Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:34 PM/CST
Twitter will begin rolling out HTTPS by default to users to protect users from session hijacking
Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:43 PM/CST
Users are often providing information that gives cyber-criminals the information they need to hijack accounts, according to a recent BullGuard survey.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 6:30 PM/CST
In a report, Barracuda Networks takes a look at the behavior of Twitter users, and the role reputation can be used to fight spam.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:29 PM/CST
Attackers are spamming out malicious links on Twitter that can infect users with a banking Trojan.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:09 PM/CST
Security researchers found a DIY tool for creating a Twitter botnet, yet another example of attackers using untraditional methods of command and control.
Monday, May 10, 2010 5:12 PM/CST
Facebook board member Jim Breyer's account was abused over the weekend of May 8 to send out malicious links. But Facebook was not alone in experiencing social networking security woes in the last 36 hours. A bug was also found affecting Twitter users.
Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:16 AM/CST
The growth of Twitter has coincided with warnings about the supposed riskiness of shortened URLs. But just how much of the discussion is FUD? More than a little, according to a researcher at Zscaler.
Friday, March 19, 2010 11:40 AM/CST
A Ph.D. student from the University of California-Santa Barbara has developed a free service that attempts to identify the malicious accounts behind the rise of spam on Twitter.
Friday, February 26, 2010 12:37 PM/CST
A series of phishing attacks have been hitting Twitter users this week, and have snagged at least two prominent British politicians.
Friday, February 26, 2010 6:52 AM/CST
Abandoned or unmanaged social networking accounts have become a major point of risk related to the applications.