Security News

Reddit’s serious “security incident” – what you need to know
2018-08-02 15:16

Reddit suffered a serious "security incident" in mid-June. This is what we know, and what you can do.

Reddit suffers data breach due to SMS-based 2FA
2018-08-02 14:20

Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not manage to modify any...

Attackers Circumvent Two Factor Authentication Protections to Hack Reddit
2018-08-02 12:38

Popular Community Site Reddit Breached Through Continued Use of NIST-Deprecated SMS Two Factor Authentication (2FA) read more

Reddit Says Attackers Bypassed SMS-Based Authentication
2018-08-02 12:18

TL;DR: Yes, Reddit Was Breached; No, Don't Dump Multifactor AuthenticationReddit suffered a data breach in June after attackers managed to bypass its SMS-based two-factor authentication system....

Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen
2018-08-02 06:47

Another day, another significant data breach. This time the victim is Reddit... seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit's account ban policy or bias moderators. Reddit social media network...

Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication
2018-08-02 00:55

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. As Web site breaches go, this one doesn't seem too severe....

SMS 2FA gave us sweet FA security, says Reddit: Hackers stole database backup of user account info, posts, messages
2018-08-01 18:40

Email addresses, hashed passwords, and other details from mid-2000s era swiped In a Wednesday mea culpa, Reddit – the online chat board that got a little out of hand and became the sixth most...

Reddit Breach Stems from SMS Two-Factor Authentication Breakdown
2018-08-01 18:33

A hacker has compromised Reddit's systems and was able to make away with email addresses and account credentials.

Norman the AI bot reads Reddit, becomes “psychopath”
2018-06-07 10:25

You say tomato. I say tomahto. "Norman" would likely see a traffic fatality splattered on the asphalt.

Why Reddit was at the center of a massive Dark Web feud
2018-04-30 11:38

Emily Wilson of Terbium Labs explains why Reddit, the so-called 'front page of the internet,' is also a portal to the Dark Web.