According to Barracuda Labs, the arrival of celebrities on Twitter attracted criminals to the service.
Tags: cyberattack, Twitter, microblogging, cybercrime, Twitter feed

Presenting potential risks to businesses and a new realm of privacy challenges to individual users, Twitter takes its geotagging feature live.
Tags: privacy, security, Twitter, geolocation, geotagging

A new service is designed to protect users from phishing links.
Tags: malware, phishing, Twitter, service, company

The tool can be used to impersonate a Twitter user's account.
Tags: identity theft, Twitter, social networks, Core Security, social network

Embarrassing information has been released about Latvian banks and state-owned firms.
Tags: government, documents, salary, Twitter, hacked

The British MP's account sent out tweets promoting sexual enhancement pills.
Tags: government, Twitter, UK, phishing, hacked

The attack is the second in a single week.
Tags: e-Mail, Twitter, phishing, Sophos, attack

Recent messages led users to a fake login page hosted in China.
Tags: hackers, phishing, China, passwords, Twitter

Sometimes knowing who, what, where, and when is not such a good thing. Security consultant Diana Kelley explores the dangers of geo-location to your business's information security.
Tags: Facebook, social networking, Twitter, information security, opinion

The remarks were posted in frustration after a flight was canceled.
Tags: message, Twitter, UK, airline security, court

The politician says he never described the opposing party as scum-sucking pigs.
Tags: politics, identity theft, Twitter, UK, hacked

A Twitter account is being used to lure fans to a fake Web site for the Vancouver 2010 games.
Tags: social networking, malware, Trojans, Twitter, Olympics

No matter who wins the game, network security firm warns that post-Super Bowl Monday could leave enterprises dealing with security issues.
Tags: Facebook, malware, Twitter, Super Bowl, phishing

The microblogging site recently reset user passwords after uncovering a scam designed to steal login information.
Tags: security, Twitter, scam, download, password

The reset is in response to a phishing attack.
Tags: phishing, security, passwords, Twitter, password protection

Security software vendor Sophos' survey reveals that 72 percent of companies are concerned that employee behavior on social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, will put their data at risk.
Tags: Facebook, security, LinkedIn, Twitter, phishing

Criminals are selling hacked Twitter accounts for hundreds of dollars in underground forums.
Tags: passwords, Twitter, crime, Kaspersky, hacked

Security researcher has uncovered cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that could be used to steal cookies and session IDs.
Tags: Google, data security, social networking, security, Twitter

No stranger to hacking attacks, the social networking site has banned new users from selecting 370 passwords that it says are too easy for hacking scripts to unlock.
Tags: Facebook, security, hackers, passwords, Twitter

A Twitter-like service provided by a Chinese government news site has been hacked.
Tags: Twitter, microblogging, hacked, Chinese