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- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web wormsTwitter Phishing ProblemMy Twitter account was hacked check out probably due to Phishing attack on some third party applications. Check out - http://bawaal.com/blog/?p=295RE: Twitter API ripe for abuse by web wormsThat is one good reason NOT to use Twitter.RE: Twitter API ripe for...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, Twitter, web worm, Twitter API, API
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
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- Twitter and web forgery
- Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...
- Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Trendsmap: Real time local Twitter trends
- Do you ever open a web browser and just want to know what's going on in your area? Real-time search is getting more interesting by the day, but it's even more important when it's local to you. Trendsmap is on top of it....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Trendsmap, Web Site Development, Collaboration, Blogging, Search, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Easier access to Twitter thumbnails with Tweetimag.es
- Joe Stump, former Digg PHP god, has yet another side project that makes using the Twitter API one step simpler. It's called Tweetimag.es. Instead of using the Twitter API to get a user's thumbnail (which requires an HTTP request from Amazon's S3 service,...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Twitter needs archiving and timeline search
- The constant stream of statuses and updates are overwhelming at times, but some of them are important. Marshall Kirkpatrick writes that Twitter is indeed saving all of our tweets, but we can't access them. In fact, the Twitter API only allows you to ring up a users latest 3200 updates....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Archiving, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Business Intelligence, Team Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-09-26
- Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics
- Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- 10 valuable Twitter utilities for business users
- One of the biggest reasons for Twitter's success is that the Twitter team allowed the service to be shaped by the user-base, including developers using the API to extend the Twitter platform. Learn about 10 of the best Twitter apps for business users. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Twitter, Team Management, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- The future of enterprise data in a radically open and Web-based world
- Enter web data servicesDion, great post. I agree that the companies who focus on and succeed at opening up their data will be the winners. You mention WOA, Open APIs and the Semantic Web as being key enablers of open data, but it will take a long time before...
- Tags: EDI, Databases, enterprise data, Calais
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
- Updated: 22:44 BST. Twitter came under a co-ordinated denial-of-service DOS attack earlier on today which left the site paralysed for a good hour or so. At roughly 7am PST the site was attacked in a co-ordinated fashion, and the entire network was down for at least 30...
- Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter, Attack, Social Networking, Security, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist
- Popular microblogging service Twitter was knocked offline for an extended period this morning by what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attacks. Twitter confirmed the outage was linked to malicious attackers in a brief status message posted around 11:00 a.m EST. We are...
- Tags: Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- The U.S. Marine Corps has slapped an immediate ban on the use of social networking sites on its network, warning that sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are a "proven haven for malicious hackers and content." The ban, contained in an order issued Monday, will last for...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Network, Twitter, MySpace, U.S. Marine Corps, Social Networking, Channel Management, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Twitter turns to Google for help with malware attacks
- As it scrambles to cope with a noticeable surge in malware attacks targeting its users, Twitter has found a friend in Google. The popular micro-blogging service has quietly started using the Google Safe Browsing API to block links to known malicious Web sites. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Malware, Twitter, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Twitter Security Crunch
- There's an awful symmetry about the strategic plans of the Twitter team being published on TechCrunch today: using password discovery techniques 'Hacker Croll' was able to access Google and other accounts. I literally just saw on Twitter as I write this the 'ethical...
- Tags: TechCrunch, Twitter, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- New Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Signals Increased Flexibility
- Socialtext are making available an 'unbundled' appliance version of their microblogging product 'Signals' at an attractive $US1 per user per month, plus $1,000 per month server subscription. With the rapid increase in business use of Twitter, the hugely successful but internet based free microblogging platform, there...
- Tags: Socialtext, Socialtext Microblogging Appliance, Socialtext Signals, Social Networking, Wiki, Strategy, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud
- Is cloud computing a load of bull or the real deal? For drop.io founder and CEO Sam Lessin, it's everything...literally. Without it, his company and its eponymous service -- which allows two-click sharing of anything with anyone, privately -- might not exist. I spoke...
- Tags: Cloud, XMPP, ZD, SL, Drop.io, Groupware, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs
- A well-known security researcher plans to use the month of July to expose serious vulnerabilities in the Twitter ecosystem. The Month of Twitter Bugs, a project which launches on July 1, is the handiwork of Aviv Raff left, a researcher known for his work on Web-based security...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Twitter, Aviv Raff, Web 2.0, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- News to know: Facebook; Psystar Chapter 11; Intel; Twitter API; Nokia's Ovi Store
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., API, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operational Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
- A security researcher is warning that the Twitter API can be trivially abused by hackers to launch worm attacks. The red-hot social networking/microblogging service has been scrambling to plug cross-site scripting and other Web site vulnerabilities to thwart worm attacks but, as researcher Aviv Raff points out,...
- Tags: Web, API, Worm, Twitter, Twitpic, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Easily spam Twitter with trending topics API
- Easily spam Twitter with trending topics APIExcellent Article!Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter, spam, Bit.ly, API
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
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