Security News

Bored bloke takes control of British Army 'psyops' unit's Twitter
2019-02-21 10:06

Great recruiting tool there, folks A crafty joker seized control of the British Army's "influence and outreach" Twitter account – and labelled the military unit "fun sponges" when they tried to...

If you think your deleted Twitter DMs are sliding into the trash, you’re wrong
2019-02-19 11:53

They're never deleted, just erased from the UI. You can still see archived messages if you download your data.

Twitter scammers jump in on real-time complaints to companies
2019-01-28 12:40

”Hi there,” said the polite (and fake) help desk, leading to a back-and-forth between a lying scammer and a lying security analyst.

Russian Watchdog Launches 'Administrative Proceedings' Against Facebook, Twitter
2019-01-22 13:17

Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor launched "administrative proceedings" Monday against US social media giants Facebook and Twitter, accusing them of not complying with Russian law, news...

Twitter bug exposed some Android private tweets to public view
2019-01-21 13:17

The latest privacy glitch, which went unnoticed for over four years, may trigger yet another EU privacy probe.

Twitter Android Glitch Exposed Private Tweets for Years
2019-01-18 14:42

Twitter has fixed the issue, which has been ongoing since 2014.

Bug in Twitter Android App Exposed Protected Tweets
2019-01-18 07:01

Twitter revealed on Thursday that users of its Android application may have had their supposedly protected tweets made public due to a bug. read more

A Twitter Bug Left Android Users' Private Tweets Exposed For 4 Years
2019-01-18 06:48

Twitter just admitted that the social network accidentally revealed some Android users' protected tweets to the public for more than 4 years — a kind of privacy blunder that you'd typically expect...

Twitter. Android. Private tweets. Pick two... Account bug unlocked padlocked accounts
2019-01-18 00:01

Cock-up went unnoticed for two Olympics, one World Cup, an EU referendum, and a US presidential election Twitter has fessed up to a flaw in its Android app that, for more than four years, was...

FYI: Twitter's API still spews enough metadata to reveal exactly where you lived, worked
2019-01-08 06:58

Old tweets betray sensitive data under new tools Analysis Researchers have demonstrated yet again that location metadata from Twitter posts can be used to infer private information like users'...