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May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Twitter Enables ‘Do Not Track’ Function in Firefox

May 17, 2012 – 8:22 pm | Comments Off

Twitter announced that it is joining Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox Web browser, and giving its users the ability to opt-out of being tracked in any way through Twitter. Twitter is doing this by enabling the Do Not Track feature in the Firefox browser that enables people to opt-out of cookies that collect personal information and any third-party cookies, including those used for advertising.

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PCAdvisor: RT @mrcjmartin: Twitter hits 10 million UK users via @PCAdvisor http://t.co/Ex3hAr5J

May 16, 2012 – 4:16 am | Comments Off

PCAdvisor: RT @mrcjmartin: Twitter hits 10 million UK users via @PCAdvisor http://t.co/Ex3hAr5J
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PCAdvisor: Twitter hits 10 million UK users http://t.co/eASUg3VM #ICYMI

May 15, 2012 – 4:04 pm | Comments Off

PCAdvisor: Twitter hits 10 million UK users http://t.co/eASUg3VM #ICYMI
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TheHackersNews: Rt @sambowne: The Jester’s Twitter acct. has been deleted @th3j35t3r

May 15, 2012 – 5:52 am | Comments Off

TheHackersNews: Rt @sambowne: The Jester’s Twitter acct. has been deleted @th3j35t3r
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TheHackersNews: RT @Sabari_zoho: Hmmm… Now I realized the value of twitter. Just now followed @TheHackersNews . Gathering useful information from it.

May 14, 2012 – 3:51 pm | Comments Off

TheHackersNews: RT @Sabari_zoho: Hmmm… Now I realized the value of twitter. Just now followed @TheHackersNews . Gathering useful information from it.
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New Twitter Spam Run Leads to Android Rogue AV

May 14, 2012 – 2:49 pm | Comments Off

For some time, we’ve seen site URLs with the dot TK (.tk) extension being spammed by bogus accounts on Twitter to random users. One of our threat researchers in the AV Labs found these particular Tweets quite noteworthy:   Computer …
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SpywareLady: Twitter plays down hacker breach, 55000 accounts posted online http://t.co/BruInqlo

May 14, 2012 – 4:20 am | Comments Off

SpywareLady: Twitter plays down hacker breach, 55000 accounts posted online http://t.co/BruInqlo
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InfosecIsland: Twitter Hack! Five Ways to Avoid Being a Victim of Phishing – Twitter is downplaying a security breach that exposed … http://t.co/jOP3DbA9

May 13, 2012 – 4:49 am | Comments Off

InfosecIsland: Twitter Hack! Five Ways to Avoid Being a Victim of Phishing – Twitter is downplaying a security breach that exposed … http://t.co/jOP3DbA9
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NETGEAR: TODAY we’re giving away 3 NeoTVs! Have you entered on #Facebook #Twitter & the website? Do it now: http://t.co/7pJzZuJU #stream4joy

May 12, 2012 – 10:01 pm | Comments Off

NETGEAR: TODAY we’re giving away 3 NeoTVs! Have you entered on #Facebook #Twitter & the website? Do it now: http://t.co/7pJzZuJU #stream4joy
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NETGEAR: @funkgumbo CONGRATS!! You’re this week’s #stream4joy NeoTV twitter winner! Please follow me & DM me your name, address phone & email

May 12, 2012 – 9:44 am | Comments Off

NETGEAR: @funkgumbo CONGRATS!! You’re this week’s #stream4joy NeoTV twitter winner! Please follow me & DM me your name, address phone & email
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NETGEAR: WOOT!! @funkgumbo is this week’s #stream4joy #twitter winner!! Still plenty more to give away – play here: http://t.co/9RB1w0tO

May 12, 2012 – 8:39 am | Comments Off

NETGEAR: WOOT!! @funkgumbo is this week’s #stream4joy #twitter winner!! Still plenty more to give away – play here: http://t.co/9RB1w0tO
View full post on Twitter / NETGEAR

TheHackersNews: Bogus Report: 55,000 Twitter accounts compromised http://t.co/PXDCDJUo #Security #THN #news #securitynews

May 12, 2012 – 7:36 am | Comments Off

TheHackersNews: Bogus Report: 55,000 Twitter accounts compromised http://t.co/PXDCDJUo #Security #THN #news #securitynews
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Twitter Reassures Users After Details of 55,000 Accounts Published (9th May 2012)

May 12, 2012 – 4:03 am | Comments Off

Following claims that over 55,000 Twitter accounts were hacked and their details published onto the Pastebin data sharing site, Twitter has responded and reassured users that there is no cause for alarm…….
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TheHackersNews: Forget to #FF my #Security Twitter Frnds and #THN Contributors , wait for #SundaySpecialFollow ;-)

May 12, 2012 – 3:02 am | Comments Off

TheHackersNews: Forget to #FF my #Security Twitter Frnds and #THN Contributors , wait for #SundaySpecialFollow
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SpywareLady: Was Twitter Hacker Outfoxed By A Honeypot? http://t.co/WQSONNSD

May 11, 2012 – 10:51 pm | Comments Off

SpywareLady: Was Twitter Hacker Outfoxed By A Honeypot? http://t.co/WQSONNSD
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Bogus Report: 55,000 Twitter accounts compromised

May 11, 2012 – 7:03 pm | Comments Off

Bogus Report: 55,000 Twitter accounts compromised
Thousands of Twitter passwords were exposed this week and the site was looking into matter. According to a message posted on Twitter’s Japanese blog, None of the recently leaked Twitter logins and passwords came from within the company.<!– adsense –>
Twitter has assured its users that their personal details are secure after a post by document

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NETGEAR: Friday we’ll be giving away 3 NeoTVs! Have you entered on #Facebook #Twitter & the website? Do it now: http://t.co/pwdHS5yf #stream4joy

May 11, 2012 – 8:07 am | Comments Off

NETGEAR: Friday we’ll be giving away 3 NeoTVs! Have you entered on #Facebook #Twitter & the website? Do it now: http://t.co/pwdHS5yf #stream4joy
View full post on Twitter / NETGEAR

Twitter blog post says company leaked no user data

May 10, 2012 – 10:57 am | Comments Off

None of the recently leaked Twitter logins and passwords came from within the company, according to a message posted on the Twitter Japanese blog Thursday.
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Save the Date: ISTR 17 Twitter Chat

May 10, 2012 – 8:40 am | Comments Off

Join Symantec security experts on Twitter (using the #ISTR hashtag) on Tuesday, May 15, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET to chat about the key trends highlighted in Symantec’s recently released Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17.
This year&rsquo…
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SpywareLady: Twitter Hacker Discloses 55000 Passwords — GigaLaw.co… http://t.co/89pQvRFq

May 10, 2012 – 5:18 am | Comments Off

SpywareLady: Twitter Hacker Discloses 55000 Passwords — GigaLaw.co… http://t.co/89pQvRFq
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idtheftprotect: Hackers publish 55,000 Twitter passwords on #Pastebin. http://t.co/ITjKGqk8

May 10, 2012 – 5:14 am | Comments Off

idtheftprotect: Hackers publish 55,000 Twitter passwords on #Pastebin. http://t.co/ITjKGqk8
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SpywareLady: Twitter tries to debunk hacker claims » Geeky Gadgets http://t.co/MEgcS3Zq

May 10, 2012 – 3:07 am | Comments Off

SpywareLady: Twitter tries to debunk hacker claims » Geeky Gadgets http://t.co/MEgcS3Zq
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Hackers Publish 55,000 Twitter Passwords

May 10, 2012 – 2:55 am | Comments Off

The company says many of the posted credentials are either incorrect or for suspended accounts.
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Hackers Publish 55,000 Twitter Passwords

May 10, 2012 – 2:55 am | Comments Off

The company says many of the posted credentials are either incorrect or for suspended accounts.
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Twitter fights subpoena in NYC Occupy arrest case

May 10, 2012 – 2:53 am | Comments Off

By David B. Caruso Associated Press
NEW YORK — Twitter is resisting an attempt by New York City prosecutors to gain access to the account of an Occupy Wall Street protester.
The San Francisco-based micro-blogging service filed court papers Monday asking a judge to quash a subpoena in which the Manhattan district attorney demanded the tweets and user information of writer and activist Malcolm Harris.
Harris was among …

Twitter breached, 50,000 accounts posted to Internet

May 10, 2012 – 1:55 am | Comments Off

Twitter is investigating an apparent data breach that resulted in more than 50,000 user names and passwords being posted to the Internet. The data was posted across five pages (one, two, three, four, five) on Pastebin, a favorite site for hackers to post their ill-gotten gains.
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