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…

3 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…

3 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…

4 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…

7 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…

9 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…

10 years ago

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