Threat actors could gain access to users’ online accounts by leveraging a new type of technique that involves pre-hijacking an account before it’s actually registered by the victim.
“Account pre-hijacking” is a new class of attacks that can be used to gain access to a targeted account, and many online services could be vulnerable.
Researchers have spotted fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits that appear to have been created by threat actors in an effort to deliver malware to members of the cybersecurity community.
The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a major corporate and political scandal.
The Conti ransomware operation has undergone some significant organizational structure changes in the past months after the brand became toxic due to its affiliation with the Russian government.
Participants earned a total of more than $1.15 million at the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest last week.
Cisco informed customers on Friday that it’s aware of in-the-wild exploitation attempts targeting a new vulnerability affecting its IOS XR software.
Researchers with IBM Security’s X-Force division have analyzed 13 crypters employed by the cybercrime group behind the infamous TrickBot and Conti malware.
The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was compromised in a ransomware attack last December, but the vendor didn’t report it to the district until last month, officials said.
Asian media giant Nikkei has disclosed a ransomware attack that might have impacted customer data.
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