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SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Weston students targeted by hackers via phishing emails
Recently in a phishing scheme, the hackers have targeted the Weston students. Numerous students have received emails stating that the accounts of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Russia-based hacking gang impersonates cyber spies of Iran
Cyber actors from Russia robed in like Iranian spies treacherously orchestrated attacks targeting different countries worldwide, the United States
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/31
Phishing Attack on UAB Medicine impacted more than 19,500 Patients
The UAB (University of Alabama) Medicine is notifying patients regarding a phishing attack on Aug. 7, 2019, as a result of which email accounts of a
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
Magnolia Pediatrics became victim of a ransomware attack
Magnolia Pediatrics based in Prairieville city of Louisiana became victim of a ransomware attack in Aug., which possibly has impacted several
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
Data breach in a New Zealand’s PHO puts medical details of around 1 million people at risk
A data breach in a New Zealand's PHO (Primary Health Organization) may have resulted in exposure of medical data of around 1 million people. These 1
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/30
City of Johannesburg announced breach of their network
City of Johannesburg in South Africa has announced breach of their network on the night of Oct. 24, 2019. Business Day has reported that this attack
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Cancer Treatment Centers of America notifying around 3,300 patients about data breach
Certain patients are getting notified by Cancer Treatment Centers of America (or CTCA) that some of their PHI (Protected Health Information) was
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Hacking of Hookers.nl leaked data of about 250,000 users
Hackers have obtained data as well as personal details of about 250,000 users of Hookers.nl, Dutch sex-work forum. The breach has been confirmed by a
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/28
Servers that NordVPN relied upon breached in a hacking attack
NordVPN a renowned provider of VPN service lately admitted though not wanting to that it lost its TLS certificate code in a hacking attack. The
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/25
Fake plugins that mine crypto-currencies are targeting WordPress servers
Researchers from Sucuri, a website security as well as threat detection firm just spotted a number of WordPress plugins capable of helping mine
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/25
Beware of exploits attacking Google Home and Amazon Echo for spying and phishing on end-users
The Google Home and Amazon Echo like smart speakers are indeed useful devices; however, they come accompanied with several security concerns.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Ransomware attack on CHI Health impacted 48,000 Lakeside patients
CHI Health Lakeside Hospital, based in Omaha city, announced on Sep. 27, 2019, that it suffered from ransomware attack that might have exposed
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Phorpiex criminals spewing bulk sextortion e-mails from their botnet
Check Point the cyber-security company has said that its researchers were able to trace an origin from where sextortion e-mails recently were
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/24
Around 1,000 patients' information of Kaiser Permanente got exposed in a data breach
As per a notice to the impacted patients, Kaiser Permanente has alerted about a data breach which took place in 2019 mid-August. The data breach has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/23
Malware-laden Tor Web-browser swindles Dark Web surfers off Bitcoin
Security researchers have uncovered a stealthy campaign which would not allow users of the Dark Web to mine crypto-currency. The online attackers
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/23
Cybersecurity breach in North Florida OB-GYN possibly compromises Protected Health Information
North Florida OB-GYN, based in Jacksonville city, has discovered that hackers have gained access to some portions of their networked computer
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
PHI of 9,160 Goshen Health patients possibly impacted in August 2018 email breach
Indiana-based Goshen Health has started informing 9,160 patients that a few of their PHI (Protected Health Information) might have been compromised,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
Malware operators using .WAV files for concealing harmful code
Over the recent months 2 reports have been published which tell about malware purveyors trying to utilize WAV audio folders for concealing harmful
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/22
Cornelia City faced ransomware attack for the third-time this year
City of Cornelia in Habersham County again faced a ransomware attack in the last week of September 2019. Habersham County is located in
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Ransomware attack on Sarrell Dental possibly impacted 391,472 patients
Alabama-based Sarrell Dental, a not-for-profit Children's dental as well as optical services provider, has suffered from a ransomware attack due to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Pitney Bowes hit with malware attack, a few systems inoperable
Pitney Bowes is the latest victim of cyber attack wherein malicious software encrypted data that a few of the company's systems contained, while
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/21
Zendesk security breach in the year 2016 exposed data of around 10,000 customers
In the year 2016, Zendesk has suffered from a security breach which has exposed data of around 10,000 users, including email addresses, usernames,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/18
Sensitive information on the Drug Testing Subjects compromised
Tomo Drug Testing based in Springfield city, Missouri, is a provider of the drug screening services. The company has discovered that an unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/18
New Tarmac malware for macOS systems spreading through malicious ads
Security researchers just found one fresh strain of Mac malicious program although no one yet knows its full purpose as well as detail functions.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/17
Wood Ranch Medical will be permanently closed due to a ransomware attack
Another healthcare provider now has announced that they will permanently close their doors due to a ransomware attack. This time the devastating
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/17
Attor malware used in highly targeted attacks against diplomatic missions and government institutions
In a recent discovery by security researchers, a sophisticated malware program is being deployed for stealing information from diplomats along with
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/16
Two individuals detained in Montreal regarding Phone Company Bell Canada’s cyber assault
The National Division Cybercrime Investigative Team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) lately detained 2 persons from Montreal in connection
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/16
Peoples Injury Network Northwest suffered from ransomware attack
Peoples Injury Network Northwest (also known as PINN) is physical rehabilitation company for the industrial rehabilitation patients. Kent,
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/15
Smominru is a fast spreading malware infecting 4,700 PCs daily
The Smominru malware, first detected during 2017, has since been infecting PCs in vast numbers. After infecting computers at the rate of 4,700 PCs per
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/15
Berry Family Services paid ransom to hackers
Berry Family Services, based in Rowlett city of Texas State in U.S., which offers health services to the disabled people as well as their families,
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/14
Hy-Vee declares card data hack after malware infected POS devices
An investigation spanning 2 months at Hy-Vee helped find that malicious software infecting its point-of-sale devices resulted in a data-hack
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/14
DoorDash confirmed data breach
DoorDash, a food delivery company, has said in their blog post breach notification on Sep. 27, 2019, that around 4.9 million customers, dashers
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/11
SEPTA suffered from a malware attack
An US transport authority has permanently closed their online store due to a malware attack. SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transport Authority)
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/11
Reductor infection compromises HTTPS traffic, spies into browser activity
Kaspersky recently detected one fresh malware attack which grabs control of the victims' exchange of messages with HTTPS while makes it possible for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/10
Servers of Northshore School District got hit with cyberattack
A cyberattack crippled several systems in Northshore School District (NSD), which covers the Bothell, the Kenmore and the Woodinville. On Friday
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/10
Guthrie Public Schools became victims of a ransomware attack
The Guthrie Public Schools was hit by a cyberattack on its system, according to Dr. Mike Simpson, the Superintendent. The officials of Guthrie
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
WhatsApp chats, messages, files vulnerable to hacks through malevolent GIFs
A security flaw has been revealed in WhatsApp which if exploited can help hijack chat sessions, messages as well as data files of users via sinister
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
Website of MCPSS is back up after the ransomware hack
The website of Mobile County Public Schools System (MCPSS) is back up as well as running after remaining down for 24 hrs. According to one school
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/9
Animates impacted by a data breach
Animates, the New Zealand-based pet supplies retailer, has shut down their website after learning that it suffered a data breach, thus affecting its
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/8
Airbus affected with multiple cyber assaults against its suppliers
Airbus the aerospace giant of Europe recently got affected with multiple attacks launched serially in a hacking campaign that targeted the company's
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/8
Erstwhile Yahoo employee admits committing offence of hacking users’ accounts
The office of U.S Attorney for the California northern district stated that an erstwhile employee of Yahoo admitted to breaking into several thousand
SPAMfighter News 2019/10/7
Microsoft, Cisco find new malicious program which makes ‘zombie proxies’ out of PCs
A malicious program just discovered makes "zombie proxies" out of PCs it infects, warns Microsoft. The malicious program, however, uses
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/7
Hospitals in Australia’s Victoria state go offline following ransomware assault
A few major hospitals in Victoria State were recently hacked within an alleged ransomware assault resulting in the closure of booking systems while
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Travis Central Appraisal District becomes victim of a ransomware attack
Travis Central Appraisal District suffered a cyberattack on Sep. 11, 2019. Travis Central Appraisal District has been responsible for providing
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Government Websites of Lee County back online after hit by a cyber attack
Access to as well as from the government websites of Lee County was restored early on Sep. 22, 2019, afternoon, four days after the resident's lost
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/4
Campbell County Health suffered from a ransomware attack
Campbell County Health (CCH) in the Gillette city of Wyoming became victim of a cyberattack early on the morning of Sep. 20, 2019, which has
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/3
Ontario’s Stratford City paid bitcoin worth more than $75,000 following cyber attack
Authorities in Stratford city of Ontario, Canada, in recent times paid a hacker bitcoin worth more than $75,000. City of Stratford has agreed to pay
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/3
Hackers attempted attack on Tibetans’ phones associated with Dalai Lama’s activities
The Citizens Lab digital rights activist lately published one report telling about how hackers attempted at infiltrating Android devices and iPhones
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
YouTube creators hit with account hijacks
An assault recently by malicious actors carried out in well-coordinated manner hijacked a massive number of creator accounts on YouTube. Those
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
Ramsey County increased victim count to 117,905 in the 2018 Phishing Attack
As per latest update, Ramsey County discovered that many more individuals were impacted in the Aug. 9, 2018, phishing attack than was previously
...SPAMfighter News 2019/10/1
City of Woodstock suffered from a cyber attack
City of Woodstock in Cherokee County of Georgia, United States, is attempting to recover from the cyber attack that was successful in blocking
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/30
More than 1,650 Patients of the Carle Foundation Hospital got impacted by a phishing attack
Carle Foundation Hospital, at City of Urbana in Illinois State of United States, has suffered from data breach incident when an unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/30
Ava R-I School District struck by a ransomware attack
It has been happening all over the United States (U.S.), and now it has happened in the Ava R-I School District of Missouri. The Ava School District
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/30
9,700 patients impacted by security breach in Shore Specialty Consultants Pulmonology Group
Shore Specialty Consultants Pulmonology Group, based in New Jersey, announced that it is notifying about 9,700 patients by mailing letters that some
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/27
Wallenpaupack Area School District became victim of a ransomware attack
Wallenpaupack Area School District has suffered from a ransomware attack, thus forcing the school to close and shut down all the 3,000 computers
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/27
North Korean hackers using fresh malicious program to attack ATM machines
Hackers from North Korea are employing one fresh malware strain which they developed to install onto ATM machines for intercepting data and grabbing
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/27
Fedcap Rehabilitation security breach impacted 2158 clients
Fedcap Rehabilitation, the New York-based provider of employment resources and vocational training, is alerting 2,158 former and current clients
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/26
Education website Thinkful for programmers and developers victim of hack
An education website Thinkful has declared that hackers attacked it for stealing data. The Brooklyn, New York-situated Thinkful offers training and
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/26
Digital database of Hungarian Development Center destroyed by hackers
According to the cyber security experts, government organizations and educational institutions have become key targets of hackers mostly in
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/26
Customers’ personal data got compromised due to Shopping Portal breach of Garmin SA
Garmin SA (Garmin South Africa) has disclosed in the notifications sent to their customers that payment as well as sensitive personal information
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/25
VPN, Selfie apps created for Android devices contain deceptive software
A malware issue plagues Google Play Store. What's more, it stays persistent in spite of the Internet giant's arduous efforts for bringing sketchy
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/25
Souderton Area School District became victim of a ransomware attack
Just few days after start of the new 2019-20 school year, computers of the Souderton Area School District was hit by a cyber attack. Dr. Frank
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/25
320,000 patients impacted by Ransomware attack on the Premier Family Medical
Premier Family Medical, the physician group in US state of Utah, has suffered from a ransomware attack that temporarily prevents access to the
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/24
Security researchers uncover new RAT that steals Bitcoin wallet data
There's been a speedy evolution of crypto-currencies' market since 2008 when the Bitcoin (BTC) digital currency found release. Along with this
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/24
Rockford Public Schools became victim of a ransomware attack
Rockford Public Schools (RPS) District 205 located in Rockford city of Illinois became victim of a ransomware attack that has downed the school
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/23
Notice about a recent data incident provided by Meridian Community College
Meridian Community College (also known as MCC) has been providing notice about a recent data incident that might have affected the personal
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/23
Hackers with superior expertise targeting IT service providers
According to security experts from Symantec a safety agency, an undocumented assault syndicate having advanced hacking skills recently hijacked
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/23
Around 15,000 customers of Metro Mobility notified about data breach
A data breach in Metro Mobility might have exposed personal information of around 15,000 individuals using it. Metro Mobility has been an invaluable
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/20
Melbourne woman indicted with cyber-crime of siphoning massive funds from share and superannuation A/Cs
An advanced online fraud roped in many innocent victims so revealed ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) along with AFP
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/20
ECIST notifying individuals about possible personal information breach
East Central Indiana School Trust (ECIST) has begun notifying over 3,200 individuals about exposure of some of their PHI (Protected Health
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/19
Ransomware gang demanded ransom of $5.3 Million but offered $400,000 from City of New Bedford
After executing the cyber attack that has disabled several New Bedford city computers, the hackers behind this incident has demanded ransom amount
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/19
New Lilu or Lilocked ransomware infected several web servers
A new ransomware strain named as Lilu or Lilocked has affected several web servers (i.e. in thousands) all around the world. This ransomware started
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/19
Flaw inside LastPass Chrome extension allows revelation of login credentials
LastPass in a security advisory has asked end-users to make its Chrome extension up-to-date with respect to the company's password manager. If
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/18
UC Health became victim of phishing attack possibly compromising patient information
UC Health in Ohio's Cincinnati city has suffered from a data breach after a few of their employees became victim of a phishing attack, thus possibly
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/18
Data Breach at the Conway Regional Medical Center exposes patient information
Conway Regional Medical Center, at Conway city of Arkansas state in U.S., has discovered that patient information was compromised in a phishing
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/18
Australia blames China as targeting its parliament with cyber attack
Reuters reports that Australian intelligence was able to find China as the culprit of a cyber assault against Australia's parliament along with 3
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/17
Phishing campaign targeting universities globally takes on massive attack scale
Threat actor Cobalt Dickens having ties with Iran government carried out one phishing operation during the months of July-August with the aim to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/17
Phishing attack on Artesia General Hospital impacted 13,905 patients
The Artesia General Hospital based in Artesia, New Mexico, has discovered that the PHI (Protected Health Information) of 13,905 patients was
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/16
Mac users increasingly targeted with phishing attacks
Mac users are being targeted with phishing attacks in an ever increasing number, possibly rising twofold in 2019. Fraudulent e-mails spoofed as
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/16
Foxit Software suffered from data breach impacting more than 328,000 accounts
Foxit Software, known for the PDF applications such as PhantomPDF and Foxit Reader, has suffered from a data breach when the unauthorized
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/16
114,000 customers alerted by Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories about data breach
Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories becomes another victim to notify their patients about the data breach caused as a result of the AMCA (American
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/13
Wikipedia in several countries went offline following massive DDoS assault
Wikipedia the widely-accessed reference website was off the air within a number of countries following a malicious cyber attack that hit it. The
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/13
Rockville Center School District paid ransom of almost $90,000 for restoring their data
The officials said that Rockville Centre School District paid ransom of $88,000 in bitcoin, so as to regain access of the files on system's server
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/13
Phishing Attack on Navicent Health impacted about 1,400 Patients
Two months after Macon, Georgia-based Navicent Health discovered that one of their employees opened a phishing email that allowed the hackers to
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/12
Phishers hack SharePoint sites to steal login information of people performing banking transactions
OneNote documents and SharePoint websites are being compromised to carry out one novel large-scale phishing campaign. SharePoint, a service to
SPAMfighter News 2019/9/12
Lyons Companies suffered from a data breach incident
Lyons Companies, one of Delaware's leading insurance brokers, has suffered from a data breach incident that compromises sensitive information of the
SPAMfighter News 2019/9/11
Fresh spyware named Joker found in Google’s Android Play Store
Security researchers are cautioning Android phone users of new spyware which hides inside 24 apps within Google's Play Store. These apps have been
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/11
Around 14 million customers impacted by Hostinger data breach
Hostinger International Ltd., the famous web hosting provider as well as Internet domain registrar, has suffered from a data breach when an
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/10
New Kent County Public Schools suffered from a ransomware attack
New Kent County Public Schools has suffered from a ransomware attack that encrypted nearly the schools' whole computer system, and demand payment
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/10
Astro customers’ MyKad data got compromised due to a data breach
Astro Malaysia Holdings, the satellite TV (television) operator, has again suffered from a data breach last month (i.e. in August 2019). This is
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/9
Students beware of malware inside electronic textbooks; Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab in its latest report cautions students of malware installers if they attempt at downloading essays and textbooks of electronic
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/9
New type of phishing attack that targets Android phones
Researchers from Check Point the cyber-security company recently found one fresh type of sophisticated phishing assault created for tricking
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/6
Nepali banks found vulnerable to ATM hacks and losing millions
On September 1, police in Nepal detained 5 Chinese nationals who were at Durbar Marg on charges they played a major role in a forgery of ATM cards.
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/6
Google reveals an iPhone hacking campaign that utilized monitoring implants
The external security researchers' group of Google has unearthed one iPhone hacking campaign of the first kind that attacked innumerable device
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/5
Apps with ad-clicking malware experiencing a massive 1.5m downloads listed inside Play Store
Security researchers discovered 2 apps which contained ad-clicking malware and were listed in Google Play, spanning over a year. The said apps
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/5
Macon County’s official website of Circuit Clerk was hacked by the Iranian Hackers
Macon County in the State of Illinois is the most recent government entity getting targeted by the hackers', who hacked a web page and then disabled
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/5
10,000 patients impacted due to data breach in Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced on Thursday (i.e. on August 22, 2019) that around 10,000 people's private information got revealed as
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/4
Virginia Gay Hospital notified their patients about the data security incident
Virginia Gay Hospital based in Vinton of Iowa state has become aware about the data security incident, which might have led to disclosure of
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/4
Avast helps French police annihilate dangerous Retadup virus
French police in the assistance of an anti-virus company gained hold over a server which cyber-criminals used for disseminating a virus designed for
...SPAMfighter News 2019/9/4
7,000 patients of AHS were warned that their health information might be compromised in an email hack
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying around 7,000 patients about their health information that might have been compromised after a physician's
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