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15Jul
Posted in Hacking and Security

Widespread Twitter attack – here’s how it played out.

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It was pretty clear from the start that the hack against Twitter was more than a simple security breach of a handful of user accounts. The smash and grab attack struck celebrities, politicians, and billionaires including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kayne West, Binance and companies like Apple, Coinbase, and Ripple Cryptocurrencies.
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10Jul
Posted in Hacking and Security

Are Wild Neutron’s latest attacks related to the zero-day exploit(s) in Hacking Team’s drop?

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Both Kaspersky and Symantec released reports this week pointing out the increase in attacks by Wild Neutron (aka Jripbot, Morpho, or Butterfly). WN had gone mostly dormant (or undetected?) since 2013 after hitting Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft using zero-day Java exploits (seeded in the hacked forums of various websites) and the OSX/Pintsized Mac OS X or Windows Jiripbot backdoor.
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28Oct
Posted in Hacking and Security

Syrian Electronic Army declares war on U.S. – hijacks President Obama’s Twitter and Facebook feeds

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The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) is back in the news today, this time after tweets from the @BarrackObama Twitter account and posts to the President’s Facebook fan page contained links to SEA YouTube content. At this time it is not believed that the President’s Twitter nor Facebook page was hacked but rather SEA has gained access to the backend third-party (i.e. customized) link shortener allowing them to redirect the U.S. Organizing for Action links to SEA links. How the link shortener functions and where it is hosted is not known at this time.
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20Feb
Posted in Hacking and Security

Largest known cyber attack targeting Apple computers – vulnerable machines used to attack Facebook, Twitter

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Apple announced yesterday (2/19/13) that hackers had infected Macintosh computers of employees using an exploit in Oracle’s Java software stack. The attack is largest known cyber attack targeting Apple computers. The malware is believed to have originated from an iPhone developer website and was later used to launch massive attacks against Facebook, Twitter, and “other companies”.
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24Jan
Posted in Internet

For anyone who thinks Twitter’s new Vine will die quickly we have two words – animated GIF

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Twitter uses can now add six-second looping videos to their 140-character tweets using technology Twitter bought last year from developer start-up Vine. Hey, it’s like animated GIFs with sound (or Instagram with video)! So far, the 5.7MB free application is only available to owners of iPads and the iPhone 3GS and above, and it's optimized for the iPhone 5, according to Vine. There's no word on when the application will be available for Android users but we suspect it will be soon.Each video is limited to 6 seconds and loops continuously like an animated GIF.
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19Dec
Posted in Hacking and Security

Anonymous account (YourAnonNews) suspended by Twitter – back online after bout of smooth talking

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@YourAnonNews, a public relations Twitter account used by members of Anonymous to relay hacktivist related news and information to hundreds of thousands of followers, was suspended by Twitter around 11:50 AM EST on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. A backup Twitter account, @YANBackUp, had been created by Anonymous just two weeks prior.
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14Nov
Posted in Entertainment News

Israel Defense Forces live-tweeting attack on Hamas – with pictures and video

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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are live-tweeting their attack on Hamas today. Tweets notifying the public of attacks and counterattacks, sometimes accompanied with pictures and video, have been coming from @IDFSpokesperson all day giving Twitterers a first-hand account of the attacks. This is how it began: "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead."
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14Nov
Posted in Entertainment News

NASCAR driver fined $25,000 for tweeting from car during race

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As if racing in NASCAR was not enough of an adrenaline rush, NASCAR racer Brad Keselowski can tweet while driving his race car. Brad Keselowski recently tweeted fans in the Daytona 500 prompting NASCAR to issue a new rule – no smartphones in the cars. Brad Keselowski tweeted during a race again last Sunday and NASCAR responded with a $25,000 fine. And what was his tweet? “Fire! My view” along with this picture.
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11Nov
Posted in Hacking and Security

Was Twitter hacked last week?

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Twitter had a rough week. First they sent out hundreds (thousands?) of emails to users requesting they change their Twitter password. First word was that the deluge of password reset emails was an accident on Twitter’s part. Then word leaked that the password reset was required because of a hack against Twitter. This was followed with another odd occurrence on Twitter - a bloody image relating to the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, began replacing all graphics in some users’ Twitter feeds – including some reported users who received “password reset” email from Twitter.
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06Nov
Posted in Internet

Rumor: Twitter working on Instagram-like photo filtering service

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According to a recent report, Twitter is working to add photo filters to its upload service in an attempt to compete with Instagram (who is at 1 million users and growing). The update will be launched within the next few months. Right now, Instagram uploads are only available via IOS and Android (although rumors are that a web-based service could be in the works). Twitter on the other hand, could be at an advantage if it provides photo filtering services through its website interface in addition to its iOS and Android applications.
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