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InternetNews September 21, 2010 |
Twitter Hit With Mouseover Malware Attack Twitter hit with attack that sees hackers embed JavaScript within URLs in tweets that display a pop-up directing users to malicious or pornographic websites. |
InternetNews July 22, 2010 |
Shortened URLs Are Spam Magnets: Gartner Abbreviated URLs are standard operating procedure on Twitter and everyone loves Twitter. So it's no surprise hackers are embedding malware in shortened URLs to evade security apps. |
InternetNews January 20, 2011 |
New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on. |
InternetNews June 4, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world. |
InternetNews November 17, 2010 |
Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones. |
InternetNews January 29, 2010 |
Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site. |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study New strains of malware are popping up at an unprecedented rate but, fortunately, most of these variants are stamped out within the first 24 hours. |
InternetNews September 25, 2009 |
Twitter URLs Again Under Siege by Hackers Hackers are taking advantage of the popular microblogging site's limitations to spread malware. |
InternetNews May 19, 2010 |
'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware. |
InternetNews January 19, 2011 |
Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks. |
InternetNews September 2, 2010 |
Twitter Link-Shortening Raises Privacy Concerns Amid a wider rollout of new security and third-party app authentication enhancements, one feature has some Twitter users worried. |
InternetNews August 6, 2009 |
Twitter Goes Down in Denial-of-Service Attack Microblogging service Twitter this morning suffered downtime due to what company officials described as a denial-of-service attack. |
InternetNews December 29, 2009 |
Security 2010: What Threats May Come Dawn of a new decade promises a new wave of cybersecurity challenges. |
InternetNews June 24, 2010 |
Twitter Signs Off on FTC's Wrist Slap Twitter has agreed to revamp its security policies and will be subjected to a third-party review of its improved safeguards for the next decade. |
Fast Company Chris Gayomali |
Do You Write Good Tweets? Twitter Opens Its Analytics Dashboard For All Anyone can access Twitter's new analytics dashboard, which you can check out at analytics.twitter.com. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events. |
InternetNews July 13, 2010 |
New Malware Scam Picks On eBay Fans Hackers know where people like to go online and what brands the average Internet user responds to when they conceive their illicit plots. This time around, it's eBay users they've targeted. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cashing In on the Next Big Thing Twitter has become both a gateway to e-commerce and to hyperlocal search. |
InternetNews May 10, 2010 |
Twitter Bug Let Users Kidnap 'Followers' Gadget site uncovers simple way to force other users to follow you, even big movie and TV stars, but Twitter staffers rush out a fix to the weakness in the system. |
Fast Company Rose Pastore |
Twitter's New Moments Tab Shows You The Best Of Twitter Moments is a new section of Twitter that will show users curated streams of tweets around newsworthy topics, including entertainment, sports, and breaking news events. |
InternetNews April 13, 2010 |
Twitter Settles on a Business Model At long last, Twitter decides to go with promoting business tweets as its core way of making money. |
InternetNews September 27, 2010 |
LinkedIn Users Hit by Spam Attack Malware designed to capture user's personal information on the popular professional network, LinkedIn. |
InternetNews December 16, 2010 |
Mobile-Specific Malware Jumps 33 Percent: Study New report from mobile security software vendor finds a 33 percent spike in malware targeting mobile devices in 2010. |
InternetNews March 3, 2010 |
Twitter Surpasses 70,000 Apps Biz Stone, co-founder of the popular microblogging service, notes the growth of the company and the launch of its first developer event. |
InternetNews March 31, 2010 |
Black Market Spawns Cyber Crime for Dummies New study from PandaLabs pins the escalating severity of attacks carried out by relatively unskilled hackers on a thriving black market offering ready-made tools. |
InternetNews December 14, 2010 Lisa Phifer |
Top 10 Mobile Risks to Avoid During Holidays Between online shopping and checking in at work, the holiday season presents a number of security risks for smartphone users. |
InternetNews August 27, 2009 |
Twitter Said to Suffer Security Flaw Web developer claims Twitter users vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. |
InternetNews January 18, 2011 |
Attack Toolkits Spark New Malware Strains Do-it-yourself malware kits are all the rage online and they're making life much easier for cyber-criminals looking to turn a quick buck. |
InternetNews March 30, 2010 |
Twitter Launches Dynamic Home Page Redesign Twitter launched a sleek new redesign of its home page on Tuesday, which it says in part is meant to convey to the world that it's no longer just about status updates. |
InternetNews November 24, 2009 |
SideJackers Gear Up for Online Shopping Season Verizon offers security tips as hackers are hoping to take their cut of the nearly $45 billion expected to be spent online this holiday season. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Twitter Responds to Phishing Attack Twitter's popularity has once again made it the target of the bad guys. |
InternetNews December 30, 2009 |
Twitter Blacklists 370 Shoddy Passwords To protect its users from themselves, Twitter is preventing new users from selecting some common or easily hacked passwords for their accounts. |
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan |
Twitter Seeks To Attract More Users With New Homepage Twitter.com will now display relevant, curated sample tweets for hot-button issues and trending topics, ranging from news to sports to entertainment. |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Yahoo Throws More Love Twitter's Way Expanded integration of relevant Twitter tweets into search results keeps pace with announcements by Google and Microsoft. |
InternetNews December 15, 2009 |
CA Warns Enterprises of 'Malvertising' in 2010 An increase in online scams and attacks on the Apple Mac platform are in store for the coming year. |
InternetNews November 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Google Wants Your Help to Fight Malware Google wants to turn the tables on malware and wants you to report malware to Google when you find it. |
InternetNews August 9, 2010 |
Cisco Unveils Top 10 Web Malware Threats Contaminated websites are still a threat, but Cisco's latest security report suggests that are plenty of other Web-borne malware scams that can cost you or your company dearly. |
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Twitter Reverses on Reply Tweak After Backlash What Twitter described as a "small settings update" was anything but. |
InternetNews December 21, 2009 |
10 Tips for a Safe Online Holiday Season From phishing to network vulnerabilities, fraudsters can strike on multiple fronts over the holidays. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Twitter Wants To Overcome Its Context Problem With A New Trends Feed Twitter is retiring the Discover tab and launching a new feature called Trends. Twitter is adding Trends to its existing search function as a way for users to see the most popular hashtags and topics. |
InternetNews April 16, 2010 |
Twitter Execs Talk Up Mobile Plans Mobile, censorship, Promoted Tweets and other topics were addressed during a Q&A session with Twitter executives at the company's Chirp developers conference. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Paul McFedries |
All A-Twitter The major buzz in microblogging centers around Twitter, a site that combines social networking and microblogging. |
InternetNews February 4, 2009 Judy Mottl |
Dell's Special Treats on Twitter Dell tightens its embrace around Web 2.0, launching Twitter-exclusive discounts. |
InternetNews September 3, 2010 |
Twitter Touts Mobile, Third-Party Client Use Microblogging phenom Twitter hasn't achieved all that it hoped in the mobile arena, but Evan Williams, the company's CEO, describes how that might be changing. |
InternetNews August 16, 2010 |
Symantec Uncovers Another Sneaky Spam Scam Latest Trojan conceals itself in innocent-looking attachments designed to get you or someone you know to open up the offending file. |
InternetNews June 12, 2009 Mike Elgan |
Is Twitter Dead? Who Killed It? Statistics about Twitter usage show a far different picture than the media hype suggests. Why did Twitter jump the shark? |
Search Engine Watch June 15, 2010 Kevin Gibbons |
10 Things You Need to Know to Get Started on Twitter Doing social media badly is far worse than failing to do it. Tips on how to get started on Twitter and use it effectively to spread the word about your brand or small business. |
PC Magazine September 14, 2010 Lance Ulanoff |
Seven Deadly Twitter Sins Is there a right and wrong way to use Twitter? No, but these simple rules can help you avoid embarrassing pitfalls. |
InternetNews March 25, 2010 |
Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries. |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 David Needle |
Guy Kawasaki's Tweet Gone Wild The social media expert and former Apple evangelist's Twitter account distributed a porn link leading to a Trojan. Who's to blame? |