Security News > 2016 > July > How to steal money from Instagram, Google and Microsoft (Help Net Security)
2016-07-18 21:42
Some account options deployed by Instagram, Google and Microsoft can be misused to steal money from the companies by making them place phone calls to premium rate numbers, security researcher Arne Swinnen has demonstrated. Exploitation Swinnen has taken advantage of Instagram‘s option to link a mobile phone number to an account in order to earn money. After several unsuccessful SMS requests from Instagram to verify the link by using a token, the service will place … More →
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