Microsoft Email Hacked, Instagram Nasty List Phishing Scam, Facebook Third-Party Data Deals

This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for April 22nd 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Microsoft email services hacked, the Instagram “Nasty List” phishing scam, and Facebook’s attempted deals to sell y… Continue reading Microsoft Email Hacked, Instagram Nasty List Phishing Scam, Facebook Third-Party Data Deals

Microsoft confirms Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts were breached

Between 1 January and 28 March this year hackers were able to access a “limited number” of consumer Outlook.com, Hotmail and MSN Mail email accounts, Microsoft has confirmed. Continue reading Microsoft confirms Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts were breached

Hackers could read users’ Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN email via compromised Microsoft support account

Microsoft says that it had identified that one of its support agents had had their username and password stolen, which allowed hackers to access information stored within users’ email accounts.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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