The social media behemoth Twitter was recently dealt a significant setback when significant portions of its source code were published online and made public.The corporation proceeded promptly to notify GitHub, an online collaboration platform for software engineers, of a copyright violation in order to get the stolen code removed from the site. It is not […]
Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found “no evidence” that users’ data sold online was obtained by exploiting any security vulnerabilities in its systems. “Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems,” the […]
On Thursday, the Twitter account of Kevin O’Leary, star of the show Shark Tank, was compromised and began advertising a fake cryptocurrency giveaway. The well-known investor’s Twitter account, which is followed by more than 982,000 followers, has sent out many tweets announcing a giveaway of 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH. Accompanying each post was a […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced that it will be filing charges against eight individuals in connection with a $100 million securities fraud scheme. In this scheme, the defendants manipulated exchange-traded stocks by using the social media platforms Twitter and Discord. Securities fraud, also known as stock fraud and investment fraud, is […]
Earlier we published an article that provided details of a data breach that occurred on Twitter and affected 5.4 million accounts. Now, the exact same information has been published on a hacker forum that emerged as an alternative to the well-known and large Raidforums. Having said that, there is more to it. Due to the fact […]
Twitter executives misled federal regulators and the company’s own board about “extreme and egregious shortcomings” in its defenses against hackers and its meager efforts to combat bots, said a former chief security officer Peiter Zatko. What happens inside Twitter? The document describes Twitter as a chaotic and aimless company beset by infighting, unable to adequately […]
Over 5.4 million Twitter user accounts a threat actor compiled profiles in order to create a list of the accounts. Using this ID, the threat actor then scraped the public information associated with this account to create a threat model. It was recently revealed that Twitter’s platform had a zero-day bug, which has now been […]
Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform. “As a result of the vulnerability, if someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter’s systems, Twitter’s systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email […]
This was the second time that a Twitter account linked to PM Modi got compromised for a Bitcoin-related scam. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official Twitter handle (@narendramodi) got briefly hacked by a yet unidentified hacker. The hacking occurred early Sunday morning. This is the second hack attack on an account connected to the Indian […]
As a result of one of the most revealing cybersecurity investigations in recent times, the co-founder of Mitto AS, a well-known company that collaborates with some of the world’s leading firms to send security codes via SMS messages has been accused of selling access to some users’ mobile devices, which would help various authoritarian governments. […]
The 22-year-old British national Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, was one of the hackers behind 2020’s massive Twitter hack – PlugwalkJoe also stole Ethereum, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin from victims using SIM Swapping attack. On Wednesday, a British citizen identified as Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, was charged in the US for his involvement in […]
Gathering cookies is a popular hacking activity and can prove really useful for obtaining information from a target, so it is necessary to know the techniques that threat actors use to obtain this data. On this occasion, cybersecurity experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) will show you how to copy cookies from […]
Dubbed Safety Mode, the feature will temporarily block authors of offensive tweets from being able to contact or follow users.
Twitter’s transparency report revealed that users aren’t quick to adopt 2FA and once they do enable it, they choose the least secure option
You can now secure your account with a physical security key as your sole 2FA method, without any additional 2FA option
An unprecedented event occurred a few hours ago when, by mistake, thousands of users received an email from Twitter requesting users to confirm their accounts, giving the impression of being a massive phishing attack. This incident, which began around 10:00 PM on Thursday, impacted individual and business accounts alike. The subject line of these messages […]
Follow these easy steps to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked and to remain safe while tweeting
An apparent glitch is preventing a number of users from signing in to their accounts
The attackers exploited the human factor to gain access to Twitter’s internal systems and the accounts of some of the world’s most prominent figures
Tech titans and prominent politicians among victims of a sprawling hack that Twitter says leveraged its internal tools
Another day, another breach involving Facebook, Twitter, and third-party developers. On Monday, both Facebook and Twitter announced that the data of hundreds of users had been compromised due to a software development kit (SDK) named “One Audience” giving third-party developers access to certain data. The data includes email addresses, usernames and recent tweets of anyone […]