Security News

Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hijacked
2020-02-11 10:57

Last Friday, in full glare of the world, Facebook admins suddenly found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company's Twitter accounts from attackers that had defaced them. Well even Facebook is hackable but at least their security better than Twitter.

15 NFL teams’ Twitter hijacked in lead-up to the Super Bowl
2020-01-29 11:14

The cybercriminal group OurMine has struck again, claiming responsibility for hijacking and defacing the Twitter accounts of the US National Football League and 15 of its teams. OurMine has a long history of hijacking high profile accounts to turn them into billboards to advertise its so-called security "Services" and/or to vandalize pages, like it did to BuzzFeed back in the group's busy-beaver year of 2016.

How to protect previous Firefox tabs from being hijacked
2020-01-27 21:49

Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on.

How to protect previous Firefox tabs from being hijacked
2020-01-23 21:37

Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on. How to install the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on in Firefox.

Dexphot Malware Hijacked 80K+ Devices to Mine Cryptocurrency
2019-11-27 14:00

A cryptomining malware has infected at least 80k devices and uses various tactics to evade detection.

Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
2019-11-27 11:58

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, "Swatting celebrities for a follow back."

Android camera apps could be hijacked to spy on users
2019-11-19 13:09

A vulnerability in the Google Camera app may have allowed attackers to surreptitiously take pictures and record videos even if the phone is locked or the screen is off, Checkmarx researchers have...

The Unhappiest Subscribers on Earth? Disney+ Accounts Hacked & Hijacked
2019-11-18 20:30

Thousands of accounts showed up on the Dark Web -- and customers say Disney has been no help.

Ack! A stranger's TV hijacked my Amazon account – and the web giant would do nothing about it for months
2019-10-31 20:48

Crook exploited security hole, went on spending spree with punter's bank account A fraudster exploited a bizarre weakness in Amazon's handling of customer devices to hijack a netizen's account and...

US, UK: Russian Hackers Hijacked Iranian Malware, Infrastructure
2019-10-21 11:44

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported on Monday that the Russia-linked threat group known as Turla has hijacked malware and...