Twitter

Malware & Threats

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The account of Mandiant, which is part of Google Cloud, was renamed to ‘Phantom’ and its profile image and description were updated to appear affiliated with the legitimate Phantom cryptocurrency wallet. Messages posted on the hijacked account promoted a website hosted at claim-phntm.com, which claimed to distribute cryptocurrency tokens through an airdrop. In reality, the…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

Stalking, extortion, and swatting are just a sampling of the cybercrimes UK citizen Joseph James O’Connor has confessed to committing — dating back to a spectacular 2020 Twitter caper where he hijacked famous accounts, including Elon Musk’s, to defraud victims. O’Conner (aka PlugwalkJoe), 23, was extradited from Spain to New York to face charges related…

Application Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Twitter’s new policies surrounding its application programming interface (API) have just gone into effect — and they will have broad implications for social media bots, both good (RSS integrations, say) and evil (political influencer campaigns), researchers note. On Feb. 2, the Twitter dev team announced that the site would no longer provide free access to…

Network Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Since executive Elon Musk became CEO of Twitter, the big issue affecting the future of that social media platform is also one of the most significant assets in the digital business world: trust. Between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1, 2022, nearly 900,000 Twitter users deactivated their accounts. That’s more than double the usual average of…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

“I’ve made the hard decision to leave Twitter,” tweeted chief security officer Lea Kissner, who reportedly stepped down with other key privacy or security executives. The walk-outs came a day after the chaotic launch of new features introduced by Musk following his $44 million buyout of the influential one-to-many messaging app. It unveiled its long-awaited…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Malwarebytes

Yesterday, Apple News announced it had disabled the channel of Fast Company, a US-based business magazine, after surprised Twitter users reported it was tweeting offensive comments. Fast Company was hacked on Sunday, September 25. The attacker responsible modified article titles to obscene and racist things: “Hacked by Vinny Troia. [redacted] tongue my [redacted]”, one title…