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Gmail is the most secure email service. What about the most insecure? It’s AOL. Full list of email services most exposed to hackers

Unfortunately, data breaches are very common incidents today, with email addresses being one of the most exposed data in these cases. In this regard, information security experts, in collaboration with the firm Who Is Hosting This, conducted a study to find the most secure email services, as well as those most exposed to hackers. One […]

AOL advertising platform compromised to mine cryptocurrency

March 25th, 2018, malicious hackers compromised AOL’s advertising platform and modified its script to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The information security training researchers at Trend Mirco also found MSN’s web portal’s Japanese domain was also infected by a similar script to mine Monero coins from the computing power of site’s visitors. As per analysis, the compromised […]

Hackers compromise AOL advertising platform to mine cryptocurrency

The IT security researchers at Trend Mirco have discovered that on March 25th, 2018, malicious hackers compromised AOL’s advertising platform and modified its script to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The researchers also found MSN’s web portal’s Japanese domain was also infected by a similar script to mine Monero coins from the computing power of site’s visitors. More: Hackers Hide Monero Cryptominer […]

AOL Accounts Hacked: Email Addresses, Passwords, Home Addresses Swiped

The AOL website has confirmed a security breach that could have compromised AOL users’ sensitive personal information such as email passwords, postal addresses, and answers to security questions on Monday. AOL is investigating the breach, which initially started once they noticed a significant increase in amount of spam, as spoof emails, from the AOL mail […]