Security News

Streaming Video Fans Open to TV Hijacking
2019-06-06 14:31

Critical bugs impact a widely deployed streaming platform, common in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Slack Bug Allows Remote File Hijacking, Malware Injection
2019-05-20 14:22

An attacker can supply a malicious hyperlink in order to secretly alter the download path for files shared in a Slack channel.

How to block hijacking attacks on your Google account
2019-05-20 12:47

Bot and phishing attacks can compromise your G Suite account, but there is an easy way to block the majority of these attempts, according to Google.

Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked
2019-05-18 13:44

Ogusers[.]com -- a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims' phone numbers -- has itself been hacked,...

Nine Charged in SIM Hijacking Scheme
2019-05-13 17:47

The United States has indicted nine individuals with online identity theft and related charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.  read more

Lax Telco Security Allows Mobile Phone Hijacking and Redirects
2019-05-08 17:14

A Q&A with Kaspersky Lab researcher David Jacoby examines a gaping hole in the telco customer-service process that allows adversaries to commandeer phone calls.

State-Sponsored Hackers Use Sophisticated DNS Hijacking in Ongoing Attacks
2019-04-18 16:17

With growing concern over DNS manipulation attacks, details on a new elite state-sponsored DNS hijacking campaign have been released. Called operation Sea Turtle, researchers believe that at least...

New DNS Hijacking Attacks
2019-04-18 10:13

DNS hijacking isn't new, but this seems to be an attack of uprecidented scale: Researchers at Cisco's Talos security division on Wednesday revealed that a hacker group it's calling Sea Turtle...

'Sea Turtle' DNS Hijacking Group Conducts Espionage: Report
2019-04-17 22:03

Cisco Talos Researchers Describe Group's MethodsA nation-state sponsored espionage campaign dubbed "Sea Turtle" has been manipulating the domain name system to target more than 40 organizations,...

State-Sponsored DNS Hijacking Infiltrates 40 Firms Globally
2019-04-17 17:32

An ongoing campaign, active since 2017, has been stealing credentials via global DNS hijacking attacks.