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Hacker hijacked Orange Spain RIPE account causing internet outage to company customers

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage. I have fixed your RIPE admin account security.

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Cookiethief, the Android malware that hijacks Facebook accounts

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

Experts discovered an Android Trojan, dubbed Cookiethief , that is able to gain root access on infected devices and hijack Facebook accounts. “This way, a cybercriminal armed with a cookie can pass himself off as the unsuspecting victim and use the latter’s account for personal gain.”. How can stealing cookies be dangerous?

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A critical flaw in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin lets hackers take over hosting account

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

A critical flaw in the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and take over the hosting account. Security experts from Wordfence discovered a critical vulnerability impacting the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin that is installed on over 80,000 sites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hackers are actively exploiting a Zero-Day in WordPress ThemeREX Plugin to create Admin Accounts

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

A new flaw was discovered in a WordPress plugin, this time experts found a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons to create admin accounts. Security experts from WordFence have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons that was actively exploited by hackers in the wild to create user accounts with admin permissions.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Twitter with a $150 million penalty for " deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.". Twitter, like many other social media websites, asks users to provide their phone number and email address to better protect their account.

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How to delete your Instagram account

Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

Although sharing your day’s highlights in snapshots and videos on Instagram can be entertaining, some people claim to feel happier after deleting their accounts. Hackers, scammers, and stalkers can use the photo and video sharing social networking platform to target others, and Instagram is part of Facebook’s advertising panopticon.

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Multiple Fortnite flaws allowed experts to takeover players’ accounts

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

Security researchers at Check Point have discovered several flaws in the popular game Fortnite that could be exploited to takeover gamers’account. Security experts at Check Point discovered several issues in the popular online battle game Fortnite. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in a coordinated attack

Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2018

Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in what appears to be the result of a coordinated attack, all the accounts share common signs of compromise. Alleged attackers have hijacked Instagram accounts and modified personal information making impossible to restore the accounts. Russian domain. Russian domain.

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Hackers stole over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

The website was advertised through the official BAYC Discord for a Yuga Labs community manager that was previously hackerd. “CertiK analysis reveals that this community manager, account –@BorisVagner (“BorisVagner | SBS” on Discord)– posted a message to BAYC’s Discord server with a phishing link that led to the fake site. .”

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Poloniex forces password reset following a data leak

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

shared a screenshot of the data breach notification email sent by the trading platform to its users, the message said that almost all of the leaked accounts don’t belong to Poloniex accounts. . Please reset your password for account security — Poloniex Customer Support (@PoloSupport) December 30, 2019.

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Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week

Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2020

Below the recommendations provided by Google: “Admins can look at Google-recommended defenses on our advanced phishing and malware protection page, and may choose to enable the security sandbox. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes Google. “Users should: .

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Weekly Update 369

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 14, 2023

when I'm getting lawyers asking me to advertise their class action suits on HIBP, you know damn well who's getting rich out of all this, and it ain't the plaintiffs) The Bureau van Dijk data breach is now in HIBP (we should be asking a lot more questions about why data aggregators collecting this sort of info still exist)

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ChatGPT at work: how chatbots help employees, but threaten business

SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The user creates an account and gains access to the bot. Account hacking. Account security is always a priority issue. It is quite possible for attackers to gain access to employee accounts — and the data in them — for example, through phishing attacks or credential stuffing.

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Twitter announces measures to protect accounts of people involved in 2020 Presidential election

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Twitter announced that it will adopt new security measures to protect high-profile accounts during the upcoming election in the United States. Twitter announced new measures to protect high-profile accounts during the upcoming US Presidential election. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Data collection cheat sheet: how Parler, Twitter, Facebook, MeWe’s data policies compare

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

Here are the biggest takeaways from analyzing these 10 social platforms: Parler is the only platform that asks for a government-issued ID to verify its users’ general accounts (although unverified accounts can interact limitedly on the platform). Optimally, they will be able to easily download all their account data.

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Updated: Data of 400 Million Twitter users up for sale

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The seller claims the database is private, he provided a sample of 1,000 accounts as proof of claims which included the private information of prominent users such as Donald Trump JR, Brian Krebs, and many more. ” reads the advertising. At this time is it not possible to verify the claims of the seller. . ” Gal explained.

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Data of 400 Million Twitter users up for sale

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The seller claims the database is private, he provided a sample of 1,000 accounts as proof of claims which included the private information of prominent users such as Donald Trump JR, Brian Krebs, and many more. ” reads the advertising. At this time is it not possible to verify the claims of the seller.

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Google reveals that foreign hackers are already targeting Trump and Biden campaigns

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

We recommend everyone associated with political campaigns enroll in our Advanced Protection Program , which bundles all our strongest Google Account security options together.” Huntley added that Google is offering free physical security key hardware and other assistance to US presidential and congressional campaigns.

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Hacker hijacked Orange Spain RIPE account causing internet outage to company customers

Cookiethief, the Android malware that hijacks Facebook accounts

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A critical flaw in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin lets hackers take over hosting account

Hackers are actively exploiting a Zero-Day in WordPress ThemeREX Plugin to create Admin Accounts

Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

How to delete your Instagram account

Multiple Fortnite flaws allowed experts to takeover players’ accounts

Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in a coordinated attack

Hackers stole over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club

Poloniex forces password reset following a data leak

Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week

Weekly Update 369

ChatGPT at work: how chatbots help employees, but threaten business

Twitter announces measures to protect accounts of people involved in 2020 Presidential election

Data collection cheat sheet: how Parler, Twitter, Facebook, MeWe’s data policies compare

Updated: Data of 400 Million Twitter users up for sale

Data of 400 Million Twitter users up for sale

Google reveals that foreign hackers are already targeting Trump and Biden campaigns

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