Security News

Over 600 Microsoft Subdomains Can Be Hijacked: Researchers
2020-03-05 09:41

There are more than 600 legitimate Microsoft subdomains that can be hijacked and abused for phishing, malware delivery and scams, researchers warned this week. Researchers at Vullnerability, a company that specializes in exploit and vulnerability alerting services, have created an automated system that scanned all the subdomains of some important Microsoft domains.

Download this update from mybrowser.microsoft.com. Oh, sorry, that was malware on a hijacked sub-domain. Oops
2020-03-04 19:04

Well, you shouldn't have, because the pair were among sub-domains hijacked by vulnerability researchers to prove Microsoft is lax with its own online security. Now, as we said, Microsoft has loads of these sub-domains, and after a while it just stops updating some of them and abandons them.

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.