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Twitter hackers attack Miley Cyrus with sex slurs
Blog Now it seems she's been hacked again - but this time it's her Twitter account that has been compromised. It appears that Miley, daughter of "Achy breaky heart" legend Billy Ray Cyrus, wasn't taking enough care over her password security as someone...
[February 17, 2009, 17:03]
Twitter plays host to data-stealing malware
News Cybercriminals have started targeting malware at microblogging service Twitter. Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a fake Twitter profile created solely for the purpose of infecting people's computers. The attack is dangerous because it does not require...
[August 6, 2008, 13:04]
Twitter Pro
Downloads TwitterPro features beautiful user interface using native iPhone/iPod Touch functionality, view all the posts in real-time, view timeline, favorites, mentions, and direct messages, directly post to Twitter from your iPhone or iPod Touch, upload...
[August 4, 2009, 10:47]
Twitter introduces revised terms of service
News Twitter posted changes to its terms of service Thursday, assuring users that they own their tweets while leaving "the door open for advertising" opportunities. The revisions more appropriately reflect the nature of Twitter and convey key issues...
[September 11, 2009, 10:02]
Twitter page used to spread malware
News Criminal hackers are using a Twitter page to target Orkut users, according to a security researcher. In a blog, Chris Boyd, director of malware research for FaceTime, explained how a Twitter page is being used to lure victims.
[September 9, 2008, 10:33]
Twitter Tools
Downloads This plugin creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. Pull your tweets into your blog and create new tweets on blog posts and from within WordPress.Archive your Twitter tweets (downloaded every 30 minutes) Create...
[May 18, 2007, 7:00]
Twitter fends off weekend worm attacks
News Twitter security engineers were cleaning up on Monday following a series of worm attacks over the weekend, including at least two credited to a bored 17-year-old. In the first attack, which began early on Saturday, four new accounts began spreading...
[April 14, 2009, 13:11]
Twitter, kids and analysts: a cautionary tale
Blog Comment I assumed that I didn't use Twitter, and didn't really "get" it's usefulness and purpose, because I'm too old. Fascinating stuff, thanks to all for posting. I wouldn't have guessed this. Reassuring as well, I suppose.
[July 14, 2009, 15:40]
Twitter ye not: is it a worthy developer zone?
Blog I know plenty of people have blogged on Twitter already, so I’ll try and keep this fresh. Thankfully Twitter tells me that, “This account is currently suspended and is being investigated due to strange activity.
[September 4, 2008, 14:23]
Twitter, kids and analysts: a cautionary tale
Blog Matthew Robson ("Aged 15 yrs & 7 months") has managed to cause quite a stir in the tech community and beyond with his analysis for Morgan Stanley on teen trends, particularly with his denial of teen Twitter use.
[July 14, 2009, 9:42]
Twitter tweets its own death warrant
Blog Much has been made of Twitter's recent outages. But with today the worst day so far, Twitter could be about to find its previously loyal fanbase all disappear. But the worse day ever since Twitter burst onto our desktops, laptops and phones has...
[July 24, 2008, 16:43]
Twitter spambots, LinkedIn’s phony friends & Skype smut
Blog Twitter hasn’t been much better recently has it? Why can’t Twitter? Are we being sold down the river by some of the social networks that we are placing some degree of trust in as we use them for business purposes?
[September 1, 2009, 8:28]
Twitter Goes Down Just After Iran Election Ceremony
Blog But it is odd that someone would choose to launch a DDOS attack at Twitter just after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was voted in as president. Twitter was very useful to opponents of the president during the disputed election as Twitter boss Evan Williams...
[August 6, 2009, 17:37]
Twitter suffers denial of service attack
Blog Popular micro-blogging site Twitter has suffered a denial of service attack. The site is now back up and running, but according to a Twitter status page it is still under attack. He said that Twitter appeared to only use one network provider (NTT...
[August 6, 2009, 18:10]
Twitter tweets its own death warrant
Blog Comment This may have been the "jump the shark" moment for Twitter given the outages and the general lack of apparent concern for their assets a.k.a. Most people flirt with something else and then go back to Twitter.
[July 25, 2008, 10:09]
Twitter - the clue's in the name
Blog Battling with daily info-load issues myself, I have never been much of a fan of the whole Twitter thing. So, Twitter, turn the darn things off. Twitter doesn't - and for a service all about people's intimate behaviour, that's a killer flaw.
[June 16, 2008, 13:32]
Twitter may charge companies that 'tweet'
News Biz Stone, co-founder of the microblogging site Twitter, has said his company is considering charging companies that use the service to market their brands. We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them," Stone told...
[February 11, 2009, 7:46]
Twitter users swamped by adult webcam spam messages
Blog Hundreds of Twitter users have been hit by another attack, with messages being sent from compromised accounts trying to drive traffic to a pornographic website. Any Twitter users who find that they have unwittingly posted the message would be wise...
[March 6, 2009, 23:30]
Twitter suffers outage following fresh attack
News Twitter's servers were down on Tuesday, with members receiving server timeouts and third-party applications unable to access the microblogging service. Twitter posted an update to its status blog when the servers had been in flux for about 10...
[August 12, 2009, 15:30]
Twitter hack details revealed
News A brute-force attack on a Twitter administrator's account led to a break-in of Twitter accounts belonging to celebrities, according to an email sent to ZDNet UK. A hacker called 'GMZ' launched a basic dictionary-based attack on the Twitter account...
[January 7, 2009, 13:36]
