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Facebook, Google, Twitter Users Among the Nearly 2 Million Accounts Hacked by Botnets

05

Dec

2013

Cyber security firm Trustwave announced on Tuesday that nearly 2 million online accounts have been hacked, compromising the privacy of user of Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, and payroll service company ADP in nearly 100 countries. According to Trustwave, the violation was likely achieved using keylogging malware, began on October 21, and is possibly ongoing. CNN reports […]

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Two million accounts compromised by ‘Pony’ botnet, bad passwords

05

Dec

2013

Though most of us cast stones at large-scale corporate password thefts, we ought to be checking our own glass houses, according to a security company called Trustwave. It just revealed that a single attack from a Dutch-based server has resulted in 2 million passwords pilfered from individual users for sites like Facebook and Google. The […]

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Two million stolen Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, ADP passwords found on Pony Botnet server

04

Dec

2013

Trustwave’s SpiderLabs found a Pony Botnet Controller server holding over two million passwords and account credentials for ADP payroll, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more belonging to victims around the world.

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