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The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Quiet Skies TSA Surveillance Program, SIM Hijacking and the Reddit Data Breach, Sextortion Scams

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Tom Eston

This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 6, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by Tom … Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Quiet Skies TSA Surveillance Program, SIM Hijacking and the Reddit Data Breach, Sextortion Scams→

Reddit Should Tell Us More About How it Got Hacked

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

It really sounds like Reddit employees got SIM hijacked. If that’s the case, the company should be more transparent. Everyone gets hacked: It’s how you disclose it, and deal with it, that distinguishes you and makes a difference. Continue reading Reddit Should Tell Us More About How it Got Hacked→

Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Mohit Kumar

Another day, another significant data breach.

This time the victim is Reddit… seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit’s account ban policy or bias moderators.

Reddit social media network today announced that it suffered a security breach in … Continue reading Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen→

Reddit suffers data breach due to SMS-based 2FA

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Zeljka Zorz

Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not manage to modify any of the site’s content. About the breach According … Continue reading Reddit suffers data breach due to SMS-based 2FA→

Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Graham Cluley

Yes, SMS-based 2FA can be intercepted by someone determined to hack into your account.
But it’s also better than not having any multi-factor authentication in place at all.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet→

Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Graham Cluley

As you’ve probably heard in the news, Reddit has been hacked. The immensely popular website says that it discovered a data breach in June, after an attacker compromised some employee accounts. The employees’ accounts were protected with SMS… Continue reading Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet→

Reddit Data Breach Let Hackers Steal Sensitive User Data

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Gergana Ivanova

The popular social news and entertainment network Reddit announced that its servers were successfully compromised by hackers. The attack which was detected on June 19 let hackers obtain sensitive user data including usernames, hashed passwords, email a… Continue reading Reddit Data Breach Let Hackers Steal Sensitive User Data→

Reddit hacked: Hackers steal complete copy of old database backup

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Waqas

By Waqas
Reddit says the breach took place after hackers intercepted SMS that were supposed to be delivered to employees. The social media giant Reddit has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which attackers hacked into its system and ended… Continue reading Reddit hacked: Hackers steal complete copy of old database backup→

Reddit Says Some User Data Accessed in Security Incident

Posted on August 1, 2018 by David Bisson

Reddit said that a digital attacker infiltrated some of its systems and accessed user data during a recent security incident. On 1 August, the social news aggregation website revealed that an attacker had compromised a few of its employees’ accou… Continue reading Reddit Says Some User Data Accessed in Security Incident→