Posts Tagged: hijacking

Grindr flaw allowed hijacking accounts with just an email address

On October 4, 2020 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

A Grindr vulnerability allowed anyone who knows a user’s email address to easily reset their password and hijack their account. All a bad actor needed to do was type in a user’s email address in the password reset page and then pop open the dev tools…
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First person sentenced for SIM hijacking faces 10 years in prison

On February 1, 2019 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

SIM card hijackers are starting to face the consequences of their actions. California college student Joel Ortiz has agreed to a plea deal that will have him serve 10 years in prison for stealing over $ 5 million in cryptocurrency through SIM swappin…
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Chrome may stop websites from hijacking your browser’s back button

On December 18, 2018 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

Surf the web for long enough and you'll invariably run into a site that refuses to acknowledge your browser's back button, usually because it wants to force ads down your throat. Google might soon put a stop to those shady redirects, though. Recently…
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