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Snapchat iPhone App Security Hole Creates DoS Opportunity

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Feb

2014

Another shot has been fired at the security of a popular photo messaging service that has recently been in the crosshairs of security researchers. According to security expert Jaime Sanchez, a flaw in the Snapchat app for iOS could be used to launch a denial-of-service attack and cause the device to crash. The problem, he […]

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Snapchat Attack May Have Exposed Data of Millions of Users

02

Jan

2014

Snapchat is having a rough start to 2014. Roughly a week after security researchers disclosed details of exploits against the popular photo messaging service, a group of hackers published the user names and associated phone numbers of 4.6 million Snapchat users. According to a post on SnapchatDB.info, the database contains username and phone number pairs […]

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Security Exploit Snapchat Was Warned About Has Compromised 4.6 Million Users’ Information

02

Jan

2014

The hack was done through an API exploit that Snapchat was actually warned about months ago, when Gibson Security said there was a way to use Snapchats friend finder to get a large number of phone numbers and usernames relatively quickly. Snapchat didnt respond to that, so, on Christmas Eve, Gibson Security posted full instructions. Snapchat […]

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