Collaborate Disseminate
Social media fuels conspiracies galore after Donald Trump is shot at a rally, cryptocurrency websites are hijacked after a screw-up at Squarespace, and our guest takes a close look at bottoms on Instagram.
All this and much much more is discussed in… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #381: Trump shooting conspiracy, Squarespace account hijack, and the butt stops here
Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has revealed that it was hacked last week, after a malicious attacker managed to seize control of its DNS records, seized control of some internal email accounts, and gained access to the firm’s document storage infrastru… Continue reading Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid suffers security breach, user data exposed
Elliott Gunton – aka “Glubz” – is charged in relation to the December 2017 security breach of cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta.
Continue reading Teenage TalkTalk hacker accused of $800,000 cryptocurrency theft in the United States
An ongoing campaign, active since 2017, has been stealing credentials via global DNS hijacking attacks. Continue reading State-Sponsored DNS Hijacking Infiltrates 40 Firms Globally
Three waves of DNS hijacking attacks against consumer routers have been linked back to Google Cloud Platform abuse. Continue reading Hackers Abuse Google Cloud Platform to Attack D-Link Routers
Cybercriminals have been hacking into home routers for the last three months, meddling with DNS settings to redirect users surfing the web towards malicious websites.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading Unpatched D-Link routers targeted in malicious DNS hijacking campaign
An emergency directive from the Department of Homeland Security provides “required actions” for U.S. government agencies to prevent widespread DNS hijacking attacks. Continue reading U.S. Gov Issues Urgent Warning of DNS Hijacking Attacks
Got a DrayTek router? Take steps now to ensure that you aren’t the victim of a DNS hijack.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Continue reading 800,000 DrayTek routers at risk of DNS hijacking attack – update your firmware!
On April Fools’ Day Cloudflare launched a new public DNS (Domain Name System) service using the memorable network address 1.1.1.1. Continue reading Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 promises to make DNS more secure
Following a recent hijack of BlackWallet’s DNS server, hackers have allegedly stolen almost 670,000 Lumens from users’ wallets, estimated to be worth around $400,000. BlackWallet.co is a web-based wallet application that lets users manage t… Continue reading Over $400,0000 worth of Stellar Lumen Cryptocurrency Stolen in BlackWallet DNS Hijack