account hijacking

YouTube creators’ accounts hijacked with cookie-stealing malware

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated…

4 years ago

Bug bounty hunter awarded $50,000 for a Microsoft account hijack flaw

A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could've allowed to hijack any…

5 years ago

Several High-Profile Twitter accounts hacked in a Bitcoin scam

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. Social media…

6 years ago

Yahoo awarded $7,000 a bug hunter for Flickr account hijacking vulnerability

Yahoo awarded $7,000 to the bug hunter Michael Reizelman, aka mishre, for Flickr account hijacking vulnerability. Reizelman was a popular bug hunter…

9 years ago

How to easily hack a WhatsApp Account?

TheHackerNews has reported a simple trick that allows to hijack a WhatsApp account easily on every mobile platform by knowing…

11 years ago

Serious WordPress issue exposes users to hijacking even if 2FA is enabled

Unencrypted cookies leave WordPress accounts exposed to hijacking on insecure networks, even if the two-factor authentication is enabled. WordPress administrators…

12 years ago

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