WhatsApp Web App Account Takeover, and Yahoo Hackers Indicted - Threat Wire




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Summary: <br> Twitter Counter gets hacked, WhatsApp and Telegram web apps vulnerable to account takeovers, four have been indicted in one of the Yahoo hacks, and the White House has a new cybersecurity coordinator. All that coming up now on Threat Wire.<br>  <br> Links:<br> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-hack-fills-high-profile-accounts-with-nazi-references/">https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-hack-fills-high-profile-accounts-with-nazi-references/</a><br> <a href="http://blog.twittercounter.com/2017/03/turkish-spam-and-cyber-defences/?utm_content=buffer22f5d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer">http://blog.twittercounter.com/2017/03/turkish-spam-and-cyber-defences/?utm_content=buffer22f5d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841936613752094721">https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841936613752094721</a><br> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/03/hack-brief-high-profile-twitter-accounts-overrun-swastikas/">https://www.wired.com/2017/03/hack-brief-high-profile-twitter-accounts-overrun-swastikas/</a><br> <a href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/twitter-account-hack.html">https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/twitter-account-hack.html</a><br>  <br> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/whatsapp-telegram-flaws-left-accounts-vulnerable-to-hackers/">https://www.cnet.com/news/whatsapp-telegram-flaws-left-accounts-vulnerable-to-hackers/</a><br> <a href="http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/03/15/check-point-discloses-vulnerability-whatsapp-telegram/">http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/03/15/check-point-discloses-vulnerability-whatsapp-telegram/</a><br> <a href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/hack-whatsapp-telegram-account.html">https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/hack-whatsapp-telegram-account.html</a><br> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/03/whatsapp-hack-shows-even-encryption-apps-vulnerable-browser/">https://www.wired.com/2017/03/whatsapp-hack-shows-even-encryption-apps-vulnerable-browser/</a><br>  <br> <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/four-men-charged-with-hacking-500m-yahoo-accounts/">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/four-men-charged-with-hacking-500m-yahoo-accounts/</a><br> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/03/yahoo-hack-russia-indictment/">https://www.wired.com/2017/03/yahoo-hack-russia-indictment/</a><br> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions</a><br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/fbi-hints-that-hack-of-semi-privileged-yahoo-employee-led-to-massive-breach/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/fbi-hints-that-hack-of-semi-privileged-yahoo-employee-led-to-massive-breach/</a><br> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-russian-spies-hack-cyber-security-department-of-justice-charged-breach/">https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-russian-spies-hack-cyber-security-department-of-justice-charged-breach/</a><br>  <br> <a href="https://fcw.com/articles/2017/03/15/joyce-white-house-cyber.aspx">https://fcw.com/articles/2017/03/15/joyce-white-house-cyber.aspx</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJb8WOJYdA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJb8WOJYdA</a><br> <a href="https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls">https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Youtube Thumbnail credit:<br> <a href="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4141/4806442824_a906d7dda7_b.jpg">https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4141/4806442824_a906d7dda7_b.jpg</a><br>