Archive for February 3rd, 2010
Stolen Twitter Credentials Worth Big Bucks To Criminals – eWeek Europe
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The price of stolen user credentials varies depending on the popularity of the Internet service or application for which they could be used Just like thieves targeting platinum and corporate credit cards five years ago, nowadays cyber criminals are ...
Off-Twitter phishing attack explained – Help Net Security
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The mystery of the off-Twitter phishing attack, due to which some account passwords have been reset by the service, has been solved. Del Harvey, Director and leader of Twitter's Trust and Safety team posted an explanation, in which she says that a ...
Beasley’s car set on fire outside his Glasgow home – ESPN.com
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
GLASGOW, Scotland -- United States midfielder DaMarcus Beasley's BMW has been set on fire outside his home in Glasgow. The incident happened Monday in the Scottish city. Beasley said Wednesday on Twitter that "someone blew up my car." He added that ...
Twitter reveals torrent scam details (CNET)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
A phishing attack, which forced Twitter to reset passwords for many users, stemmed from a torrent scam that stole log-in information from certain accounts.
Hijacked Twitter Accounts, the Result of Backdoored Torrent Sites – Softpedia
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Twitter warns that a recent mass account hijacking, which affected users of the micro-blogging platform, is the result of compromised third-party torrent sites. Unknown attackers were allegedly able to commandeer numerous Twitter accounts, because ...
Twitter reveals torrent scam details – CNET News
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Twitter has revealed the back story on why it reset passwords this week for many of its users. The phishing attacks that forced Twitter to change account passwords stemmed from discovery of a scam being run by a torrent Web site creator, explained ...
Follow the Michigan International Auto Show on Twitter with … – MLive.com
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Obviously, if you use Twitter you know all about hashtags. It's a way for Twitter users to keep track of a topic. So, when you go to the Michigan International Auto Show at DeVos Place, just put #GRAutoShow at the end of each Tweet. And make sure to ...
Currensee Launches First Application to Automatically Post Real-Time … – PR Inside
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/03/10 -- Currensee Inc. : , the first Forex trading social network that connects traders from around the world based on real-time trades, today launched Tweet My Trades™, a unique integration with Twitter. The Tweet ...
NEWS – RWD
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Since then his Twitter page has been on fire with Semtex, Example, Boy Better Know, Ironik and Chipmunk to name a few all dropping by and showing their support. At the same time McLean’s tracks are being played across MTV Base, 4Music,The Box, Kiss ...
Mexico considers clamping down on Twitter – Minnpost.com
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico has racked up its fair share of menacingly named outlaws in a three-year drug war: the Zetas, Aztecas and even a band of female assassins called the Panthers. Now, if the government gets its way, another name will also ...
Currensee Launches First Application to Automatically Post Real-Time … – Earthtimes
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
BOSTON, MA -- 02/03/10 -- Currensee Inc. , the first Forex trading social network that connects traders from around the world based on real-time trades, today launched Tweet My Trades™, a unique integration with Twitter. The Tweet My Trades feature ...
Bulgaria EC Designate Georgieva: Twitter Is Powerful Tool – Sofia News Agency
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Bulgaria’s EC Designate, Kristalina Georgieva, has praised Twitter as a “powerful tool”, during her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament. Georgieva stated that although she is a member of the old generation she is now catching up ...
American teenagers not so enthusiastic about Twitter – The Gaea Times
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
... public,” the Washington Post quoted Danah Boyd, a researcher with Microsoft Research ... Cyrus, Lance Armstrong, Chad Ochocinco, Shaquille O’Neal or Ashton Kutcher. “I don’t know a single person who uses Twitter,” Samara Fantie, 17, of ...
Twitter resets user passwords after phishing attack (TechWorld)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Malware on the rise on micro-blogging site Twitter has apparently forced some users to reset their passwords after a phishing attack, and urged users to choose hard-to-guess passwords and be on the lookout for suspicious third-party activity.
Lemar For MTV’s Twitter Takeover (MTV UK)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Lemar will hit the MTV offices this Thursday (Feb 4) to takeover our Twitter account and take questions from you lot! The singer is returning with new single The Way Love Goes- released on...
The Twitter Train Has Left the Station – New York Times Blogs
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
George Packer usually writes about foreign affairs, politics and books for The New Yorker, but this week he decided to attack Twitter in a blog post that ironically got much of its attention because a link to it was reposted more than 700 times on ...
Twitter Account Named As Possible Phishing Culprit – TMCnet
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Every now and then we like to check in with Twitter, mainly to remind ourselves why we gave it up after about a week. "Zee," writing on TheNextWeb.com, reports that Twitter is evidently sending around a message to the effect of: "Due to concern that ...
Twitter Warns Users, Forces Password Change (FOX 8 Cleveland)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
A report published by TechCrunch explains that Twitter recently locked many users out of its system because of worries regarding a possible phishing attack.
Phisher accesses Twitter accounts (TG Daily)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Twitter has discovered that a number of torrent sites have been used to steal user names and passwords. read more
The Twitter Train Has Left the Station – New York Times Blogs
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
George Packer usually writes about foreign affairs, politics and books for The New Yorker, but this week he decided to attack Twitter in a blog post that ironically got much of its attention because a link to it was reposted more than 700 times on ...