Until found and reported to PayPal, there was a security hole that meant 150 million-plus customers were one measly click away from account hijacking.
Tag Archives: Security threats
I am not a robot: Google swaps text CAPTCHAs for quivery mouse clicks
Forget mangled text: given AI advances, it’s kaput. Google’s new approach: analyze cookies, mouse movements and IP addresses, in one click.
5 online scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season in the United States is also an opportune time for cybercriminals, scam artists and conmen to gear up their activities. Here are the top 5 online scams to watch out for…
Craigslist back up and running after DNS hijack
If you had trouble getting onto Craigslist to sell your apple green velvet armchair over the weekend, join the club: the site was hijacked on Sunday night. 
16 webcam hijacking suspects arrested in wake of bedroom-peeping
An international bust of people illegally using remote-access Trojans (RATs) to hijack people’s webcams last week led to the arrest of 16 people across Europe.
Anonymous e-hijacks KKK in wake of threats against Ferguson protesters
Attackers affiliating themselves with the Anonymous brand of hacktivists have resulted in two hijacked Twitter accounts, doxing of alleged Ku Klux Klan members, and 4 DDoSed sites. 
Breached US State Department takes email offline to update security
The US State Department spent the weekend trying to mop up its unclassified email system and public sites in the aftermath of a recent attack. 
Snapchat to warn users about third-party apps, ask them to change their passwords
Instead of how it’s handled The Snappening mass image doxing aftermath so far – i.e., warning users that third-party apps are against its Terms of Use and trawling Google Play and the App Store to snuff them out – Snapchat will now sniff out Snapchatters using third-party apps, warn them that they’ve wandered into a scary app neighborhood, and ask them to change their passwords. 
Tor Project puzzles over how the law shredded anonymity in Operation Onymous
The Tor Project would very much like to know how identities were laid bare in the recent Operation Onymous.
US Postal Service breached, employee and customer data stolen
The United States Postal Service on Monday warned workers that their data had been compromised, along with people who had contacted the Customer Care Center between January and August this year. 