Director of Cybersecurity at NSA Gets Dedicated Twitter Account
Rob Joyce, the director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency (NSA), on Thursday announced that his role now has an official Twitter account....
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One-Click Exploit Could Have Let Attackers Hijack Any Atlassian Account
Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday disclosed critical flaws in the Atlassian project and software development platform that could be exploited to take over an account...
Researcher Claims Apple Downplayed Severity of iCloud Account Takeover Vulnerability
A security researcher claims he discovered a critical vulnerability in Apple’s password reset feature that could have been used to take over any iCloud...
Pandemic prompts digital ‘boom’ in account creation – as well as password fatigue
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a catalyst for a “boom” in the growth of online account ownership — but has potentially also undermined consumer...
Russian national jailed for running stolen data, hijacked account seller platform deer.io
A Russian national has been jailed for 2.5 years for operating deer.io, a platform designed for the sale of stolen data and accounts. This...
Cost of Account Unlocks, and Password Resets Add Up
There are many labor-intensive tasks that the IT service desk carries out on a daily basis. None as tedious and costly as resetting passwords....
Child Tweets Gibberish from US Nuclear Agency Account – E Hacking News
An unintelligible tweet sent out from the official account of U.S. Strategic Command in charge of the nation’s nuclear arsenal last weekend had...
Child Unknowingly Tweets From US Nuclear Command’s Account
Some jokingly said the cryptic tweet, “;l;;gmlxzssaw,” was a US nuclear launch code. Others, that the Pentagon had been hacked. And some even thought...
Why Cached Credentials Can Cause Account Lockouts and How to Stop it
When a user account becomes locked out, the cause is often attributed to a user who has simply entered an old or incorrect password...
Researcher Laxman Muthiyah Awarded with $50,000 for Detecting a Flaw in Microsoft Account – E Hacking News
A bug bounty hunter was awarded $50,000 by Microsoft for revealing a security vulnerability leading to account deprivation. The expert says that only...