When Lady Gaga speaks, her millions of die-hard "little monsters" listen. So when a message appeared on the pop icon's official Facebook page this morning offering the chance to receive a free iPad, … [Read more...]
Whisper Systems’ acquisition by Twitter leaves Egyptian dissidents in the dark
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 By
A company that provided free cellphone encryption to dissidents in Egypt abruptly suspended its services on Monday so that Twitter could integrate some of its privacy enabling technology into the … [Read more...]
USA Today twitter account hacked
Tuesday, 27 September 2011 By
USA Today's Twitter account was hacked, apparently by the same group that breached the Twitter accounts of NBC and Fox News. The newspaper acknowledged the hack late Sunday, and the group that … [Read more...]
NBC Twitter account hacked; issues false report about airplane attack
Monday, 12 September 2011 By
The NBC News Twitter account, @NBCNews, was hacked late Friday, resulting in false reports about an airplane attack at Ground Zero, the Manhattan site of the original 9/11 attacks. The Twitter account … [Read more...]
Mexican Twitter users charged with terrorism for false tweets
Thursday, 8 September 2011 By
Mexican prosecutors are pursuing terrorism and sabotage charges against two Twitter users who falsely reported an armed attack by drug gangs was in progress at a local elementary school. The tweets … [Read more...]
Twitter now offers full HTTPS sessions (not just authentication)
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 By
Twitter is improving it's security by enabling HTTPS by default for users. It's probably a reaction to a lot of exposure that the company has got for hijacking twitter accounts. Some big stars were … [Read more...]
How your kids fool you on social media networks
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 By
Forty years ago, in the moments before the late-night news came on the air, television stations began running a public service announcement: "It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your children … [Read more...]
Twitter has fallen behind regarding security, say experts
Friday, 8 July 2011 By
The fast-growing microblogging site Twitter has fallen behind some other Internet services in introducing tools to help secure the accounts of users, security experts say. Weaknesses in Twitter's … [Read more...]
PayPal’s UK Twitter feed was hijacked more than an hour yesterday
Wednesday, 6 July 2011 By
Hackers seized control of a PayPal Twitter feed for more than an hour on Tuesday, then sent out messages criticizing the payment processor in the second attack of its type in two … [Read more...]
President Obama is dead, says Fox news through their (hacked) twitter account
Monday, 4 July 2011 By
The Twitter account for Fox News was apparently hacked, with six tweets falsely reporting early Monday morning that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot twice in an Iowa restaurant while … [Read more...]
Thai people might face jail if they’re caught tweeting and/or facebooking during the election
Friday, 1 July 2011 By
Thais face jail if they campaign during Sunday's election on social media sites such as Twitter, with more than 100 police monitoring sites to make sure the law is enforced. People will … [Read more...]
Belarus sentences 30 people for handclapping protests organized through social media.
Friday, 1 July 2011 By
Belarusian courts sentenced on Thursday 30 protesters detained the previous night at rallies against President Alexander Lukashenko held across the country, human rights activists … [Read more...]
Twitter assists NATO as a weapon of war; informs of Kadhafi’s troop movements
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 By
NATO has scrambled warplanes against Moamer Kadhafi's forces after Libyans tweeted troop movements on the micro-blogging website, alliance officials said. Twitter and Facebook are among a wide … [Read more...]
Google exec Ghonim became star of Egyptian revolution through social networks
Tuesday, 24 May 2011 By
A Google executive who became the face of the Egyptian democratic uprisings earlier this year said on Monday that social networking was now a key to political activism. "You can't keep a … [Read more...]
Twitter is now also offering HTTPS access : USE IT!
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 By
A while ago we reported that Facebook was introducing HTTPS access for it's users. Now Twitter is also jumping on the bandwagon offering Twitter users the same functionality, completely encrypting the … [Read more...]
