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Spotify is a Swedish-based audio streaming and media services provider, with over 299 million active monthly users in 2020. Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team have discovered a potential credential stuffing operation whose origins are unknown, but that affected some online users who even have Spotify accounts. Credential stuffing is a hacking technique that takes advantage of […]
According to police reports, the 21 year old earned over $200k USD by selling the stolen accounts A 21-year-old Australian youth was arrested after generating more than $200k USD in illegal earnings for selling stolen login credentials, reported network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security. The individual has been accused of […]
Following Spotify’s long-awaited arrival in India, popular video-streaming platform YouTube has also introduced its music-streaming subsidiary – YouTube Music in the country. The music streaming platform by YouTube provides a plethora of music options to the users in two variants: the free version with ad-support and the Premium version priced at Rs 99 per month. […]
After a series of delays due to tussle with Warner Music Group, Spotify has finally launched in India. The popular music streaming platform had long due plans to venture into the Indian market, but the difficulty in reaching an agreement over the copyrights and legal battle with Warner Music was hindering the launch. Yesterday, Spotify […]
Popular music-streaming platform Spotify has updated its terms and conditions policy, and as part of it, it will block users’ accounts if a user is found using ad blockers. According to Spotify terms and conditions, under the User Guidelines, if users are involved in blocking the adverts that appear on Spotify with the use of […]
Back in November, reports emerged that Spotify is planning a massive launch in India, within six months. Today, Spotify moved one step closer to set its foot in the country. The popular streaming service has announced a content partnership with T-series, one of the biggest music record label in India. For Spotify users, this means access […]
The social network provided access to confidential information to multiple services Facebook has been involved in multiple scandals related to the privacy of its users over the past few months. In the most recent case, cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that Facebook would have allowed services like Netflix, Spotify, and […]
Researchers have discovered a phishing campaign aimed at the streaming service; although it is really simple-crafted, its dissemination is important Researchers from a cybersecurity and digital forensics firm discovered a phishing campaign aimed at Spotify, the popular music streaming service. In this campaign, discovered in early November, the attackers decided to use emails to try […]
Malicious hackers launching a new phishing campaign that targets Spotify customers to hijacking the user’s account and steal the credentials. Spotify customers targeted via emails along with malicious links that redirect into a deceptive website which leads users to give away their credentials. Once users enter their credentials, username and password will be sent to […]
This week has been pretty eventful when it comes to the developments taking place in the world of Ubuntu. So, I thought I’d tell all about them, in brief, to keep you updated. Let’s take a look: Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS drops 32-bit support Following the footsteps of Ubuntu Desktop, which has already scrapped its […]
Your desktop’s hard drive might be in danger of losing a few years of its lifespan if you are an avid user of Spotify’s desktop app for accessing tuneage or satisfying your music cravings. Several Spotify subscribers are facing a serious issue. Reportedly, Spotify’s Mac, Windows and Linux based apps are involved in writing hundreds […]
The East Coast was under siege on Friday morning from a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that brought down more than a dozen prominent websites, including Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, GitHub, Amazon and Reddit. The initial attack was followed later in the day by at least two more waves of attack. The attack against […]
A list containing hundreds of Spotify account credentials – including emails, usernames, passwords, account type and other details – has popped up on the website Pastebin, in what appears to be a possible security breach. After reaching out to a random sampling of the victims via email, we’ve confirmed that these users’ Spotify accounts were compromised […]
Spotify wanted to collect everything that you don’t want to share with strangers and that includes your personal photos. The Internet is overflowing with the reports about a music streaming service – Spotify, who has revealed an updated version of its privacy policy created an online counterattack against the service provider. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/stolen-accounts-bogus-nypd-badges-dark-web-market/”]Stolen Accounts, Spotify […]