Those people's accounts were reactivated by hackers without their knowledge, according to a new BBC report . The hackers didn't need users' bank information to reactivate their accounts — all they had to do was log in.
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A Netflix representative told Business Insider that it valued customers' security and that users should report suspicious activity on their account to the company directly.
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Hackers are out as more shoppers head online for Black Friday. Here's how to stay safe | WPDE
Google: Government-Backed Hackers Targeted 12,000 Users
Google has directly warned more than 12,000 users across 149 countries that they have been targeted by government-backed hackers. Google says the attack attempts occurred in the third quarter of this year.
Shane Huntley , director of Google's Threat Analysis Group, says in a blog post that the warnings were sent out from July to September to users of various Google services, including Gmail, Drive and YouTube.
As part of its attempt to block government-backed groups from hacking its users, Google says that its Threat Analysis Group has been tracking more than 270 threat actors, from more than 50 countries. The technology giant says it regularly warns targeted users about state-sponsored phishing attempts.
How Ehical Hacking Platforms- HackerOne, Bugcrowd & Detectify Funtion
If you are an into ethical hacking, you can use multiple penetration testing operating systems like Kali OS or parrotOS. If your focus is on Web application penetration testing, you can search on tons of websites that allow legal hacking for practice purposes. But more importantly, you can join ethical hacking platforms that crowdsource hackers for bug disclosure.
Such platforms are gaining traction because traditional approaches like code scanning tools and single-source evaluations only give a partial view of risk and exposure in an organisation. In fact, they usually fail to maintain with the ever-evolving advanced tactics of hackers.
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Hackers check in at hotel front desks worldwide
Hotels have been targeted around the world by a new malware campaign attempting to steal credit card details from travellers.
The goal of the campaign is to capture credit card data of guests and travellers from hotel systems and popular online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Booking.com, read a Kaspersky blog post .
"After unpacking them, the code is recognisable as the commercial RAT RevengeRAT. An additional module written by the group called ScreenBooking is used to capture credit card data. It monitors whether the user is browsing the web page," researchers said.
Thousands Of Disney+ Accounts Are Up For Sale On Hacking Forums
Disney's hotly-anticipated streaming service Disney+ finally launched this week. Despite being open to the public for just a few days, hackers have already hijacked thousands of accounts and put them up for sale on the Dark Web.
a Disney logo forms part of a menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on ... [+] a computer screen in Walpole, Mass., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Disney Plus says it hit more than 10 million sign-ups on its first day of launch, far exceeding expectations. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Warning: Hackers can use airport USB ports to steal information
An alert from cybersecurity experts warns travelers that hackers may be targeting them at airports now too.
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Cybersecurity experts say you may want to think twice before you do it again because hackers have found a way to use these ports to access everything on your phone.
Is the battery running low on your cell phone ahead of that flight? Why not charge your cell phone at the bank of public USB ports? Many people do. It's often one of the most popular places in the terminal.
Holiday warning: hackers are clever, be secure with online shopping | KRQE News 13
(KRQE) – As millions of people start to search for Black Friday bargains online, several scams are targeting their shopping dollars. More and more fraudulent websites, that look exactly like the real thing for big names like Apple, or Amazon, or Walmart are cropping up online and as apps.
Thieves want to trick people into stealing their personal information, scamming them out of money, or talk them into engaging in questionable behavior with their money. They are seeking easy targets for phishing , ransomware , credit card fraud , identity theft , and other schemes.
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Hackers have reportedly figured out how to reactivate peoples' canceled Netflix accounts and start charging them ag… https://t.co/V0w9ScGjFD businessinsider (from New York, NY) Fri Nov 29 16:04:41 +0000 2019
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