Buh-bye, original way of tweeting. Twitter said it’s to keep our accounts safe, referring to unspecified SMS-enabled vulnerabilities.
Tag Archives: account hijack
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
Twitter slaps back SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.
Watch out! Don’t fall for the Instagram ‘Nasty List’ phishing attack
Instagram users have been receiving odd messages from followers expressing shock that their accounts have somehow ended up on something called the “Nasty List.”
Facebook flaw could have allowed an attacker to hijack accounts
The CSRF bypass flaw has now been fixed, and the researcher who discovered it has netted $25,000.
McDonalds app users hatin’ it after being hacked by hungry hamburglars
At least two users of the McDonalds mobile app aren’t lovin’ it after thieves hijacked their accounts and ordered hundreds of dollars of food for themselves.
Steam’s account-stealing password reset exploit fixed
Valve has plugged a vulnerability which saw a number of accounts on its Steam gaming platform hijacked last week.
Crayola’s Facebook page hijacked, redrawn in NSFW style
Crayola’s Facebook page was hijacked at the weekend and illustrated with quite a few NSFW, off-color posts.