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Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2017
A bug in Twitter allowed hackers to access to locked accounts until October

A flaw in Twitter allowed attackers to access locked accounts bypassing the locking mechanism implemented by the company. A flaw in the Twitter application allowed, until a few months ago, to access locked accounts bypassing the locking mechanism implemented by the IT giant. Twitter can lock user accounts every time it believes the users are […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2017
A hacker confirmed that President Trump Twitter account is linked to a private account

A security researcher has discovered that the President Trump’s Twitter account is exposed to the risk of hack due to security misconfigurations. While the experts are warning the press about the fact that the American President Trump is still using his personal insecure Android smartphone, we have discovered that his Twitter is exposed to the risk […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2016
Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts belonging to the ISIS in 6 months

Twitter announced it has shut down 360,000 terrorist-related accounts since last year, Daesh traffic on its platform has plummeted by 45 percent in 2 years. Social media platforms are privileged instruments for the ISIS propaganda, members of the terror organization make a large use of social media like Twitter to share images and news about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2016
Bug hunter downloaded the entire Vine source code

The Indian security expert and bug hunter Avinash has accessed and downloaded the entire Vine source code and it was really easy. A hacker has accessed and downloaded the source code of the Twitter’s Vine application. Vine is a short-form video sharing service, acquired by Twitter in 2012, that allows users to share small videos of 6 seconds […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2016
Exclusive: Critical vulnerability found on Twitter?

The newfound critical vulnerability on Twitter seems to allow remote code execution! Which is the reason behind the recent Twitter security issues? The newfound critical vulnerability on Twitter seems to allow remote code execution! The last days we have seen some cases that have to do with Twitter’s security making us wonder if the famous […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016
Twitter resets account login credentials for exposed accounts

Twitter investigated account login credentials recently offered for sale on the dark web, locked the accounts and reset their passwords. This week a Russian hacker offered for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials on the Dark Web. The alleged Russian hacker offered Twitter account credentials for 10 Bitcoins (over $5,800). In response to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016
32 Million Twitter account credentials offered for sale

A hacker is offering for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials with plans to sell the account details on the Dark Web. Recent news of massive data breaches suffered by IT giants LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK.com shocked  the security industry. Millions of login credentials are available for sale in the principal black markets, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2016
Twitter closes the access to the Intel Agencies to Analysis Service

Twitter has blocked the US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that allows the real-time analysis of the content posted online. According to The Wall Street Journal, that cited a senior US intelligence official, Twitter has blocked US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that analyzes the content posted online through the social media platform in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2016
RSA Conference registration page asks Twitter credentials, that’s incredible!

It is hard to believe but the RSA Conference registration page is collecting Twitter credentials sending them back to an RSA server, in-security by design! Security experts from Twitter recently made a singular discovery, the final step of the registration page on the RSA Conference website was requesting user’s Twitter credentials and sending them to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2016
@FFD8FFDB Twitter bot spies on poorly configured cameras

@FFD8FFDB is a Twitter bot that spies on poorly configured cameras tweeting the images captured by the connected devices. There is an air of mystery when you first notice @FFD8FFDB. However, the next thing you will see is that really gets on to you. There is a strange Twitter account, @FFD8FFDB, that every few minute tweets pictures taken […]