Google to delete Gmail and Photos accounts in huge purge
New policy aims to crackdown on scams and account hijacking
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts
After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
Twitter turns off SMS-based tweeting in most countries
Buh-bye, original way of tweeting. Twitter said it’s to keep our accounts safe, referring to unspecified SMS-enabled vulnerabilities.
Password-free database of exercise app Kinomap leaks 42m user records
It’s like a cloud of personal information breathed out in a plume by a database that didn’t bother to wear a mask.
Twitter hands over student’s account to his college
Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student’s account to college administrators.
15 NFL teams’ Twitter hijacked in lead-up to the Super Bowl
Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers
YouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished - 100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that capture... more:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/24/youtube-influencers-get-2fa-tokens-phished/ #two-factorauthentication #2-factorauthentication
#reverseproxytoolkit #accounthijacking #securitythreats #socialnetworks #modlishka #youtube #google #yubico #titan #2fa #otp #u2fYouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished
Twitter turns off SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
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