X Phishing | Campaign Targeting High Profile Accounts Returns, Promoting Crypto Scams
SentinelLABS has observed an active phishing campaign targeting high-profile X accounts to hijack and exploit them for fraudulent activity.
Elon Musk-Funded PAC Supercharges ‘Progress 2028’ Democrat Impersonation Ad Campaign
An Elon Musk-funded PAC is targeting Republicans with ads that depict a fever-dream caricature of what Harris would do if elected president.
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses
As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.
Trezor X Account Hacked, Shills Fake Crypto
- Trezor’s official X account was compromised, likely due to a SIM swap attack, and used to promote a fake token presale. ZachXBT and crypto security firm Scam Sniffer identified the fraudulent activity, preventing wider user losses. Despite compromising Trezor’s account, the hacker only managed to steal a paltry $8,100.
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X is being flooded with graphic Taylor Swift AI images
Fake sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift have been circulating on X over the last day in the latest example of the proliferation of AI-generated pornography.
SEC says X account hack was due to SIM swapping
An “unauthorized party” hijacked the cell phone number of the person running the SEC’s X account before taking over the social media feed and posting messages. In a statement on Monday, an SEC spokesperson explained that two days after the January 9 account takeover, the government agency spoke to its telecom carrier and discovered that someone “obtained control of the SEC cell phone number associated with the account in an apparent ‘SIM swap’ attack.”
SEC Has Not Approved Bitcoin ETFs, but Its Hacked X Account Briefly Said Otherwise
The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, "was compromised," the regulator told CoinDesk.
Netgear, Hyundai latest X accounts hacked to push crypto drainers
The official Netgear and Hyundai MEA Twitter/X accounts (together with over 160,000 followers) are the latest hijacked to push scams designed to infect potential victims with cryptocurrency wallet drainer malware.
CIA exposed to intelligence interception due to X's URL bug
Musk's mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs An ethical hacker has exploited a bug in the way X truncates URLs to take over a CIA Telegram channel used to receive intelligence. Kevin McSheehan, who uses the online handle "Pad," spotted the issue after hovering over the link to the CIA's Telegram channel displayed on its X social media profile.
New Twitter scam in China: sextortion scammers
Chinese sextortion scam accounts flood X (previously Twitter) after the platform introduced a blue-check policy allowing users to buy verified badges.