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  2. Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA

    techcrunch.com/2023/01/30/facebook-two-factor

    Mänôz found the bug in the Meta Accounts Center last year, and reported it to the company in mid-September. Meta fixed the bug a few days later, and paid Mänôz $27,200 for reporting the bug ...

  3. A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants

    techcrunch.com/.../leaky-database-two-factor-codes

    But codes sent over SMS text messages are not as secure as stronger forms of 2FA — an app-based code generator, for example — since SMS text messages are prone to interception or exposure, or ...

  4. Facebook password stealing software comes packed with a ...

    techcrunch.com/2017/08/10/facebook-password...

    A simple search of “hack Facebook account” yields pages of results and links to all manner of likely malware-tainted software solutions, many of which are targeted toward the average user, no ...

  5. Password cracking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking

    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [1] protecting a computer system. A common approach ( brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [2] Another type of approach is password spraying, which ...

  6. Leet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

    Leet, like hacker slang, employs analogy in construction of new words. For example, if haxored is the past tense of the verb "to hack" (hack → haxor → haxored), then winzored would be easily understood to be the past tense conjugation of "to win," even if the reader had not seen that particular word before.

  7. Dictionary attack - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack

    Dictionary attack. In cryptanalysis and computer security, a dictionary attack is an attack using a restricted subset of a keyspace to defeat a cipher or authentication mechanism by trying to determine its decryption key or passphrase, sometimes trying thousands or millions of likely possibilities [1] often obtained from lists of past security ...

  8. Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password ...

    www.engadget.com/meta-warns-malicious-third...

    In the meantime, Facebook is pushing warnings to 1 million people who may have used the apps. The notifications inform users their account info may have been compromised by an app — it doesn’t ...

  9. Hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT lures to spread ...

    techcrunch.com/.../03/malware-chatgpt-lures-facebook

    Image Credits: TechCrunch. As public interest in generative AI chatbots grows, hackers are increasingly using ChatGPT -themed lures to spread malware across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. That ...