Security News

Research into Twitter Bots (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-27 12:18

There are a lot of them. In a world where the number of fans, friends, followers, and likers are social currency -- and where the number of reposts is a measure of popularity -- this kind of...

Massive Twitter Botnet Dormant Since 2013 (Threatpost)
2017-01-23 13:52

Researchers from the University College London have found a Twitter botnet of 350,000 bots that has been dormant since shortly after the accounts were registered.

Phishers are impersonating major UK banks on Twitter (Help Net Security)
2016-10-28 13:15

Customers of UK banks are being targeted by phishers impersonating the banks’ customer support account on Twitter, Proofpoint warns. The phishers usually choose a variation on the legitimate...

Dyn Confirms DDoS Attack Affecting Twitter, Github, Many Others (Threatpost)
2016-10-21 14:01

DNS providers Dyn suffered a DDoS attack this morning that affected many of its major customers including Twitter, Spotify, Github and others.