Google has introduced an account verification system for high profile individuals that is similar to Twitter's, but researchers warn that this is not a fix to impersonation issues.Cyber criminals have long used fake celebrity social media profiles to spread malware which prompted the launch of such programs in t... |
22 August 2011
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The Twitter account of Anders Breivik, the man who confessed to the attacks earlier this month in Norway, has been hijacked by hackers associated with the Anonymous collective.The attackers originally impersonated Breivik, making it look as if he was using his Twitter account himself, an unlikely possibility since he... |
2 August 2011
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A critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which facilitates account hijacking has been identified in the latest variant of the popular Skype VoIP client.It appears the vulnerability was introduced along with the application's Facebook integration which has been available from version 5.3. Skype is now ... |
29 July 2011
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Two new security features rolling out to Windows Live Hotmail are designed to make it harder for attackers to compromise accounts and to better identify already hijacked identities. Hotmail users will be able to report suspicious behavior coming from an email address belonging to one of their friends, in case of a h... |
15 July 2011
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Security researchers warn about new phishing attacks targeting Tumblr users that have already compromised thousands of accounts.Users are lured with messages promising them adult content, however, when they click on the advertised links, they are redirected to fake Tumblr login pages that read "This page contains adu... |
28 June 2011
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Google warns users about a Gmail spear phishing attack that targets government officials, military personnel, activists and journalists.Even though Google just announced the attack and said it discovered it recently, its findings are based on a February report from independent malware researcher Mila Parkour.The rogu... |
2 June 2011
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Security researchers from F-Secure warn of a phishing scam targeting Facebook users and propagating through chat messages and wall posts.The phishing URLs advertised are of the form http://apps.facebook.com/[name] and trick the recipients into thinking they are being sent to a Facebook app.Instead they will immediate... |
18 February 2011
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Phishers have begun spoofing Facebook Security within rogue private messages in order to trick users into exposing their login credentials.The Facebook Secuity page is used by the social networking site to issue important security-related announcements and advices to users. It has over 3.7 million fans.Giving its pop... |
1 February 2011
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The Facebook security team enforced the friend identification security check in order to prevent the Tunisian government from abusing the accounts it hijacked from activists.The recent civil protests that led to the fleeing of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from the country were supported through real-time... |
25 January 2011
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It appears that a new worm is spreading by hijacking Twitter accounts and using them to advertise links to a drive-by download website.The attack starts with goo.gl shortened URLs being sent by users whose computers have already been infected by this new threat.We’ve seen several of these links so far and they ... |
7 December 2010
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Thirteen-year-old teen actress Chloë Moretz got her Twitter and Facebook accounts hijacked, after a thief broke into her home and stole her computer, among other things.Ms. Moretz, who is best known for her role as "Hit-Girl" Mindy Macready in the 2010 superhero movie Kick-Ass, told Entertainment Weekly magazine... |
1 November 2010
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Twitter warns that a recent mass account hijacking, which affected users of the micro-blogging platform, is the result of compromised third-party torrent sites. Unknown attackers were allegedly able to commandeer numerous Twitter accounts, because their owners reused passwords over multiple sites.A few days ago, the ... |
3 February 2010
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A security researcher used a vulnerability in Twitter's Flash widget in order to demonstrate how an account on the micro-blogging platform can be hijacked. The flaw apparently stems from a rookie programming mistake, widely known since 2006."We’ve been notified about a vulnerability in our Flash widget and... |
23 January 2010
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A Web developer has documented a proof-of-concept attack that could have been used to hijack accounts and steal private information on Facebook and MySpace. The attack leveraged a serious security oversight in XML configuration files used to define the cross-domain access policy for Flash applications.The discovery w... |
6 November 2009
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A new phishing campaign has hit microblogging service Twitter, security researchers warn. Users are spammed with a short URL pointing to tvviter.com, where a fake Twitter login page attempts to trick them into handing over their login credentials. Just as it is the case with many phishing schemes, this one also prey... |
22 May 2009
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Malware analysts from Vietnamese security vendor Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (Bkis) warn of a new attack targeting Yahoo! Messenger users, whose accounts are stolen and subsequently used to send spam. The researchers are expecting this form of attack to spread and affect other instant messaging applications in th... |
19 May 2009
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The Moment, a popular fashion blog belonging to the New York Times, had its Twitter account commandeered by cyber-crooks. Following the incident, more than half a million users of the micro-blogging platform received adult-oriented spam. A message reading, "Everyone visit http://tinyurl.com/[removed] for 100% FREE w... |
15 May 2009
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This is shaping up to be a very bad year for micro-blogging platform Twitter, as far as its security is concerned. Last week, a hacker obtained access to a Twitter administrative account and subsequently leaked private information from ten profiles, including some belonging to celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher, Lily... |
4 May 2009
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A new threat to Twitter users came to light yesterday when hundreds of compromised accounts started sending spam messages that advertised an online adult webcam chat service. The Twitter staff have confirmed that around 750 users had their password reset as a result of the incident."Hey! 23/Female. Come chat with me ... |
7 March 2009
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