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.

 

Links:

https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-hack-fills-high-profile-accounts-with-nazi-references/

http://blog.twittercounter.com/2017/03/turkish-spam-and-cyber-defences/?utm_content=buffer22f5d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841936613752094721

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/hack-brief-high-profile-twitter-accounts-overrun-swastikas/

https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/twitter-account-hack.html

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/whatsapp-telegram-flaws-left-accounts-vulnerable-to-hackers/

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/03/15/check-point-discloses-vulnerability-whatsapp-telegram/

https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/hack-whatsapp-telegram-account.html

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/whatsapp-hack-shows-even-encryption-apps-vulnerable-browser/

 

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/four-men-charged-with-hacking-500m-yahoo-accounts/

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/yahoo-hack-russia-indictment/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-fsb-officers-and-their-criminal-conspirators-hacking-yahoo-and-millions

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/fbi-hints-that-hack-of-semi-privileged-yahoo-employee-led-to-massive-breach/

https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-russian-spies-hack-cyber-security-department-of-justice-charged-breach/

 

https://fcw.com/articles/2017/03/15/joyce-white-house-cyber.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJb8WOJYdA

https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls

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