Security News

All Android Phones Vulnerable to Extremely Dangerous Full Device Takeover Attack (The Hackers News)
2017-05-25 09:52

Researchers have discovered a new attack, dubbed 'Cloak and Dagger', that works against all versions of Android, up to version 7.1.2. Cloak and Dagger attack allows hackers to silently take full...

Explained — How Intel AMT Vulnerability Works, Which Allows Remote System Takeover (The Hackers News)
2017-05-05 12:04

Earlier this week Intel announced a critical escalation of privilege bug that affects its remote management features shipping with Intel Server chipsets for past 7 years, which, if exploited,...

Vulnerability in WhatsApp and Telegram allowed complete account takeover (Help Net Security)
2017-03-15 18:55

Check Point researchers today revealed a new vulnerability on WhatsApp and Telegram’s online platforms – WhatsApp Web & Telegram Web. By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers could completely...

WhatsApp, Telegram Vulnerabilities Exposed Users to Account Takeover (Threatpost)
2017-03-15 18:35

WhatsApp and Telegram patched vulnerabilities in the last week that could have let an attacker take over a user's account.

Sift Science releases account takeover prevention tool (ZDNet)
2017-03-09 19:56

OAuth 2.0 Vulnerability Leads to Account Takeover (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-08 14:13

Akamai Warns of Account Takeovers Staged from Cameras, Routers (InfoRiskToday)
2016-10-14 15:53

Facebook Fixes Vulnerability That Led to Account Takeover, Pays Researcher $16K (Threatpost)
2016-09-19 19:04

Facebook quickly resolved a vulnerability in its Business Manager late last month that could have let an attacker take over any Facebook page.

SWIFT Heists: The New Account Takeovers? (InfoRiskToday)
2016-07-25 10:16

Software flaw puts mobile phones and networks at risk of complete takeover (ArsTechnica)
2016-07-19 23:30