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23.10.2025 11:12
realn2s (@realn2s@infosec.exchange)

I'm looking for input (but this will require several posts)

In the last week I heard from two #SocialMedia account takeovers.

Starting with LinkedIn:

While the user was active on LinkedIn they received an authentication request. As they were active, they didn't think much of it and confirmed the request. They were more or less instantly logged out, received and an email notifying that their password was changed, and over the next hours content from their account began to disappear.

The user was devastated. Years of networking, contacts they only had on LinkedIn, all their messages, gone.
In addition to the loss of data, they experienced a profound sense of privacy invasion, and a heavy emotional impact from the incident.

Luckily there is a happy ending.

After several frantic days, contacting support and trying to get help through any backchannels available, their account and access were restored. Apart from access to their account from various locations around the world (likely due the use of a VPN or #Tor), no additional malicious activity was detected.

As attackers usually don't delete content but will try to keep up the appearance of the legt account while misusing them I believe that what we saw was LinkedIn security measures kicking in. They were likely locking down and temporarily "disappearing" the account to limit potential damage.

Lessons learned:

MFA is not a guaranteed protection (at least not every type of MFA)
You need to be vigilant of authentication request. Is the request really caused by you?
(Passkeys solve this to a large extend)

Don't reuse passwords

Use complex, long random passwords and a password manager

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23.10.2025 11:12
display (@display@anonsys.net)
Immer wieder sorgt Emily Ratajkowski mit freizügigen Fotos in den sozialen Medien für Aufruhr. Jetzt zieht die 34-Jährige sogar gänzlich blank. Ihren Followern und Freunden gefällt das.#Unterhaltung #EmilyRatajkowski #Nacktfotos #Instagram
Schwarzweißes Aktshooting: Emily Ratajkowski zeigt sich hüllenlos

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23.10.2025 08:13
NieuwsJunkies (@NieuwsJunkies@mastodon.social)

📰 Suzan & Freek delen stukje uit dagboek in nieuwe single

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1lsa

🕗 08:06 | RTL Nieuws
🔸 #Belgie #NL #Instagram

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23.10.2025 07:48
ajft (@ajft@aus.social)

Ah #instagram, you and your needy emails telling me what I'm missing out on, what with only checking up every month or so to see what family do. OTOH, your choice of who I should follow is dubious at times ... just because *one* person I know is a parent of a person in a team, really doesn't mean I should follow "U16 Girls Foxes"

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23.10.2025 04:44
japan_cnet (@japan_cnet@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com)

Instagram、新しいアプリアイコン6種を追加--ただし18歳未満限定
https://japan.cnet.com/article/35239566/
#japan_cnet #Instagram #アイコン