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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

Krebs on Security

Facebook, Instagram , TikTok , and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. Facebook said it targeted a number of accounts tied to key sellers on OGUsers, as well as those who advertise the ability to broker stolen account sales. THE MIDDLEMEN.

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Android malware infected 300,000 devices to steal Facebook accounts

Bleeping Computer

An Android malware campaign masquerading as reading and education apps has been underway since 2018, attempting to steal Facebook account credentials from infected devices. [.].

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Schoolyard Bully Trojan Is After Facebook Users’ Accounts

Heimadal Security

A malware campaign designed for Android devices is aiming to steal Facebook accounts users and passwords and has already infected more than 300,000 devices. The malware acts under the appearance of reading and education apps and has been in function since 2018.

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Norway blames China-linked APT31 for 2018 government hack

Security Affairs

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware steals Facebook account details from 300,000 devices

CyberSecurity Insiders

ZIMPERIUM is the firm that conducted the study and discovered the infection in the wild in 2018. But is discovered stealing FB credentials such as email and passwords, device names, device RAM, Device API, usernames, and account IDs from connected devices operating in over 71 countries.

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Hackers Exploiting Infected Android Devices to Register Disposable Accounts

The Hacker News

An analysis of SMS phone-verified account (PVA) services has led to the discovery of a rogue platform built atop a botnet involving thousands of infected Android phones, once again underscoring the flaws with relying on SMS for account validation.

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Ad Network Sizmek Probes Account Breach

Krebs on Security

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. He acknowledged that the purloined account had the ability to add or modify the advertising creatives that get run on customer ad campaigns.