When this SSL Renegotiation bug hit the news, most people said it was a theoretical attack and was of no practical use in the real world. But then people tend to say that about most things don’t they until they get pwned up the face. It turns out the rather obscure SSL flaw can be […]
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Twitter DM Phishing Scam
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 29,117 views
As Twitter gains momentum there are more and more attacks on it, it’s users and the most recent is a phishing scam via DM (Direct Message). It was uncovered recently that it was being used as a Botnet Control Channel, shortly before that it was subjected to a DoS attack. This isn’t the first time […]
Topic: Phishing, Privacy, Spammers & Scammers
Twitter Being Used As Botnet Command Channel
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 13,586 views
Ah Twitter in the news again, the bad guys sure do keep up with new trends. After being taken offline for a while by a Joejob DDoS attack Twitter is in the news again – this time it’s being used as the command channel for a Botnet. The normal method for controlling Botnets is via […]
Topic: Malware, Networking Hacking Tools
Twitter & Facebook Taken Offline By DDoS Attacks
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 6,304 views
Both Facebook and Twitter were hit with pretty severe DDoS attacks rendering them useless and unavailable to the majority of users. The thing is it seems like it wasn’t a traditional network based botnet style DDoS attack, but a ‘joejob‘ attack where spam is sent out containing a link and the users clicking on the […]
Topic: Hacking News
Twitter Hack Spreads P*rn Trojan
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 10,290 views
I had a spam tweet appear in my stream a while back and like Guy Kawasaki I also had absolutely no idea where it came from. Perhaps some kinda XSS flaw in Twitter when I visited a site that spawned the message (in a hidden iframe perhaps). It wouldn’t be the first time Twitter was […]
Topic: Exploits/Vulnerabilities, Malware, Web Hacking
Twitter ClickJacking Vulnerability
Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 9,418 views
Click-jacking has hit the news a few times recently with most browsers being susceptible to this kind of redirection attack. This time it’s Twitter that’s being hit, as with anything gaining popularity it’s going to become the focus of more attacks and attempts to compromise its security. It seems like click-jacking may well be here […]
Topic: Exploits/Vulnerabilities, Web Hacking
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