Twitter adds support for login verification with USB security key
Twitter has some good news for users looking to improve the security of their account: the company has begun rolling out the “login verification with a security key” option. Twitter announced on Tuesday several new measures to fight abuse, trolls, and spam on the social network and, within that announcement, it offered advice on how…
Twitter reveals security blunder, asks users to change their passwords
330 million Twitter users around the world have been urged to change their account password after a glitch resulted in some of them being stored in plaintext format inside the company network. How many and for how long, they didn’t say.
PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY – Part 2: How to Maximize Your Privacy on Social Media and in Your Browser
In the last post we highlighted the privacy risks associated with using popular social networking sites and browsers. You might not appreciate just how much of your personal data is being accessed by advertisers and other third parties via your social media accounts and internet browsing. Similarly, your privacy settings may have changed significantly since…
FBI asks people for digital evidence of Las Vegas shooting
An article about the horrific shooting in Las Vegas was the first thing I saw after getting on the computer this morning. Using Google to search for “Las Vegas shooting” showed an SOS alert at the top of the search results; Google launched SOS alerts in July to help people in a crisis. And this…
Equifax Sent Breach Victims to Fake Website
Equifax has made another blunder following the massive data breach suffered by the company – it advised some customers on Twitter to access a fake support website set up by a security researcher. Equifax staff advised breach victims on Twitter at least 8 times to access securityequifax2017.com instead of equifaxsecurity2017.com, the website created by the credit reporting agency…
Verified Twitter accounts compromised, get busy spamming
Verified Twitter accounts tend to be a little more secure than those belonging to non-verified users due to the amount of extra hoop jumping required to get one of those ticks in the first place. A number of security requirements, including providing a phone number and setting up 2FA, are all things a would-be verified…