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SESSION HIJACKING

Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That’s according to a new report published by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which said it disrupted financially motivated phishing […]

Discovering a Session Hijacking Vulnerability in GitLab

GitLab is a widely used SaaS provider that focuses on developer related issues, including Git repository management, issue tracking and code review. During a recent pen test of GitLab (I wanted to see the service was a good fit to use at Incapsula), I was surprised to come across a vulnerability that leaves users exposed […]

SESSION HIJACKING, COOKIE-STEALING WORDPRESS MALWARE SPOTTED

Researchers have identified a strain of cookie stealing malware injected into a legitimate JavaScript file, that masquerades as a WordPress core domain. Cesar Anjos, a security analyst at Sucuri, a firm that specializes in WordPress security, came across the malware during an incident response investigation and described it in a blog post Tuesday.  Anjos says […]