Archive for the 'Twitter' Category

[Twitter] This You??? is a Phishing Attack (Beware)

Over a last few weeks, Twitter users have been put through several phishing attacks and it seems like the trend is not changing anytime soon.
The latest attack works by sending a twitter user a direct message with text as “This You???” and a link. When the twitter clicks on the link, he / she is [...]

Blowing off your Customer’s Minds using Twitter ( the PF Chang’s way)

Since the inception of Twitter, it has been making news and creating all the right buzz. Companies like Dell have reported that around $6 million of their revenue comes from Twitter ( rather users referred through Twitter).
Twitter has evolved as a marketing tool and companies who know how to use it the right way will [...]

Twitter launches SMS Notifications for Telstra Australia

Twitter has launched Twitter SMS notifications in Australia for Telstra subscribers. This development is a result of partnership between Twitter and Telstra.
While its free to receive notifications and standard text messaging rates apply to sending. In order to receive notifications as SMS, you must have your device verified. You can give it a shot by [...]

Twitter’s DNS Records Hacked by Iranian Cyber Army

Twitter was hacked a few hours back and hackers who claim themselves as Iranian Cyber Army were able to carry out this attack by compromising Twitter’s DNS Records.
While Twitter has accepted that they had issue with their DNS records, no more details have officially been revealed.
How can someone hack Twitter’s DNS records and bring down [...]

Iranian Election was the most engaging Twitter topic in 2009 ( Twitter Trends)

Twitter has released the trends of top topic trends which created most engaging twitter conversations. The list helps understand and confirm the belief that people around the world are mostly united in concern around important news, excited about a new movie and how they geek out about a major new technology.
Among all the keywords, hashtags, [...]