Security News

Hackers stole contact info of 6 million Instagram users and are selling it online (Help Net Security)
2017-09-05 17:08

Last week, Instagram pushed out a patch for a bug in the service’s API that allowed attackers to discover users’ email address and/or phone number. Facebook-owned Instagram downplayed the risk by...

Instagram Warns Hack More Widespread Than Expected (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-05 13:33

Darknet Database Markets 6 Million Stolen Email Addresses or Phone NumbersInstagram is warning that more users were affected by a hack of its systems than it first suspected. While email addresses...

Hackers Sell Celebrity Info Obtained in Instagram Hack (Security Week)
2017-09-05 12:29

Hackers claim to have obtained the personal details of millions of Instagram users, including celebrities, after exploiting a vulnerability in the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service. read more

Instagram Hacker Puts 6 Million Celebrities Personal Data Up For Sale On DoxaGram (The Hackers News)
2017-09-01 12:09

It's now official, Instagram has suffered a massive data breach, and reportedly an unknown hacker has stolen personal details of more than 6 million Instagram accounts. Just yesterday, we reported...

Attackers exploited Instagram API bug to access users’ contact info (Help Net Security)
2017-08-31 17:54

Instagram has confirmed that “one or more individuals obtained unlawful access to a number of high-profile Instagram users’ contact information — specifically email address and phone number — by...

Instagram Suffers Data Breach! Hacker Stole Contact Info of High-Profile Users (The Hackers News)
2017-08-31 01:18

Instagram has recently suffered a possibly serious data breach with hackers gaining access to the phone numbers and email addresses for many "high-profile" users. The 700 million-user-strong,...

Someone Hacked Selena Gomez Instagram, Shared Nude Justin Bieber Photos (The Hackers News)
2017-08-30 03:06

The highest followers account on Instagram owned by Selena Gomez has recently been hacked with unknown hackers posting a bunch of nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber on her account....

Backdoored Firefox extension checks Instagram for C&C info (Help Net Security)
2017-06-07 17:06

Turla, an APT cyberespionage group that has been targeting corporations, intelligence and other government agencies for years, is using a malicious Firefox extension to backdoor targets’ systems....

Turla Malware Obtains C&C Address From Instagram Comments (Security Week)
2017-06-07 12:47

A piece of malware used in attacks by the Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Turla is designed to obtain the address of its command and control (C&C) servers from comments posted to...

Instagram Adds Two-Factor Authentication (Threatpost)
2017-03-24 17:46

Instagram became the latest in a long line of services over the years to offer users two-factor authentication.