Security News

Twitter bug leaks to iOS users’ location data to partner
2019-05-15 10:47

Now fixed, the bug affected some users with multiple accounts running on an iOS device.

Twitter Collected and Shared iOS Location Data
2019-05-14 16:14

Twitter on Monday revealed that a bug in Twitter for iOS led to the micro-blogging platform inadvertently collecting location data and sharing it with a third-party. read more

Twitter Leaks Apple iOS Users’ Location Data to Ad Partner
2019-05-13 21:02

A Twitter glitch "inadvertently" leaked iOS users' location data to an unnamed partner.

SAS 2019: Fake News Peddlers Adopt Clever New Trick to Fool Facebook, Twitter
2019-04-11 16:05

At SAS 2019, Recorded Future CTO discusses a new kind of high-profile influence campaign spotted using a new technique: Old news.

Are there viable alternatives to Facebook and Twitter?
2019-04-02 11:29

There's growing interest in social networks that prioritize user control. Two of the popular ones are Mastodon and Diaspora.

“Twitter 2007 multicolor” hoax – debunk it, don’t spread it!
2019-03-28 15:58

Hoaxers are saying you can unlock colorful new "features" in Twitter, but you'll probably lock yourself out instead.

Pro-Brexit Twitter Manipulation Continues
2019-03-12 13:36

The UK is in a momentous political week. Three separate parliamentary votes will decide the future of the UK and the EU for many years to come. They will decide between a hard Brexit (no deals,...

RSA Conference 2019: Microsoft, Google, Twitter on Federal Privacy Regs
2019-03-06 11:00

Public policy honchos for the tech giants discussed what they would like to see in sweeping GDPR-like federal data privacy legislation.

15 GDPR Probes in Ireland Target Facebook, Twitter, Others
2019-02-28 17:33

Facebook Alone the Focus of 10 Separate Regulatory Investigations by Privacy WatchdogIreland's privacy watchdog has its eye on Facebook. Ten of the 15 major investigations that the Data Protection...

Missile warning sent from hijacked Tampa mayor’s Twitter account
2019-02-25 12:58

Tampa's mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images.