- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 26th, 2014
Twitter Returns @N Handle to Rightful Owner
A month after the account was hijacked, @N is now back to Naoki Hiroshima
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 19th, 2014
Official Twitter Accounts of FC Barcelona Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The hacktivists warn club managers no to take Qatari money
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 15th, 2014
Twitter Account of Venezuela’s United Socialist Party Hacked
LulzSec Peru has hijacked the account for the second time
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 11th, 2014
Russian Figure Skater Who Lit Olympic Flame at Sochi Blames Hackers for Racist Tweet
She apologized for the photo which she initially cataloged as "free speech"
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 10th, 2014
Social Media Accounts of Dubai Police Hacked
Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and LinkedIn accounts have been targeted by TheHorsemen
- Weekly Roundup
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 2nd, 2014
Security Brief: Rare Twitter Name Hacks, SpyEye Creator, Angry Birds Defacement
The most important events of the week between January 27 and February 3, 2014
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 1st, 2014
Twitter Account of Real Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti Hacked
The hacker asked various teams and football players to follow him
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 31st, 2014
@JB Twitter Username Targeted by Hacker
The attacker attempted to hijack the owner’s iCloud and Amazon accounts
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 30th, 2014
Twitter Refuses to Give Back @N Username to Original Owner
The handle has been taken by someone else and is currently advertising a news service
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 30th, 2014
@N Hack: GoDaddy Admits Employee Had Been Social Engineered, PayPal Denies It
PayPal says its staff is well trained to handle social engineering attempts
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 29th, 2014
Hacker Extorts Owner of @N into Handing Over the Twitter Username
The attacker hijacked his GoDaddy account and threatened to delete all his websites
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 24th, 2014
CNN Blogs and Social Media Accounts Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
False information has been posted by the hackers on CNN’s blogs
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 18th, 2014
Indian Politician Shashi Tharoor’s Twitter Account “Hacked” by His Wife
The woman, Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, was found dead in a hotel room
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
Twitter Account of Indian Minister Shashi Tharoor Hacked
The hacker led the official’s followers to believe he was having an “affair”
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 13th, 2014
Syrian Hackers Controlled Xbox and Microsoft News Twitter Accounts All Week
Microsoft says no customer information has been compromised
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 11th, 2014
Syrian Electronic Army Claims to Have Hijacked Xbox Twitter, Instagram Accounts
This comes shortly after Microsoft confirmed that Skype social media accounts got hacked
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 17th, 2013
Twitter Account of Jessica Simpson’s Dad Hacked, “Terrible” Messages Posted
The attacker posted messages in which Joe Simpson apparently admitted molesting people