A month of giveaway spam on Twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:48 +0000

We’ve observed a low level spam campaign working its way through Twitter, with just under 2,000 posts visible on public search since September 1. What’re they trying to sell this time? Some CBD oil!

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Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:01:36 +0000

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like these are prompting some experts to say the surest way to safeguard one’s online accounts may be to disconnect them from the mobile providers entirely.

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A week in security (April 30 – May 6)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 17:18:15 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 30 – May 6, including Necurs malspam, Spartacus ransomware, Twitter passwords, and cybersecurity studies.

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This Week in Security News: Exposure and Susceptibility

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 14:12:32 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, a new report revealed that the Equifax breach had a larger impact than previously thought. In addition, The Senate Intelligence Committee released an interim report declaring that…

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Twitter bug attack: All you need to know & ways to fight such attacks

Credit to Author: Ankita Ashesh| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 10:53:16 +0000

One company with a turnover of $2.44bn 330 million users 500 million tweets per day What does it take to bring an upheaval in such a magnanimous company? A bug and . . . . well, that’s all it needs! Twitter Inc. reported a bug encounter a few weeks ago….

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