Collaborate Disseminate
You don’t want to be footing the bill for some crook’s film-watching! It’s just one of many dangers of password reuse. Continue reading Netflix finds users’ passwords floating around online: change yours now!
Some 12 hours after WikiLeaks published emails stolen from the email account of Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta, someone has hijacked the man’s Twitter account and tweeted out “I’ve switched teams. Vote Trump 2016. Hi pol.” The “Hi pol” part of the message is a reference to the 4chan Politically Incorrect board, dedicated to the discussion of news, world events, political issues, and other related topics.” The hijack of the Twitter account has been … More → Continue reading Clinton campaign chief’s Twitter, iCloud accounts hijacked
First Mark Zuckerberg, and now the hacking outfit, OurMine, have hijacked another high-profile Twitter account. Continue reading Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales’ Twitter account hijacked
No, those weren’t a new red ring found around Uranus: they were panties. Continue reading Hijacked NASA Kepler Twitter feed tweets entirely new type of moon shot
The service calls it a “password reuse attack” and told users to reset passwords immediately – and make the new one unique! Continue reading Carbonite online backup service bombarded with reused passwords
GoToMyPC, a remote computer administration service offered by Citrix, has forced a password reset for all customers in the wake of what they call a “very sophisticated password attack.” “Effective immediately, you will be required to reset your GoToMyPC password before you can login again,” the company told customers via email on Sunday, and advised them to use their regular GoToMyPC login link to reset the password, or go through the “Forgot Password” link located … More → Continue reading GoToMyPC remote desktop service resets all passwords in wake of attack
Positive Technologies researchers have demonstrated that knowing a user’s phone number and how to exploit a vulnerability in the SS7 network is enough to hijack that user’s Facebook account. As demonstrated in the above video, attackers can take advantage of the social network’s password recovery functionality to make it send a one-time password via SMS to the user. In the meantime, they can exploit vulnerabilities in the SS7 network to acquire details about the victim’s … More → Continue reading How attackers can hijack your Facebook account
A hacking group says it found the far-too-guessable, and apparently reused, password – “dadada” – in LinkedIn’s leaked dataset, and then promptly took over Zuck’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts. Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts hijacked
Hundreds of accounts’ details popped up on Pastebin, with some users locked out and some seeing unheard songs on recently played lists. Continue reading Spotify denies hack; users subjected to weird music beg to differ