{"id":475258,"date":"2022-07-18T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hackers-pose-as-twitter-employees-journalists-in-breach-tactics\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T17:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:14:41","slug":"hackers-pose-as-twitter-employees-journalists-in-breach-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hackers-pose-as-twitter-employees-journalists-in-breach-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hackers pose as Twitter employees, journalists in breach tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2553fcc04ca\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2553fcc04ca\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hackers-pose-as-twitter-employees-journalists-in-breach-tactics\/#%E2%80%9CHackers_pose_as_Twitter_employees_journalists_in_breach_tactics%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hackers pose as Twitter employees, journalists in breach tactics&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHackers_pose_as_Twitter_employees_journalists_in_breach_tactics%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hackers pose as Twitter employees, journalists in breach tactics&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hackers from China, Iran and Turkey are using new tactics including posing as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> employees and journalists in their latest attempts to breach victims\u2019 devices, according to a new cybersecurity study.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report shows how governments around the world are responding to increased political tension by ramping up unconventional hacking campaigns.  <\/p>\n<p>In one example, hackers from Turkey created fake messages from Twitter in an effort to hijack users\u2019 accounts, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proofpoint.com\/us\/blog\/threat-insight\/above-fold-and-your-inbox-tracing-state-aligned-activity-targeting-journalists?utm_source=social_organic&amp;utm_social_network=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=ThreatInsight&amp;utm_post_id=accc3a4a-308c-4405-91b8-ac0f9b3848f7\">study<\/a> from security software company Proofpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The messages notified victims that their accounts had seen a \u201cNew Login\u201d in Moscow, Russia and urged them to click a link to change their passwords. Users who clicked the link and entered their account information would then have their accounts taken over by the hackers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish hackers have primarily targeted journalists with this technique in an effort to steal their social media accounts, according to the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter hack attempt\" class=\"wp-image-23094546\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-8_56_50-AM.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>An example of a fake Twitter email that Proofpoint says was sent out by Turkish hackers. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another tactic, Iranian hackers are creating \u201creporter personas\u201d in efforts to breach the email accounts of academics and Middle East policy experts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Amy Duncan and I\u2019m a senior reporter with Metro <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper,\u201d reads one such email that was sent to an academic who specializes in Iran. \u201cI would be most grateful if I could have an interview with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fake reporter then sent multiple follow-up emails, including a video call invitation with a link that redirects to a password-harvesting website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-9.08.34-AM.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Hacking attempt\" class=\"wp-image-23094563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-9.08.34-AM.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-9.08.34-AM.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-18-at-9.08.34-AM.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Iranian hackers are impersonating journalists, according to Proofpoint. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iranian hackers have also posted as journalists from Fox News, The Guardian and UK news site iNews, according to Proofpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other recent hacking campaigns have focused on breaching the accounts of journalists themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>After the Capitol riots in January 2021, Chinese hackers blanketed White House correspondents and other US politics reporters with phishing emails in attempts to breach their accounts. Later that year, they shifted their focus to reporters covering cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy issues \u2014 especially those who write about China, according to Proofpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese hackers shifted their focus to journalists covering US and European national security, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Employees of the New York Post and Wall Street Journal were targeted in an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent Chinese intelligence-gathering operation, parent company News Corp said in February. <\/p>\n<p>North Korean hackers have likewise targeted US journalists using fake job listings, the report says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom intentions to gather sensitive information to attempts to manipulate public perceptions, the knowledge and access that a journalist or news outlet can provide is unique in the public space,\u201d Proofpoint\u2019s researchers wrote. \u201cTargeting the media sector also lowers the risk of failure or discovery to a [hacker] than going after other, more hardened targets of interest, such as government entities.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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