- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19th, 2016
Attackers Used Nearly One Million IPs to Brute-Force a Financial Institution
ATO attacks are becoming the norm these days
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 11th, 2016
Anonymous Hacker Hijacks ISIS Twitter Accounts and Floods Them with Adult Images
WauchulaGhost says he is promoting love and also exposing IP addresses and real names of ISIS supporters
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 28th, 2016
Facebook Fixes Instagram Issue That Allowed Account Takeover
Instagram account verification process flawed
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21st, 2015
1337x Admin Ignores Account Hijacking Issue, Staff Leaves Torrent Portal
Drama in the pirating community as mods leave popular 1337x torrent portal and create their own clone
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 10th, 2015
MyFreeCams Intentionally Simplifies Passwords for Both Users and Cam Models
When users don't choose easy-to-break passwords, some sites do it instead, intentionally sabotaging account security
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 19th, 2015
Facebook Will Warn Users When State-Sponsored Groups Are Trying to Hack Their Accounts
Facebook will now detect when state hackers are trying to hijack accounts, and alert users when it happens
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 22nd, 2015
Google Finds Security Questions Are Not Sufficiently Reliable or Secure
Mixing in multiple mechanisms is a better approach
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 23rd, 2015
Account Hijacking Flaw Patched by Hilton Hotels in HHonors Website
Password changing is still not completely secure
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 7th, 2014
Manually Hijacking Accounts Is More Successful than Bot-Driven Attacks
After collecting info on the victim a phishing attack ensues
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 31st, 2014
GroupMe for iOS Patched Against Account Take-Over Flaw
A brute-force attack could reveal validation code
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- August 22nd, 2011
Google+ Verified Accounts Are Not a Complete Fix to Impersonation
- Windows Live
- By Marius Oiaga
- July 15th, 2011
New Windows Live Hotmail Features Tackle Account Hijacking Problem
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 2nd, 2011
Government Officials and Political Activists Targeted in Gmail Spear Phishing Attack
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