An internal Twitter log shows that more than 140,000 accounts had signed up for the new Twitter Blue as of November 10
The social media service, which is undergoing changes from its new owner Elon Musk, has descended into a messy swirl of spoof messages and parody accounts.
Twitter reactivates its gray “Official” badge for select brands and outlets, after a wave of impersonations, hoaxing, and other chaos by purchased blue checks
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge :
Twitter reactivates its gray “Official” badge for select high-profile accounts, after a wave of impersonators bought blue checks
Okay, so Twitter broke its own verification system by making the blue check — previously a signal that the account had provided information …
Sources: Apple and Google removed Kremlin critic Navalny's app in September after FSB agents came to top executives' homes and threatened to take them to prison
Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September …
Sources: Apple and Google removed Kremlin critic Navalny's app in September after FSB agents came to top executives' homes and threatened to take them to prison
Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September …
Citizen Lab: the iPhone of Ben Hubbard, an American reporter for NYT, was hacked in 2020 and 2021, likely by Saudi Arabia using NSO's Pegasus; NSO denies claim
Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia. Source: The Citizen Lab .
As the Taliban uses WhatsApp to coordinate and spread messages, the service's end-to-end encryption makes banning the group difficult
The Taliban are using the Facebook-owned chat app to spread messages to Afghan citizens as they take over the country. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Overview of the severe shortage of cybersecurity workers across the US government and private sector, despite an unprecedented slate of hacking threats
Fallout from the Pegasus Project has started as more details emerge … Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop : DOJ reveals 27 U.S. Attorneys offices had emails compromised in SolarWinds hack Twe...
Records show Facebook donated $50K to a GOP group in Feb. via direct corporate contribution; FB said in Jan. it would suspend donations from its PAC for Q1
Judd Legum / Popular Information :
Hacker paid a company called Sakari $16 to reroute a reporter's texts and used SMS 2FA to break into his accounts, showing the need for regulation of SMS tools
incredibly — allowed a reporter's texts to be intercepted and sent to another device. All you had to do is swear you're authorized to receive texts at the targeted number. This is ...
Facebook insiders say it is prioritizing revenue over user safety by its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinfo peddlers from buying ads
BuzzFeed News :
Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits
Apple's head of global security Thomas Moyer indicted for trying to bribe Santa Clara sheriff's office with 200 iPads in return for concealed firearm permits
Defendants include Sheriff Laurie Smith's second-in-command — Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office …
Sources: analysis shows a message from Saudi Crown Prince MbS' WhatsApp account to Jeff Bezos in 2018 included file “highly” likely to have hacked Bezos' phone
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian :
UN special rapporteurs say they are “gravely concerned” about the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' phone by Saudi's MbS, calling for further investigations
‘Grave concern’ expressed at evidence of possible ‘effort to silence Washington Post’ — UN experts are demanding …
Sources: analysis shows a message from Saudi Crown Prince MbS' WhatsApp account to Jeff Bezos in 2018 included file “highly” likely to have hacked Bezos' phone
Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi
DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp
The US is charging Maksim Yakubets over two of the biggest cybertheft campaigns of the last decade, and offers a record reward for information on the case.