Twitter underground economy still going strong
The Twitter underground economy and the fake social account market as a whole continues to gain momentum, and the financial motivations of this multimillion-dollar business …
Twitter finally offers 2-factor authentication
Following a slew of high-profile compromises of accounts belonging to media outlets such as AP and satirical news site The Onion, Twitter has finally implemented two-factor …
Two-step authentication for Twitter accounts coming soon
The recent hacking of Associated Press’ Twitter account and the (luckily short-term) effect an explosive fake tweet had on the real-world has marked a turning point. …
Hijacked AP Twitter account spreads fake news, fells Dow Jones
It took only seven minutes and a single shocking (but spurious) tweet and the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 143 points and briefly made some traders panic, Dan Goodin …
Financial malware hijacking Twitter accounts
Researchers have discovered another active spamming campaign targeting Twitter users. “The malware launches a Man-in-the-Browser attack through the browser of infected …
Twitter’s recipe for security awareness
Security awareness training is an issue that has been and continues to be hotly debated both online and offline. It is also a topic that seems a little out of place at the …
Twitter wisdom: April 9, 2013
Here’s food for thought from people you should be following on Twitter. Actually it strikes me dentistry and infosec are similar. We both breach prevention better than …
Infosec Twitter wisdom: March 27, 2013
Here’s food for thought from people you should be following on Twitter. People don’t get why Inception was such a profoundly great movie. It’s a story where …
Infosec Twitter wisdom: March 22, 2013
Here’s food for thought from people you should be following on Twitter. An IP address is not a smoking gun. — Dave Lewis (@gattaca) March 21, 2013 There’s no …
Zendesk hack endangers Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest users
Popular customer service software provider Zendesk has announced that they have been hacked. “We’ve become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week. As …
Twitter entreats users to use better passwords
Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords – both on Twitter and on other online services. Apart from the usual advice on using longer, more complex, …
Cryptome site, Twitter and email account hacked again
Cryptome, the well-known online repository of documents concerning cryptography, freedom of speech, spying, and surveillance, has been hacked again on Monday night, says the …