Hacked – PossibleThreat Articles

“We are here to show people that everything is hackable,” says hacking group OurMine, back to spread its unwelcome spiel on hacked accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ukSkVZya4UE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

January 23, 2020 0 Comments amazon, Celebrities, crown prince, Hacked, jamal khashoggi, jeff bezos, malware, mbs, mohammed bin salman, pegasus, phone hack, saudi arabia, security threats, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:10 +0000

Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cudbgBhrFvg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

December 5, 2019 0 Comments celebgate, Celebrities, cloud storage, data loss, fappening, fatima moreira de melo, Hacked, icloud, laura ponticorvo, Law & order, mitchel van der k, netherlands, nude celebrities, Privacy, security threats, vvd

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:09:42 +0000

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s-5lDDIutIw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

November 27, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, chuckling squad, debug, hack, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, Law & order, MFA, react, santa clara, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:58:43 +0000

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LWmwsxXvjmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud

October 16, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, Celebrities, data loss, Hacked, hijacking, jack monroe, Law & order, MFA, Mobile, multi-factor authentication, phishing, security threats, sim swap, SIM swapping, Social engineering, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:53:52 +0000

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/QJiDHTqtHDo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter turns off SMS texting after @Jack hijacking

September 6, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, MFA, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:41:13 +0000

Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2v_2dm33u_g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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