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Twitter’s Password Fails

07

May

2013

Let’s say you want to hack Jack Dorsey‘s online banking account. Where to start? His username? Challenging… his online banking username is a secret. But how about his Twitter account? Oh, that’s easy. It’s @jack. That’s the problem with “social” usernames — they’re meant to be known. Another problem, Twitter appears to validate e-mail addresses: […]

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New Skype vulnerability allows hijacking of your account

14

Nov

2012

Last night, reports have appeared on several Russian forums regarding a Skype account hijacking exploit. The information has been made available on several Russian blogs and is now actively exploited in the wild. The exploit, which has been available for two months already, takes advantage of the Skype password reset feature. This allows you to […]

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Scamception

24

Aug

2012

There’s a 419 mail in circulation at the moment (previously seen bouncing around back in April) called “Compensation for Scam Victims” that claims to be offering aid…to victims of 419 scams. Click to Enlarge The text reads: Good day. This to inform you that your e-mail address was found among the list of people that […]

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