Security News

Twitter introduces another way for you to better secure your account
2018-06-28 09:46

Twitter has added the ability to authenticate to the service using hardware tokens such as Yubico’s YubiKey.

Twitter adds support for login verification with USB security key
2018-06-27 16:19

Twitter has some good news for users looking to improve the security of their account: the company has begun rolling out the “login verification with a security key” option. Twitter announced on...

ICE staff doxxed on Twitter, GitHub, Medium amid child separation furore
2018-06-22 10:52

Major websites took steps to protect ICE staff as tension over the US family separation policy ratcheted up.

Convicted! Anonymous Twitter troll not as anonymous as they thought
2018-06-18 12:34

It's surprising how many trolls don't realise that if Twitter knows who they are, the police can find out too.

Trump’s blocking of Twitter users declared unconstitutional
2018-05-25 11:10

The president is banned from blocking users and could face legal action if he doesn't lift current blocks.

Red Hat admin? Get off Twitter and patch this DHCP client bug
2018-05-16 02:58

Proof-of-concept fits in a Tweet and can take down all of RH's best bits Red Hat has announced a critical vulnerability in its DHCP client and while it doesn't have a brand name it does have a...

Twitter is Testing End-to-End Encrypted Direct Messages
2018-05-08 07:33

Twitter has been adopting new trends at a snail's pace. But it’s better to be late than never. Since 2013 people were speculating that Twitter will bring end-to-end encryption to its direct...

Pr0nbot is Back – and Evading Twitter Censors
2018-05-04 20:36

A rapidly swelling botnet of Twitter accounts advertising “adult dating”-themed scam websites has at least 80,000 nodes to date.

Twitter reveals security blunder, asks users to change their passwords
2018-05-04 13:52

330 million Twitter users around the world have been urged to change their account password after a glitch resulted in some of them being stored in plaintext format inside the company network. How...

Twitter bug exposed passwords; here's how to change yours
2018-05-04 13:38

There's no indication that a recently discovered bug in Twitter's password storage was exploited, but the social media platform recommends everyone change their password to be on the safe side.