Phishers targeting LinkedIn users via hijacked accounts
A new phishing campaign has been spotted hitting LinkedIn users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts …
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Office 365 account compromise attempts on the rise
Office 365, Microsoft’s software-as-a-service productivity software suite popular with corporate users, is increasingly becoming attackers’ preferred way into …
Hackers stole over $500,000 from Enigma cryptocurrency investors
Unknown hackers have managed to steal over $500,000 from aspiring investors in the Enigma cryptocurrency investment platform. The Enigma cryptocurrency hack The attack …
Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing
Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads …
Phishers steal Chrome extension from developer
An attacker has compromised the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software, and has equipped their Copyfish Chrome extension with ad/spam injection …
Phishers’ techniques and behaviours, and what to do if you’ve been phished
Once a user has been phished, how long does it takes for the phishers to misuse the stolen credentials? To discover the answer to that question and many others, Imperva …
751 domains hijacked to redirect visitors to exploit kit
An unknown attacker has managed to modify the name servers assigned to 751 domains, which resulted in some visitors to the hijacked domains being redirected to a site hosting …
Password Reset MITM: Exposing the need for better security choices
Attackers that have set up a malicious site can use users’ account registration process to successfully perform a password reset process on a number of popular websites …
Offer of nude celeb photos turns Twitter users into spammers
If not careful, Twitter users who are dead set on seeing nude photos of WWE star Paige will end up on marketers’ spam lists and with their own Twitter account pushing …
Hijacking Windows user sessions with built-in command line tools
Did you know that by using built-in command line tools, any user with system rights and permissions (usually a local administrator) can hijack the session of any logged-in …
