Security News

New Twitter Rules Target Fake Accounts, Hackers
2018-10-02 15:19

Twitter on Monday announced that it has made some changes in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections in the United States. The changes include updated rules that target fake accounts and...

Millions of Twitter DMs may have been exposed by year-long bug
2018-09-26 10:20

Though the bug was present for over a year, Twitter hasn't found any DMs or protected tweets that were delivered to the wrong developer.

Twitter Bug Sent Direct Messages to External Developers
2018-09-24 11:03

More Than 3 Million Users' DMs Leaked to Third PartiesTwitter has fixed a bug that sometimes sent a user's direct messages not only to the specified recipient, but also to unrelated, external...

Millions of Twitter Users Affected by Information Exposure Flaw
2018-09-24 07:19

Twitter has patched a bug that may have caused direct messages to be sent to third-party developers other than the ones users interacted with. The problem existed for well over a year and it...

Twitter API Flaw Exposed Users Messages to Wrong Developers For Over a Year
2018-09-22 10:48

The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that's not just Facebook is dealing with. A bug in Twitter's API inadvertently exposed some users' direct...

Twitter: Don't panic, but we may have leaked your DMs to rando devs
2018-09-21 21:45

Internet outrage mobile insists year-long API bug would have been super-hard to exploit Twitter is in full damage control mode after disclosing that it may have inappropriately exposed some...

Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers
2018-09-21 20:21

The company said it has issued a patch for the issue, which has been ongoing since May 2017.

How To Check If Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked
2018-09-13 13:33

Did you ever wonder if your Twitter account has been hacked and who had managed to gain access and when it happened? Twitter now lets you know this. After Google and Facebook, Twitter now lets you...

Microsoft Patches Windows Zero-Day Disclosed via Twitter
2018-09-11 19:55

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for September 2018 address over 60 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day disclosed by a researcher and exploited shortly after by a threat actor. read more

Facebook, Twitter Defend Fight Against Influence Operations
2018-09-06 14:18

Separately, Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of Election InterferenceOfficials from Facebook and Twitter appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday to defend their efforts to combat influence...