clickjacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2022
A flaw in PayPal can allow attackers to steal money from users’ account

A security researcher announced the discovery of an unpatched flaw in PayPal that could allow attackers to steal money from users. TheHackerNews first reported that a security researcher (that goes online with the moniker h4x0r_dz) has discovered an unpatched flaw in PayPal that could allow attackers to trick users into completing transactions controlled by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2016
Two thirds of the Android devices are vulnerable to Lockdroid ransomware

Experts at Symantec detected Lockdroid a new piece of Android ransomware capable of locking devices and fully wiping user data via factory resets. A new strain of ransomware called Lockdroid (Android.Lockdroid.E) is threatening Android users. The mobile ransomware has been detected by experts at Symantec, it is able to lock the device, change the PINs, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2016
Clickjacking Campaign exploits the European Cookie Law

Experts at MalwareBytes discovered a clickjacking campaign that tricks users into clicking on what looks like a legitimate European cookie law notification. Cyber criminals always exploit any opportunity to make profits, news of the day is they are abusing of the legitimate European Cookie Law notices in clever clickjacking campaign. The clickjacking campaign recently discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2014
Facebook ‘Naked Video’ scam hits 2 million users

Security Experts at Bitdefender discovered a clickjacking Naked Video scam that already infected more that 2 millions Facebook users. Sex and social media is a dangerous mix abused by cyber criminals to hit a large number of users of most popular social networks. In the last couple of years the number of illicit activities on […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2013
I don’t like – Facebook Clickjacking and track screen cursors

A misleading script to increase the number of “I like” and an invasive technology to track screen cursors are threatening the Facebook users. The social media are money machines, the interest of private companies, governments and cybercrime are increasing exponentially. Security experts are observing an alarming trend, a growing number of subjects are spending a […]