Jack Dorsey's Twitter account has been hacked

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account hacked

Dorsey's hacked account of 4 million followers made racist and immoral shares. 

"The confidentiality of Jack's account has been violated. We are working on it and investigating what happened," Twitter Spokesman Brandon Borrman said in a statement. used.

The shares were deleted in a short time

Iranian hackers targeted universities

Universities are seen as a precious metal by cyber attackers. Higher education institutions targeting the various cyber attacks speed does not interrupt the Iranians of a hacker group, including Turkey allegations he found that 14 76 college major phishing attacks in the country brings quite sound nowadays. Comtera Technology security experts, who are at the forefront of the market with their distribution and solutions in the area of ​​information security, are offering recommendations on how universities can stay away from cyber attacks in the upcoming new school year.

Made a new research, Turkey, Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, mainly covering 14 of the country at 76 universities belonging to a total of 300 fake website and the home page reveals that a phishing attack organized and demonstrate. According to findings, these attacks are similar to an attack by the Cobalt Dickens hacker group linked to Iran between 2013 and 2017, which led to the accusation of 9 Iranian citizens of the United States. Therefore, despite the claims of some members of the group of hackers, this attack is thought to be their plan.

The threat areas of cyber attackers are expanding day by day, making them more complex and dangerous. The popularity of mobile devices, the high number of users who want to connect to the campus network, and the attractiveness of the intellectual property resources make the universities an area of ​​cheerleading. Stating that universities should focus on reducing the most before the potential damage that may arise during the attack, Comte Technology security experts share suggestions for universities that will become more targeted with the reopening of the training season.

76 Universities 31 Terabyte Data Worked

The cyber hijackers on the last attack on universities at global level use fake websites or home pages to trick users and victims are directed to their schools' online library system. Students or faculty members entering the user information on the fake home page are then directed to a valid entrance session of the university, or the login information is asked again.

Although most of the domain names can not be found in the survey, most of them appear to have been established between May and August 2018. While most of the identified areas point to a single IP address and DNS name server, the latest attack is known to take place on August 19th.

According to a statement by the US Department of Justice on the subject, hackers have targeted 100,000 college professors worldwide with these operations and have managed to access approximately 8,000 accounts. In the description, it was said that the hackers stole a total of 31 terabytes of academic data.

"Universities should embrace their heads against the threat that they are under threat"

Indicating that cyber-attackers aiming to steal information within antellectual property is a commonplace target for universities, but recently it has been increasing, Comte Technology security experts stress that the head of the universities against the attack, which is thought to be exacerbated by the opening of the new school era, Expressing that it is more difficult to provide cyber security in higher education institutions than in many other areas, Comtera Technology security experts say that these institutions are also interesting for hackers in terms of their research and resources.

Reminding students that even a single student brings at least a few different devices to the campus, universities face countless personal challenges that are not governed by security, and Comtea Technology security experts say IT professionals, faculty, and students are all responsible for building campus network security. For this reason, universities must teach simple rules, such as keeping an informative cyber security education to instructors and students, and at least not opening suspicious mails, not using easy passwords to be seized.