Comments on: Twitter Security Issue http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/ Jumping around in the Phoenix Tech Community Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:57:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Caramoan http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-28557 Caramoan Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:27:56 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-28557 Twitter is some ways is much better than blogging. I love to Twitter my everyday activities on my friends and relatives. *** Twitter is some ways is much better than blogging. I love to Twitter my everyday activities on my friends and relatives.
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]]> By: Kristine Shuee http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-28055 Kristine Shuee Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:13:57 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-28055 - i just love to Twitter everyday with my friends. Twitter is much better than blogging in my opinion and it is very addictive too. ``!``` - i just love to Twitter everyday with my friends. Twitter is much better than blogging in my opinion and it is very addictive too.
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]]> By: hacker http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-24780 hacker Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:45:12 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-24780 twitter uses basic authentication without promting. And its not even through SSL someone with a networkmonitor can read all usernames and passwords in plain text. this is what you will see if you capture the wire Host: twitter.com Authorization: BASIC Credentials : username : password The thing is you only are logged out if you close the browser window. greez twitter uses basic authentication without promting.
And its not even through SSL
someone with a networkmonitor can read all usernames and passwords in plain text.
this is what you will see if you capture the wire
Host: twitter.com
Authorization: BASIC
Credentials : username : password

The thing is you only are logged out if you close the browser window.

greez

]]> By: Tim Acheson http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-24044 Tim Acheson Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:05:14 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-24044 This week Twitter's own internal systems were hacked, along with the accounts of Twitter users including celebrities: http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/jul/twitter_hacked_via_google_apps The point of entry wasn't a gap in Twitter's security. The hacker(s) gained access through a Google Apps account. The worry with a Google account is, it's web-based and therefore only as secure as the rest of the Internet. If yuor Google account is compromised and you use Google Docs in a serious commercial setting, your Twitter account will be the least of your worries. This week Twitter’s own internal systems were hacked, along with the accounts of Twitter users including celebrities:

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/jul/twitter_hacked_via_google_apps

The point of entry wasn’t a gap in Twitter’s security. The hacker(s) gained access through a Google Apps account. The worry with a Google account is, it’s web-based and therefore only as secure as the rest of the Internet. If yuor Google account is compromised and you use Google Docs in a serious commercial setting, your Twitter account will be the least of your worries.

]]> By: Software [In]Security: Twitter Security - Making Your Thoughts as Small and Incomplete as Possible | The IT Security Attaché http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-22063 Software [In]Security: Twitter Security - Making Your Thoughts as Small and Incomplete as Possible | The IT Security Attaché Sat, 30 May 2009 19:37:18 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-22063 [...] is, but it’s not me. The question is whether or not I should care? (Some people apparently do.) It’s really not that clever or interesting making fun of someone anonymously. [...] [...] is, but it’s not me. The question is whether or not I should care? (Some people apparently do.) It’s really not that clever or interesting making fun of someone anonymously. [...]

]]> By:   links for 2009-05-08 — contentious.com http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-20467   links for 2009-05-08 — contentious.com Fri, 08 May 2009 14:01:06 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-20467 [...] The Brian Shaler Blog / / Twitter Security Issue More about how your Twitter a count can be hijacked (tags: twitter social+media identity nefarious problems) [...] [...] The Brian Shaler Blog / / Twitter Security Issue More about how your Twitter a count can be hijacked (tags: twitter social+media identity nefarious problems) [...]

]]> By: Twitter Vulnerability History http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-14653 Twitter Vulnerability History Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-14653 [...] http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/ [...] [...] http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/ [...]

]]> By: Pishing en Twitter | SomosBloggers http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12580 Pishing en Twitter | SomosBloggers Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:32:33 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-12580 [...] Twitter hackeadas visita el blog de InfoSpyware. Además de todo esto, parece que también hay un problema con las cookies de sesión y su [...] [...] Twitter hackeadas visita el blog de InfoSpyware. Además de todo esto, parece que también hay un problema con las cookies de sesión y su [...]

]]> By: AcmePhoto http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12429 AcmePhoto Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:40:07 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-12429 I guess I'll quit changing my passwords every 2 weeks! With "friends" like that who needs enemies? Why would someone do all that work than want to be anonymous? I don't get it, was there was some sort of goverment coverup? @gelie, I heard the "fake" was totally different from the "anti". I guess I’ll quit changing my passwords every 2 weeks!

With “friends” like that who needs enemies? Why would someone do all that work than want to be anonymous? I don’t get it, was there was some sort of goverment coverup?

@gelie, I heard the “fake” was totally different from the “anti”.

]]> By: Wendy Kincade http://brianshaler.com/blog/2008/11/23/twitter-security-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12071 Wendy Kincade Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:37:43 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/?p=78#comment-12071 Excellent article. Kind of scary, but anything online (or in the world) has risks. Thanks for the heads-up though. Excellent article. Kind of scary, but anything online (or in the world) has risks. Thanks for the heads-up though.

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