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August 2019
SPAMfighter News 2019/8/30
US Cyber Command published malware reportedly of North Korean hackers
U.S. Cyber Command, which operates alongside National Security Agency, recently posted some fresh malware samples and claimed they were of hackers
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/30
Most Newly Registered Domains have been found malevolent
According to 2 reports separately from Farsight Security and Georgia Tech University, Newly Registered Domains pose danger to users, as these have
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/30
Hacked server contains PHI of more than 1,900 Bayview Dental patients
Bayview Dental has recently discovered an incident that may affect security of some patients' personal information. On Aug. 13, 2019, Bayview Dental
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/29
National Baseball Hall of Fame website got hacked
National Baseball Hall of Fame website has been hacked by the attackers, who then injected one malicious script on the website. This malicious
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/29
Multiple Email Accounts were compromised in phishing attack on NCH Healthcare System
A phishing attack has been experienced by NCH Healthcare System based in Naples, Florida, in which the patient information might have been
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/29
Apple’s inadvertent unpatching of bug within its iOS 12.4 stimulates hacking risk
Apple is said to have unpatched vulnerability within its most recent iOS update ver.12.4 which the company had patched within its previous iOS
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/28
Ransomware Attack on Imperial Health impacted over 116,000 patients
Just some time back, a cybersecurity incident affecting dozens of schools systems in the Louisiana state of US has been reported. Now the network
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/28
Presbyterian Healthcare Services suffered from a data breach
Presbyterian Healthcare Services based in New Mexico has suffered from a data breach, thus impacting almost 183000 patients as well as health plan
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/28
Naples city of Florida loses $700,000 because of a spear-phishing attack
The Naples city of Florida loses $700,000 because of a spear-phishing attack. The attack has been limited to the vendor relationship between Naples
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/27
Ransom paid to hackers by Truman Medical Centers for unlocking the system
Truman Medical Centers (TMC) has suffered from a ransomware attack on August 6, 2019, and then had to pay ransom amount for unlocking the parts of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/27
Maplewood Police Department gave notice about data privacy incident
Maplewood Police Department (MPD) on Aug. 7, 2019, gave notice about one data privacy incident. As per the department, Maplewood has discovered and
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/27
Android malware-laced rogue apps thrust adverts incessantly
In the recent weeks a Google Android malicious program drew considerable attention again and again. Google, as a result, had to remove as many as 85
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/26
Website of the Randolph County in North Carolina got hacked
The website of the Randolph County in North Carolina got hacked by an international hacker group, who defaced homepage of the website with vulgar
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/26
Texan government entities face ransomware attack
In Texas, a well-organized ransomware assault hit 20 entities of the local government, according to DIR (Department of Information Resources) of the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/26
Ransomware infection targeting prominent UK forensics organisation resulting in delayed police investigations
A cyber-attack against Eurofins Scientific a forensic testing company which caters services to British police has caused delays in criminal
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/23
PoS payment system of two restaurants in Deer Valley Resort got hacked
Royal Street Café and the Mariposa restaurants at Deer Valley Resort, Colorado, suffered from a security breach when an unauthorized third-party has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/23
Murfreesboro City’s Bill Payment Website of Water Department was hacked by the Iranian Hackers
A government website of Murfreesboro city was found hacked on a Saturday (i.e. on August 3, 2019). The Murfreesboro city discovered on the morning
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/23
Broken Arrow Public Schools suffered from a ransomware attack
This is the second occasion in last three months that a school district of Oklahoma becomes victim of ransomware attack. The officials with Broken
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/22
UN investigating cyber-attacks from North Korea thought to acquire money for its nuclear program
The United Nations Organization is investigating 35-or-more instances of cyber-attacks launched inside 17 countries from North Korean hackers with
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/22
Hackers infiltrate European Central Bank (ECB) website to execute phishing attacks
An unidentified hackers' group reportedly infiltrated one of the European Central Bank websites. The group apparently planted malware onto a server
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/21
Ransomware attack impacted patients’ data in Puerto Rico
Bayamón Medical Center along with its affiliated the Puerto Rico Women and Children's Hospital becomes victim of a ransomware attack, thus impacting
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/21
Around 7,000 patients of Arizona Dermatopathology possibly impacted by the AMCA breach
A medical laboratory of Scottsdale - Arizona Dermatopathology, which specializes in processing the patients' tissue biopsies, has reported that
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/20
Macs can be hacked with O.MG a modified version of Apple USB cable
Apple consumers in general may be accustomed to a lightening cable that they get packaged with accessories and phones of the company, more notably
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/20
Around $70,000 ransom paid by Park DuValle Community Health Center for unlocking the patient data
Park DuValle Community Health Center based in Louisville, Kentucky, recently paid the hackers a ransom amount of around $70,000 for unlocking
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/20
‘Cloud Atlas’ cyber-espionage group add polymorphic components to its malware arsenal
Cloud Atlas the cyber-espionage gang is now using polymorphic malware as an addition to its weaponries for staying under the radar and not getting
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/19
Russian hackers leveraging Internet-of-Things appliances for infiltrating corporate networks
A hacking syndicate from Russia receiving state sponsorship has been found exploiting weak security features in Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/19
Hackers hold at ransom cryptocurrency exchange Binance with stolen customer data
Hackers are blackmailing Binance the cryptocurrency exchange while assert they've access to identity documents as well as passports of the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/16
Natera notifies patients about AMCA Breach
As you may know that an organization called AMCA (American Medical Collection Agency) has recently announced breach of their computer systems. On
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/16
Data hack on Air New Zealand impacts Airpoints members
Air New Zealand has notified Airpoints members to the tune of 70,000 that certain phishing scam may have caught their personal details partially.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/14
Spear-phishing assaults infect United States utility sector with RAT
In one recent spear-phishing campaign 3 companies from U.S utility sector became victims when one fresh malware characterized with one RAT (Remote
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/14
Patients of Clinical Pathology Laboratories impacted by the AMCA Breach
CPL (Clinical Pathology Laboratories) in Texas was added to the list of victims of the huge breach of AMCA (American Medical Collection Agency ), a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/14
Computer breach in Brewer-Porch Children’s Center exposed personal information
University of Alabama said that a computer security incident of 2009 involving a Brewer-Porch Children's Center server might have exposed certain
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/13
Financial malware makes a gigantic 7% jump in 2019
Malware created for targeting the finance industry is becoming more-and-more popular as threat actors increasingly launch attacks on financial
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/13
Emergency declared by Louisiana Governor after ransomware attack
Emergency Declaration was issued on Jul. 24, 2019, by John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Governor, after ransomware attacks impacted three schools. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/12
StockX the sneaker trading website loses over 6.8m consumers’ records within hack
StockX, a widely-visited one-stop-shop for purchase and sale of sneakers is reported to have been hacked, leaking over 6.8m consumers' sensitive
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/12
Penobscot Community Health Center patients affected by the AMCA Breach
AMCA (American Medical Collection Agency) notified the Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) on May 15 of the current year that PHI (Protected
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/12
Finance sector across the globe risked with diverse e-threats
Cyber-attackers have evolved to primarily target the financial sector. F-Secure, a Finnish security company, in its latest report tells how the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/9
Capital One hacked, information belonging to innumerable customers in USA, Canada exposed
A data breach of a massive scale unseen before enabled a hacker acquire admission into over 100m accounts along with applications for credit cards
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/9
$32 Million of Cryptocurrency Assets stolen from Japanese Exchange Bitpoint
Attackers breached Bitpoint, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, and then stolen $32 million (i.e. 3.5 Billion Yen) worth of cryptocurrency
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/8
Hacks into several German industrial majors thought to be from China
Several large German industrial organizations manufacturing blue chips, namely Henkel, Siemens and BASF together with several others recently
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/8
Bellingcat journalists encounter phishing attempt that proved unsuccessful
Bellingcat, a website which posts investigative news recently stated that a phishing attack tried to compromise the ProtonMail accounts of a number
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/7
Regular programming of KHSU interrupted due to ransomware attack
KHSU radio station, owned by the Humboldt State University, has suffered from a ransomware attack. The Humboldt State University or HSU or the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/7
Ransomware Attack hit Richmond Heights City Hall
Richmond Heights City Hall has suffered from ransomware attack on Jul. 1, 2019. Thomas Wetzel, the Police Chief, said at City Council meeting on
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/7
Ransom paid by LaPorte to recover from ransomware attack
Indiana's LaPorte County has suffered from ransomware attack on Jul. 6, 2019. The ransomware attack has impacted the official website, computers,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/6
State-sponsored hackers from Iran aim attack on U.S LinkedIn users
FireEye an information security company says that APT34 a hacking group receiving Iranian government's support is, these days, carrying out a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/6
Northwood suffered from data breach
On May 6, Northwood came to know about suspicious activity related to email account of an employee. Once discovered, the organization has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/6
Four arrested in Brazil suspected of hacking into government officials
The federal police of Brazil caught and detained 4 persons over alleged hacking into one thousand mobile phones of different government officials,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/5
Nemadji Research Corporation data breach exposed PHI
Essentia Health, the integrated health system that is serving Wisconsin, North Dakota, Idaho, and Minnesota, has been sending notifications to over
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/5
Los Angeles County DHS impacted by data breach
Around 14,600 patients who have received medical care from Los Angeles County's clinics and hospitals had their personal data compromised due to a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/2
State-sponsored hackers from Iran aim attack on U.S LinkedIn users
FireEye an information security company says that APT34 a hacking group receiving Iranian government's support is, these days, carrying out a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/2
Maryland Department of Labor has suffered from data breach compromising 78000 customers’ PII
A press release was published by the Maryland DoL (Department of Labor), which says that an unauthorized third-party has accessed sensitive
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/2
Hacking attack against Lancaster University results in theft of students’ personal data
Lancaster University's (LU) current and prospective pupils have lost personal data in a hacking attack after the hackers acquired admission into
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/1
Attackers hacked the Canonical’s official Github account
Unknown attackers were successful in hacking official GitHub account of the Canonical Ltd., company behind the famous Ubuntu Linux distribution. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/8/1
ALTA suffered from a data breach that compromises many company records
The American Land Title Association (ALTA) has suffered from a data breach that compromises many company records in one phishing campaign. American
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