Facebook bug could have allowed attacker to take over accounts
A vulnerability, now fixed, in Facebook could have allowed an attacker to take over a Facebook account without the victim needing to click on anything at all.
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Hackers can take over accounts you haven’t even created yet
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:50:10 +0000
It’s called pre-hijacking, and it’s a new class of attack against online accounts.
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Read moreHow Instagram scammers talk users out of their accounts
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 10:37:34 +0000
You won’t believe what some account-takeover scammers say.
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Read moreNot us, YOU: vendor email compromise explained
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:49:16 +0000
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| Vendor email compromise (VEC) is a new cybersecurity term for a familiar practice, taken to the thousandth degree. Learn the similarities with business email compromise and how your organization can protect against them both. Categories: Tags: account takeoverACIDAgariAgari Cyber Intelligence DivisionATObecbusiness cyberattacksBusiness Email Compromisebusiness threatsNigerian scammerphishingSilent StarlingSocial EngineeringVECvendor email compromise |
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Read moreWatch out for this latest LinkedIn phish that’s ‘sent’ by a friend
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:02:41 +0000
We recently showed you how crooks rip off social networking passwords – here’s what they do with stolen accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gPv7HneIlgQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreS2 Ep7: iPhone attack, Twitter hack and Android bots – Naked Security Podcast
Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:33:48 +0000
Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast is available now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EUMAta8PBoU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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