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British TV presenter Aled Jones has said that a hacker compromised his Twitter account and posted an image of a man’s bulging underwear. Continue reading Aled Jones says he was hacked, after rude picture posted on Twitter
A teenager who hacked into the Twitter accounts of the rich and famous in an attempt to trick millions of their followers into a cryptocurrency scam will spend three years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Read more in my artic… Continue reading Celebrity Twitter hacker agrees to three year prison sentence
British police have arrested eight men in connection with a series of SIM-swapping attacks which saw criminals hijack the social media accounts of well-known figures and their families.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Eight men arrested following celebrity SIM-swapping attacks
Donald Trump’s official presidential re-election campaign website was briefly defaced by hackers last night.
Visitors to the website donaldjtrump.com were not greeted with the normal calls for campaign contributions or offers of Trump-related mercha… Continue reading Donald Trump’s website briefly defaced by cryptomining scammers
According to Dutch ethical hacker Victor Gevers, as recently as last week the US President’s @realDonaldTrump account was protected by the incredibly-dumb password “maga2020!” and did not have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Continue reading Donald Trump’s Twitter password is “maga2020!”, and there’s no 2FA, claims hacker
According to Dutch magazine, three ethical hackers were able to determine Donald Trump’s Twitter password while he was running his US Presidential campaign.
A password that had been exposed years before following the notorious LinkedIn hack. Continue reading “Yourefired” was Donald Trump’s Twitter password, claim hackers
The hackers used the platform to deny that they had hacked Paytm Mall, India’s leading online shopping app.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers hijack Indian PM Narendra Modi Twitter account
What’s a phone spear phishing attack? Twitter shares some more details related to its serious security breach earlier this month which saw celebrity accounts tweeting a cryptocurrency scam.
Continue reading Twitter says a “phone spear phishing” attack helped hackers – what’s that?
As Twitter and law enforcement agencies investigate the high profile attack against Twitter accounts, there is a clear lesson for other businesses to learn.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Over 1000 Twitter staff and contractors had access to internal tools that helped hackers hijack accounts
Who stopped Twitter’s hackers from stealing more money? Why are Covid-19 researchers being told to ramp up their cybersecurity? How can you find out if your smartphone is infected with stalkerware? And who does Graham think he is turning down a c… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #188: Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner