Blog site Boing Boing hacked

guest · Jan 13, 2020

Blog site Boing Boing hacked
January 13, 2020
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/478045-blog-site-boing-boing-hacked

Top blog site Boing Boing said Monday it had been hacked and that its website had temporarily redirected readers to a dangerous malware page.

Boing Boing, which is among the most widely read blogs globally and covers areas including tech and cyber, wrote in a post on its site that the incident involved an attacker using an employee’s login credentials on Friday and then installing a widget within the Boing Boing theme that redirected readers to a nonsecure website.
The company said it initially believed a malicious advertisement was redirecting users [...]

Boing Boing said anyone who visited its website over the weekend should run “local anti-virus and malware scanners” to ensure that no malicious software was downloaded on their systems.

“From a systems security perspective, this is an excellent cautionary tale of the importance of individual user security,” Boing Boing wrote in its post.
Malware viruses have become rampant online as individuals increasingly use internet-connected devices.
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CyberScoop: Boing Boing says hacker got around 2FA in breaching its content management system

The hacker was able to get around two-factor authentication — an extra security measure — to log into the Boing Boing content management system (CMS) software.

“Even two-factor authentication and password hygiene can be compromised on the user’s end,” the statement continues, “and just because a particular issue … had been detected via third parties in the past, it always pays to consider all possible first-party infection vectors.”
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