State-sponsored DDoS Cyber Attack on Twitter
Twitter servers tumbled down for several hours last month after they received unusually large volumes of traffic coming from individual IP addresses located in China and Saudi Arabia. Preliminary investigations reveal that the incident could be the work of state-sponsored hackers. But the social networking website added in its statement that nothing can be concluded […]
Cyber Attack news trending now
1.) A research published in the journal Nature Communications says that the 2016 US elections were influenced by fake news spread by 6% of Twitter Bots. The numbers from Facebook aren’t available now. But the study confirms that a lot of accounts (1 million Approx) which have been suspended in March this year by the […]
Fake Twitter scam promises Cryptocurrency earnings
Twitter IDs operating across the world including the ones operated by the government agencies are reportedly falling prey to a new ponzi scam where scamsters are promising cryptocurrency earnings to those who transfer them 0.01BTC. The tweets which are being witnessed on renowned and verified accounts states “We are celebrating and giving away N Bitcoins […]
Safest websites when it comes to Cyber Security
Dashlane, a New York-based mobile security provider conducted a survey recently and came to a conclusion that most of the popular websites are not well equipped when it comes to protecting their customer’s critical data with two-factor authentication. Note 1- 2FA or 2 Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of security protection to a service […]
How to spot fake Twitter Accounts
As Mid Term Elections in the US is fast approaching, Twitter which touts itself as one of the leading social media platforms has issued tips to spot fake Twitter accounts through which fake news is usually found propagating. The social media giant has issued an election integrity framework on Monday where it stated new guidelines […]
How to activate 2-factor authentication on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
There is hardly any human being on earth these days who doesn’t have a social media account. Such is a popularity of the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Despite the truth that all these accounts are safe to use, there is a high probability in this existing cyber landscape that hackers […]
Youtube and Twitter to go with FIDO U2F keys for User Security
In order to take down fake and abusive content from their respective platforms, YouTube and Twitter are willing to opt FIDO U2F Keys by early next year. But security analysts suggest that the implementation of such high-security standards will take a lot of time and will also need user/s endorsement which is not possible in […]
Timehop data breach details
New York-based Timehop Company which provides an application for smartphones users to collect their memories from their old social media posts has disclosed that almost all of the private information of all its 21 million users was hacked by cyber crooks last week. The hacked info includes usernames, email address, telephone numbers and the virtual […]
Bitglass Security Spotlight: Twitter, PyRoMine, & Stresspaint
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. Here are the top cybersecurity stories of recent weeks: Twitter exposes user credentials in plaintext PyRoMine mines Monero and disables security Stresspaint malware hunts Facebook credentials MassMiner malware mines cryptocurrency Access Group Education Lending breached Twitter exposes user credentials in plaintext Despite the fact that Twitter […]
Twitter to announce “Secret Conversation” by this year-end
Twitter, one of the worlds renowned social networking platform is all set to announce a tool called “Secret Conversation” by this year-end. The company is reported to have started the testing of its application package on some of its trusted users and is all set to announce it on an official note by the next […]
