May 23, 2013

  Twitter has announced a two-step login authentication process to stop password hacks, the network announced yesterday. To boost your account’s security, select “require a verification code when I sign in” from your account setting tab. You’ll be asked to enter your phone number, followed by a six-digit code you’ll receive as an SMS. “With...

Apr 24, 2013

Hacking news is almost heard every week. Official twitter accounts have been exposed to many hacks. Burger King and Jeep Twitter accounts top the list. This time the victim was the famous news agency, the Associated Press (AP) that has more than 1.9 million followers. Tuesday afternoon, Americans have read a breaking news tweet from the Associated Press...

Mar 4, 2013

  We can call 2013 the year of “hackers”; after hacking Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, Burger King and NBC websites, Evernote, the note-taking web application is hacked. “Evernote’s Operation and Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access...

Feb 3, 2013

            A quarter million Twitter accounts are the latest hacking victim after major grand networks have been subjected to the same faith in recent weeks; among them are attacks against NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, and the Haaretz Group’s email server. “This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us...

Nov 11, 2012

              Many Twitter users have received an email from Twitter notifying them of password change. Worry not, if you received one, it doesn’t mean that your account was hacked; Twitter regularly resets passwords of accounts it believes have been compromised or hacked. This time, however, they mistakenly took a bit...

Oct 8, 2012

              We all have those emails that clutter our inboxes for no particular reason, they can be emails from people we know, work colleagues, but they don’t contain any valuable information. These emails can be distracting, burying underneath important announcements and deadline notices. Opening every one only to...