Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked
Twitter's new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance.
Notably, it's unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.
It's VKontakte, *not* Vikontakte. Twitter phishing, Soviet-style
With a cybercrime plan as poorly thought out as this, maybe it's no wonder the Soviet Union didn't survive.
Monday review - the hot 24 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
FT hacked. Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times blogs and Twitter accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army has struck again - this time adding the scalp of the prestigious Financial Times to its collection of hijacked accounts belonging to well-known media organisations.
"Colin was here" - Sky News Twitter not hacked as a "disaster recovery" test message is accidentally posted
The Sky Newsbreak Twitter account appears to have been hacked, or at least hijacked, earlier today. But who *is* Colin?
Sex and the City author hacked, draft of new book is leaked online
Candace Bushnell has her Twitter hacked, and her email, and a draft version of her upcoming book leaked onto the net.
SSCC 108 - WW2 crypto, Bitcoin mining, internet cameras, password breaches [PODCAST]
Chester calls home from Interop in Las Vegas to record the latest episode of the Sophos Security Chet Chat.
Join Chester and guest Paul Ducklin in their regular quarter-hour podcast as they laugh about (and lament) the latest goings-on in the world of computer security.
Guardian Twitter accounts hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
The Syrian Electronic Army is up to its dirty tricks again - this time hijacking Twitter accounts belonging to The Guardian.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Beware Twitter "password check" sites - there are fakes, and there are fake fakes!
After a widely publicised hack or data breach, you'll often find "password check" sites springing up.
Some of them are legitimate, but other password check sites are as bogus as they sound on the surface...
Associated Press Twitter hack spreads fake White House bomb story, pushes down Dow Jones
With just under two million followers, AP's Twitter account has a wide reach, and is influential.
Influential enough, it seems, that a false rumour from the AP feed can have a visible affect on the stock market.
Twitter plays cat-and-mouse with hackers of the Syrian Electronic Army
Twitter's security team appears to be playing whack-a-mole with a group of hackers who have made a name for themselves hijacking the accounts of high profile media organisations.
Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Goodbye to spam, er, @spam, on Twitter...
Twitter and its users have perennial problems with spam, as a quick search of Naked Security will reveal.
So you might be surprised that the micro-blogging site's own Twitter identity for reporting spam, the easily-remembered account "@spam", has been killed off.
Syrian Electronic Army hacks NPR, vandalizes headlines
The Syrian Electronic Army appears to have hacked into accounts belonging to the NPR media network, and defaced news stories.
Uncool hacker blamed for unrevealing swimsuit photos of singer Victoria Justice
American singer Victoria Justice is not happy that someone (she blames a hacker) has leaked swimsuit photos of her onto the internet.
And she's quite right to be upset - both with the hacker, and the website that published them.
63 alleged NYC gangsters busted, thanks to their own Facebook blabbing
The alleged members of three rival drug and gun gangs apparently spoon-fed New York police, serving up allusions to their alleged crimes in slangy, atrociously spelled postings to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Monday review - the hot 13 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days with this handy weekly roundup
17-year-old arrested for hacking into phones, stealing and distributing explicit images of children
A US teenager is charged with distributing child pornography after allegedly hacking minors' cellphones through an SMS ad that installed malware, giving him access to the phones' content.
BBC Weather's Twitter account is hijacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The official Twitter account used by the BBC's weather team has been hijacked by Syrian hackers.
Fortunately, they don't seem to be using it to spread malicious links - but are instead trying to spread political messages about Syria instead.
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