• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-15-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Four charged, including Russian gov’t agents, for massive Yahoo hack

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged four people, including two Russian state intelligence agents, for their involvement in a massive hack of Yahoo that affected half a billion accounts.In September, Yahoo said hackers had managed to... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-15-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malicious uploads allowed hijacking of WhatsApp and Telegram accounts

A vulnerability patched in the web-based versions of encrypted communications services WhatsApp and Telegram would have allowed attackers to take over accounts by sending users malicious files masquerading as images or videos.The vulnerability was discovered last week by researchers from […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-15-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Hackers hijack Twitter accounts to tweet about Nazis, third-party analytics tool to blame

Twitter Counter, a third-party analytics service, appears once again to have provided a gateway for hackers to post messages to high-profile Twitter accounts.An unlikely number of Twitter users suddenly learned to speak Turkish on Wednesday, posting... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-15-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Hackers hijack Twitter accounts to tweet about Nazis, third-party analytics tool to blame

Twitter Counter, a third-party analytics service, appears once again to have provided a gateway for hackers to post messages to high-profile Twitter accounts.An unlikely number of Twitter users suddenly learned to speak Turkish on Wednesday, posting... Read More