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Nowadays Linkedin is suffering by many Social Engineering attack that is used to harvesting the user Credentials and Linkedin is widely used Professional Network which is always Big Fish For hackers to Target and Stealing the users account and other information. A New Phishing Attack Targeting Linkedin users that spreading via Compromised Linkedin Accounts to […]
LinkedIn, a business and employment-oriented social networking website contain personal information of more than 500 million users from around the world making it a jackpot for cybercriminals and those looking for identity theft. Also, since LinkedIn’s data breach of 117 million users and then its sale on the dark web has helped malicious elements compromise websites […]
World’s largest professional network LinkedIn That has more than 500 Million Registered users. LinkedIn messenger Platform Vulnerability Allows attacker spread Malware into victims by taking advantage of LinkedIn’s security restrictions Flow. LinkedIn messenger is the Mostly used Future Platform which helps for professional Community to Share their skills, Messenger easily sends resumes, transfer academic research and share […]
In case you receive an photo document sent by way of a person, even your pal, to your fb Messenger, LinkedIn or any other social media platform, just DO not ON IT. Even JPG photograph file ought to in the end infect your pc with the notorious Locky Ransomware. Earlier this week, we mentioned a […]
Latest LinkedIn phishing scam asks users for their personal data to carry further attack through identity theft. LinkedIn has been in the news for all the bad reasons. Previously, it was the data of 117 million of its users stolen back in 2012, leaked in 2016 and sold on the darknet afterwords. Although, the alleged […]
The official Twitter account of Facebook’s VP Adam Mosseri was hacked by OurMine hackers! OurMine hacking group has struck again, this time, the official Twitter account of Adam Mosseri, Vice President, Product Management for News Feed at Facebook was their target. Mosseri, who manages News Feed and Interfaces PM teams at Facebook had his Twitter account hacked on 14th […]
After Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg the ”Our Mine” hackers have found a new target and this time it’s Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey. On 9th July the Twitter account of Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey was taken over by ‘Our Mine” hacking group. The same group who has been hacking social media accounts of high-profile […]
Google CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai had his Quora account hacked earlier today — Those behind the hack said this was just a test! A hacker group consisting of 3 people known as OurMine hacked the official Quora account of Google CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai and started posting public messages and because the account was connected with his Twitter account whatever was posted […]
LinkedIn, world’s first professional social network will now be working under the ownership of technology giant Microsoft but does this raise concerns about users’ privacy? Microsoft is taking over the ownership for the world renowned professional social network LinkedIn in a $26.2 billion deal at $196 per share. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said in a statement […]
Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were hacked — Researchers believe passwords were stolen from leaked LinkedIn Data! The 2012 LinkedIn database hack has affected many, and as the information keeps pouring in, we are getting to know how devastating the attack must have been for all those involved. It is being reported that on Monday, […]
In 2012, LinkedIn became the recipient of a large data breach that is still haunting the platform. Initially, it was reported that the hacker(s) involved managed to steal 6.5 million credentials but latest reports suggest that the data hack was far more widespread. This revelation has arrived from Leaked Source, which is a paid search […]
A LinkedIn hack from back in 2012 is still causing problems for its users. The companyannounced this morning that another data set from the hack, which contains over 100 million LinkedIn members’ emails and passwords, has now been released. In response to this new data dump, LinkedIn says it’s working to validate the accounts and […]
Blast from the Past Haunts LinkedIn – A Hacker Leaks Details of LinkedIn users Online YET AGAIN! Social media platforms are becoming excessively and increasingly vulnerable to data leaks, hacks, and scams. Every other day we read about some or the other social networking website getting exploited, compromised, scammed or hacked resulting in exposure of profiles, email […]
LinkedIn can be a hacker’s treasure trove and job seeker’s nightmare. The IT security company Symantec revealed that dozens of fake accounts on social networking sites are being used by hackers pretending to be recruiters. The accounts holders let hackers plot a network of business professionals and achieve the professional’s trust. By building a connection […]
Developers at LinkedIn fixed a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in the social network this week that could have been exploited to spread a worm on the service’s help forums. It was a very a quick turnaround for the company according to the researcher, who said LinkedIn fixed the issue a mere three hours after he reported it. […]
An Anonymous hacker going with the handle of @TheHorsemenLulz has hacked 4 official Social Media accounts of UAE‘s Dubai Police. The hacked accounts include LinkedIn, Pinterest and verified Twitter handle with 258k followers. After hacking Dubai Police Twitter account, hacker started sending tweets; blaming the police for spying on people. One of the tweet said: Dubai Police is spying […]
Once again the LinkedIn users have been under massive spam attack in form of an official LinkedIn lookalike notification about a supposedly received message from a potential new connection. Sadly for the users, it is not a real LinkedIn link- It is a fake link that redirected users to a different compromised site and asks for their personal details or welcome them with […]
Be aware of fake LinkedIn emails sent to LinkedIn users by unknown sender, posing as a legit LinkedIn sender trying to convince user as this is the official LinkedIn notice. According to GFI, After clicking the fake link, your browser will be redirected to BlackHole exploit which attempts to drop Cridex onto the PC that mostly targets social media and bank accounts. This Malware is deadly as […]