Hacker's King

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Snapchat is a widely popular social media platform that connects millions of users daily. However, its immense popularity has made it a target for malicious actors seeking unauthorized access to user accounts. Review recent account activity to identify unauthorized logins. Enable 2FA if it is not already active.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The streaming media platform Plex is urging its users to reset passwords after threat actors gained access to its database. Plex is an American streaming media service and a client–server media player platform. Long story short, we kindly request that you reset your Plex account password immediately. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

So you got hacked or forgot your login credentials and lost access to your email or social media account. The post How to Recover Your Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram Account appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. First, let’s start with what you shouldn’t do: panic.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 2, 2025

Social media has now become such a huge part of our lives that it can't simply be described as a social platform; rather, we can say it has given us a platform to create a digital identity, expanding our reach to connect with people, and helping us explore opportunities. You can even customize your privacy settings for enhanced security.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

Try these tips for securing the digital treasure trove that is your social media presence. The age of digitization has transformed social media platforms into essential tools for personal and professional communication. Why should I secure my social media accounts?”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

Try these tips for securing the digital treasure trove that is your social media presence. The age of digitization has transformed social media platforms into essential tools for personal and professional communication. Why should I secure my social media accounts?”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, Data breach).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The messages pose as sent by a representative of a media outlet or think tank and ask North Korea experts to participate in a media interview or request for information (RFI). The attack chain associated with ARCHIPELAGO starts with phishing emails that embed malicious links.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 6, 2022

A variant of a popular piece of social media fraud has made its way onto Discord servers. Tips to keep your Discord account secure. Should you land on a regular phishing page and hand over login details, the attacker will still need your 2FA code to do anything with your account. is this a new discord scam or something?

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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. “We recently discovered a new strain of Android malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2018

The number of Instagram accounts that was hacked has increased since the beginning of August, all the victims were logged out of their accounts, their personal and contact information were deleted, personal email address was changed. The media outlet Mashable first reported the spike in the account takeover.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Users enjoyed using them to compose poems and lyrics in the style of famous artists (which left Nick Cave, for example, decidedly unimpressed ), researchers debated blowing up data centers to prevent super AI from unleashing Armageddon, while security specialists persuaded a stubborn chatbot to give them phone-tapping and car-jacking instructions.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 12, 2022

On December 27, 2021 multiple cybersecurity media outlets began reporting on LastPass users who believed their master passwords had been stolen. This will prevent a cascading failure of your account security if one of those accounts is compromised in the future, since, hopefully, you haven’t reused the same password for other accounts.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Jared DeMott of VDA Labs talks about his work securing voter registration tablets and also about the prospects for downloadable, safe voting applications on your preferred mobile device in the future. Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Jared DeMott of VDA Labs talks about his work securing voter registration tablets and also about the prospects for downloadable, safe voting applications on your preferred mobile device in the future. Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The defendant targeted accounts belonging to both random students and students he’d known personally. He requested that other people break into the accounts and accessed a number himself without permission. With those, he broke into social media profiles / web storage and stole nude images and movies, and traded them with others.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 16, 2025

Though we believe in keeping our social media secure, sometimes, because of human tendency, we may forget our passwords. Forgetting your Instagram password can be frustrating, but Instagram password reset is straightforward and ensures your account remains secure. You may also like to read: Instagram Hacked !

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Jared DeMott of VDA Labs talks about his work securing voter registration tablets and also about the prospects for downloadable, safe voting applications on your preferred mobile device in the future. Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts.

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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. Consuming media tailor-made to make other people’s lifestyles appear alluring can be addictive for some and induce anxiety in others. Thankfully, there is a compromise.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 7, 2021

Enterprises must implement standards for how AI applications are trained, secured and managed to avoid system hacks. The post Four ways to stay ahead of the AI fraud curve appeared first on SC Media. Deploy strong authentication to stop large-scale spearphishing attacks. Robert Prigge, chief executive officer, Jumio.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

For instance, in securing your high risk accounts like banking or personal finance accounts, healthcare accounts, government services accounts (DMV, IRS, etc.), Imagine your social media account is hacked, and they notified everyone that they lost the passwords to all their customers’ accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

Judging from the criminals’ meager pay day, the high-profile hack of Twitter , disclosed last week, was nothing much. They were able to get into a position from which they could access some 350 million Twitter accounts, including numerous accounts of the rich and famous. Karthik Krishnan, CEO, Concentric.ai

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Ortiz famously posted videos of himself and co-conspirators chartering flights and partying it up at LA nightclubs, with scantily clad women waving giant placards bearing their “OG” usernames — highly-prized, single-letter social media accounts that they’d stolen or purchased stolen from others.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

. “As we learn from the experience of past security incidents and implement changes, we’re also focused on keeping high-profile accounts on Twitter safe and secure during the 2020 US election.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Presidential Election). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Even the title of SecureWorld's first story about the incident had questions: "Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?". And even more recently, the Twitter account of a dead hacker was used to theorize how the attack took place. How was Twitter hacked?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I just don't want me to be able to get in, especially not with such an important account.". Why is hacking the President's Twitter account such a big deal? As we've seen for quite some time now, social media account takeover attacks are common, including attacks that take over celebrity, athlete , and CEO accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

Alternative social media platforms, also known as “alt” or alt-tech, were catapulted into the spotlight near the end of 2020 due to US President Donald Trump’s claims of election interference. It also shares data with vendors, linked social media sites, and of course in response to legal requests. Original Post at [link]. User options.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2020

This specialized team hunts down major cybersecurity threats, including tracking nation-state hacking groups. And according to Shane Huntley , Head of TAG, the team recently uncovered some vital security intel regarding the 2020 U.S. When SecureWorld covered Russia's hack of the DNC, we noted that Russia used similar tactics in 2016.

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