Blog Posts Tagged with "Hijack"
Security Measures to Protect Business Twitter Accounts
April 27, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Hacking a business Twitter account is a favorite pastime for those wanting retribution, and for others it’s just plain fun. Once the businesses Twitter account is hacked their reputation is sullied making them look like they aren’t protecting their client’s data either...
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Twitter Spam Campaign Serving Up Rogue Antivirus
April 19, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"Early today, Kaspersky Lab discovered a new ongoing spam campaign on Twitter. Hundreds of compromised accounts are currently spamming malicious links, hosted on .TK and .tw1.su domains, leading to Rogue Anti Virus softwares," writes Kasperky's Nicolas Brulez...
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US Confirms Iran Did Not Hack RQ-170 Stealth Drone
February 13, 2012 Added by:Dan Dieterle
A congressional official has confirmed that Iran did not bring down the drone with it’s “cyber warfare” skills. Information from a 10 week CIA review seems to point to a malfunctioning data stream. Information from the faulty stream may have led the drone operator to land the UAV...
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How the RQ-170 Was Hijacked
December 15, 2011 Added by:Ron Baklarz
While it is reported that intercepting unencrypted drone communication data streams had first been known to US military since the mid-1990's, this exploitation continued on into 2009 where militant laptops were found with drone data and unencrypted video feeds from Predator drones...
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Anonymous Unveils Twitter Hijack Tool: URGE
September 09, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Anonymous has released an purported Twitter hijacking tool called URGE, posting the source code for the exploit on Github. Using the tool could be considered an illegal act, and those that choose to download and perform Twitter hijacking operations could find themselves facing legal repercussions...
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Man Gets Eighteen Years for Hacking Neighbors
August 12, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
In Minnesota prosecutors put away a “depraved criminal” for 18 years as a result of virtually torturing his neighbors via their Wi-Fi connection. After a brief encounter with his new neighbors he began “a calculated campaign to terrorize his neighbors”...
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Are Hijacked Facebook Accounts Identity Theft?
August 08, 2011 Added by:Kelly Colgan
An interesting Appellate Court opinion was recently issued that requires us to acknowledge the expanding realm of our own identity footprints and the need for evolving views of how we define identity theft. The case stemmed from a Juvenile Court case in Kings county California...
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OddJob Trojan Hijacks Online Banking Sessions
June 14, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
The OddJob Trojan hijacks online banking sessions, keeping users’ accounts open after they think they’ve quit. Hackers can then access the open account to make fraudulent transactions. When your computer’s security is lax, you’re vulnerable to malware or malicious software...
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China Denies Orchestrating Gmail Hijacking Campaign
June 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"We are obviously very concerned about Google's announcement regarding a campaign that the company believes originated in China to collect the passwords of Google email account holders... These allegations are very serious... We're looking into them," said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
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Hijacked GOV and EDU Websites Serving Up SPAM
January 17, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The websites of some of the country's biggest universities, as well as several government administered sites, have been compromised and are redirecting visitors to SPAM ads. Sections of the websites contain redirected links to spoofed Google searches for fake online stores peddling everything from software to pharmaceuticals...
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