicit revenue to other cyber-criminals. The five
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/19
Fresh Ransomware ‘Stampado’ Priced Just $39, Spreads Fear
One completely new ransomware called Stampado that comes for rather cheap is being traded on underground forums. As per cyber-security firm Heimdal
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/18
Microsoft Patches Dual Critical Security Flaws Related to Printers
Vectra the security company and discoverer of CVE-2016-3238 vulnerability that was patched with Microsoft's MS16-087 security update says the problem
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/18
Infections with Nymaim Trojan Found Surged
Nymaim, also known as malware loader, is classic dropper of malware. Only purpose of Nymaim is to infect system by using some kind of technique, and
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/18
Anonymous Dumps Databases of SA’s Arms Procurement Agency in a Massive Hack
In an unfortunate incident hackers recently infiltrated the network of Armaments Corporation of South Africa or Armscor the arms procurement
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/15
Hackers are Distributing Malware through Pokemon GO
Pokemon Go taken the world of games by storm, however those who want to join fun of free Nintendo application have to be careful. There are reports
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/15
CryptoDrop Aborts Ransomware Infection Prior to 100% File Encryption
University of Florida researchers during a test have developed CryptoDrop a method for stopping ransomware by detecting the malware before it fully
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/14
There is link between Angler, Necurs Botnet and Lurk Arrests
Team of Cisco Talos says that, the connections go much deeper in heart of crimeware underground than the formerly considered.
It has been
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/14
New Smart-Phone Hacking Technique Uses Concealed Sound Inside YouTube Videos
Several voice commands actually inaudible have been uncovered clandestinely concealed within harmless YouTube videos which are capable of making
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/14
Card Breach due to Malware at Omni Hotels’ PoS Systems
Omni Hotels & Resorts asserts it has found malware on its point-of-sale systems thus potentially infecting guests swiping their cards in the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/13
Zimbabwe Blocked WhatsApp and Facebook to Stop Coordinated Protests
Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, has blocked social media sites and popular instant messenger application WhatsApp in trying to suppress
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/13
D-Link Security Flaw Impacts 120-and-More Products, 400K Devices
Vulnerability in webcam's code uncovered in June 2016 was exploited on products of a manufacturer, impacting over 120 items along with 400,000
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/12
Second Man Pleads Guilty in Hacking Scandal of Celebrities Known as “The Fappening”
A hacker, who organized a phishing scheme which enabled his illegal entrance to over 300 email accounts that includes dozens of celebrities of
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/12
New Edition of Kovter Malicious Program Pretends to be Firefox Update
The Kovter group of malicious programs now has one fresh variant. This variant pretends to be Firefox update while utilizes one genuine certificate.
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/12
‘Patchwork’ APT Detected at Last
One fresh APT (advanced persistent threat) called "Patchwork" is a sudden eruption on the malware landscape. The threat, says Cymmetria, has
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/11
OSX.Pirrit the Adware Created for Attacking Macs
Researchers have found one sample of Pirrit a kind of adware designed to target Mac OS X which likely is from Israel-based TargetingEdge an online
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/11
New Adwind RAT Campaign Having Zero AV Detection Attacks Businesses in Denmark
This weekend, security researchers revealed re-appearance of the Adwind Remote Access Trojan (RAT) in spam emails having the spyware, as a part of a
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/11
Mac Malware ‘Keydnap’ opens Backdoor, Captures Keychain Passwords
Following a dormant existence, malware for Mac has returned, with 3 freshly found variants which manage to hijack Webcams, access password keychains
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/8
Now Delete Ransomware Residuals from Windows Computers with RansomNoteCleaner Tool
A tool called RansomNoteCleaner, which comes for free, eliminates ransomware notes along with any residual junk on Windows-PCs once the malicious
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/8
Mac OS X Computers Infected with Fresh Malicious Program Utilizing Tor for Creating Backdoor
BitDefender has found Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor, a malware which uses Tor network to create a backdoor on Mac OS X computers. Presently it's being spread
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/7
Download Free Decrypter for MIRCOP Ransomware
Trend Micro discovered new ransomware that is called as MicroCop, on which Mosh, the security researcher, released its analysis. When MicroCop is
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/7
Trojan Attacking Facebook Members Victimizes 10,000 within Just 48-hrs
Of late, Kaspersky the security company said that a malware assault had occurred wherein about 10,000 Facebook members globally were affected during
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/7
Six Banking Trojans Circulating Past Few Months
Six banker Trojans, each one a different sample, have been attacking Internauts in recent months. These Trojans are Kronos, Zeus, Dridex, Ursnif,
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/6
Newly-Discovered Android Malware Hummer Reaps $500,000 Daily for Chinese Hackers
A smart-phone Trojan malware that proliferates while loading malevolent games, applications as well as consistently produces pop-up ads on the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/6
Google Analytics Console now has SEO Spam Alerts
During February last year (2015), Google from its list of Google Webmaster Tools culled Safe Browsing API to incorporate it into Google Analytics
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/5
New Ransomware MIRCOP on the Prowl
A crew of cyber-crooks has started a ransomware campaign that maybe described as a highly self-defeating attack because besides condemning the
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/5
Hackers Manipulate SWIFT to move $10m out of Bank in Ukraine
ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) declared on Monday about certain Ukrainian bank which had to forgo $10m after thieves
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/5
Banker Trojan Retefe Targeting Prominent Bank Clients
An attack involving the Retefe banking Trojan spreads through spam mails that distribute files having malevolent JavaScript code. Immediately when
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/4
Malware Discovered Tainting Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s POS Devices
The Las Vegas-based Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (HRHC) reported on Monday it encountered one data-hack when it detected a point-of-sale malware on
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/4
Cerber Ransomware Assault Targets Corporate Users of Microsoft Office 365
Innumerable users of Microsoft Office 365 apparently encountered one huge 0-day Cerber ransomware assault this past week which in addition to
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/1
NASCAR Team Admits Paying Up Ransom Following a Ransomware Infection
The PC of crew chief Dave Winston of Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing (CSLFR) was infected with a ransomware during April 2016. Winston's staff
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/1
Malware Utilizes Fan Noise of Air-Gapped Computer to Transmit Data
Long time back researchers devised ways for pilfering data from computers not connected to the Internet with the aid of acoustic, thermal, optic as
SPAMfighter News 2016/7/1
CryptXXX Ransomware’s Current Version Stops Free Decryption Tools’ Usage
Security researchers have found one fresh version of CryptXXX a ransomware that's familiar. The sample contains certain fresh capabilities, especially
