Twitter Security Flaw Caused by Australian Teenager, Twitter onMouseOver Hack Admitted
If Twitter is down in your place and want to know more about a Twitter security flaw, read on. Pearce Delphin, a 17-year old dude from Australia admits he unintentionally started the massive hacker attack on Twitter two days ago which affected million of users. He confessed he published the Javascript code which showed how easy it is to create automatic XXS or cross-site scripting over Twitter’s vulnerable website. His code was then used by malicious hackers and modified it to take over millions of twitter accounts that directed people to Japanese p*rn sites or did millions of retweets!
Twitter Got Hacked! Twitter Security Flaw Getting Widespread via “MouseOver” Function
Twitter got hacked and it could be down if the Twitter security flaw isn’t fixed immediately. The Twitter hack was made possible via the Twitter security hole in the mouseover function. An innocent hovering of the mouse pointer on a link will activate this hack. This Twitter security flaw was discovered by Sophos, a security company constantly monitoring malicious activities online.
New Twitter Makes Embedding of Youtube Videos and Uploading of Photos a Breeze
Have you noticed the New Twitter homepage lately? It’s not just the new design of the homepage that makes the new Twitter a successful social networking site. The new Twitter is about a healthier interaction between members. Guess what? Twitter’s about to be re-modeled!
Twitter Debuts Location Sharing Feature Like Using a GPS Device
Twitter unveiled recently its latest innovation, the Tweet With Your Location feature. This option is disabled by default because Twitter wants its customers to have the control over this location-sharing facet. A user needs to opt-in to enable sharing your location with his tweets by going to his account settings and checking the option. Once you enabled it, Twitter applications will start tagging all your posts with your current location. Please take note that the location information you share will be an exact GPS location (latitude and longitude), which is sent from your browser or internet-enabled device. Twitter will show location information once you enabled this feature and allowed your browser or device to transmit your coordinates.
Location Sharing in Twitter and Among Users
Twitter Down Because It Is Under DDOS Attack and Still Not Working
Twitter is still down and we got worried a bit because of the reason – a DDOS attack. Twitter, being down this long is really bothersome. First a social network as huge and as popular as Twitter is not uncommon to be spammed. But a DDOS attack? Come on! Hackers really know their way around security holes and this is a terrible security issue. Read more
Current Twitter Status: Twitter is Down!
Is Twitter Down? We think that Twitter is down and that’s really sad. We have been using Twitter for a while now and it’s the first time it’s down. As far as we know, the present Twitter website status is down. No wonder the Twitter blog and login page cannot be accessed. For one we are wondering who’s spamming us on Twitter today. lol!
How to Use Twitter 101 for Personal Use and Business
Twitter 101 was launched by Twitter to serve as a guide for everyone – hobbyists, celebrities and most especially, business groups. We have to admit here that Twitter 101 is a very timely guide all “Twitters” like us. One thing that separates Twitter from other social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Multiply and Friendster is that it’s gaining a tremendous amount of popularity. Even Hollywood stars like Will.I.Am, Demi Moore and other big wigs use Twitter. Read more