Security Brief: Twitter Hacks, Android Vulnerabilities, Blackmail

snoopy · Jul 14, 2013

Security Brief: Twitter Hacks, Android Vulnerabilities, Blackmail
Here’s your chance to catch up on some IT security news in case you haven’t been online much over the past week.
Let’s start with the Twitter hacks. This week, the official Twitter accounts of the following have been hacked: famous director and editor Alfredo Flores, American rock band Band of Horses, One Direction’s Niall Horan, and Canadian ice hockey player Tyler Seguin.

The Twitter, Yahoo and other online accounts of several Jersey Shore actors were hacked by TeamHype, the group that’s responsible for hijacking the Xbox accounts of Microsoft customers earlier this year.
The hackers took over the accounts of Sammi, Deena, Vinny, Ronnie and JWoww one by one. Here’s what the hackers told Softpedia (exclusive).

Bluebox Security has revealed the existence of an Android vulnerability that could be exploited to turn any legitimate app into a malicious Trojan without breaking its signature.

The company has even released a small app to help Android device owners determine if they are impacted by the flaw, and if malicious apps leveraging the security hole have been installed.

In the meantime, a POC exploit for the vulnerability has been published. Furthermore, Chinese security experts have identified another Android flaw that could be used to alter legitimate apps without breaking their signature.

And since we’re talking about mobile security, Bitdefender has published an interesting study which shows that iOS and Android apps are equally intrusive and “curious.”

In the “blackmail” section, we have the return of the Rex Mundi collective. After taking some time out, the hackers are back, trying to extort companies whose systems they breach.
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Story: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secu...ndroid-Vulnerabilities-Blackmail-367974.shtml

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