Twitter has been in the news a lot lately, firstly about their patent filing regarding the pro-active scanning on the web for malware and then the bug bounty going live – which is related to this story. This is a pretty neat Twitter vulnerability that was discovered by someone taking part in the Twitter bug […]
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Twitter Bug Bounty Official – Started Paying For Bugs
So the Twitter bug bounty program is now official, they are actually paying – and not a bad amount too. A minimum of $140 for a confirmed bug with no defined maximum. This includes the Twitter website itself and any sub-domain (mobile, ads, apps etc), and the official mobile apps for iOS and Android. It’s […]
Twitter Patents Technique To Detect Mobile Malware
So it was discovered that Twitter has been granted a patent which covers detection of mobile malware on websites to protect its user base. The patent was filed back in 2012, but well – as we know these things take time. The method is something like the technology Google uses in Chrome to warn you […]
A Story Of Social Engineering – How @N Lost His $50,000 Twitter Handle
So last week I read an interesting tale about social engineering on Medium, a story by a chap named Naoki Hiroshima and his Twitter handle, which was @N. Yes just one letter, a pretty rare and it seems valuable handle as he had offers of up to $50,000 for it. In the end though, someone […]
Twitter Breach Leaks 250,000 User E-mails & Passwords
The big news for the past few days was a rather sizable Twitter hack, although it’s only a small percentage of the 140 million strong Twitter user-base – 250,000 is still a large number. If you were affected you will have received a password reset e-mail and will be prompted to change your password if […]