Twitter is a social media platform whose accounts, APIs, and integrations can expose users to account takeover, data leaks, and abuse.
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Twitter is a public social-media platform, now operated under the X name, where users post short messages, share media, and communicate through replies and direct messages. Its security relevance comes from the volume and speed of public content, account relationships, and links exchanged there. Researchers also use it for threat intelligence, while attackers may exploit public trust and impersonation to distribute phishing pages, malware, or fraudulent information.
Material risks include account takeover through stolen credentials, session theft, or compromised third-party applications; abuse of APIs and OAuth permissions; and exposure of personal data in posts, metadata, or private communications. Security teams should verify accounts and links rather than treating platform identity as proof, restrict and review application access, protect administrator accounts with phishing-resistant multifactor authentication where available, and preserve relevant posts or messages during investigations because content and account ownership can change.
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'Dark Storm Team" Takes Responsibility for 4 Major Outages on MondayRepeated outages Monday on social media platform X - formerly Twitter - are the result of a distributed denial of service attack, asserted platform owner Elon Musk in a sporadically available tweet. The social media platform experienced four significant outages.
Grok 3 Aims to Close Gap With GPT-4o, Gemini, Touting 'Truth-Seeking' AIElon Musk-owned artificial intelligence company xAI released a new model late Monday night, its answer to OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google Gemini. The "Grok 3" model can analyze images and respond to questions like its counterparts, and powers features on Musk's social network X, formerly Twitter.
Offer Comes Amid Legal Battle Between the Former OpenAI Co-FoundersElon Musk has reportedly offered to buy OpenAI's operating assets for $97.4 billion, escalating his legal and business battle with the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman. Altman dismissed the offer and said he will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion - if Musk is interested.
Not a Good Look: Hijacked @SECgov Social Media Account Spews Bitcoin RumorsSocial media accounts - especially those tied to government agencies, big-name companies and high-profile individuals - continue to be a top target for takeover by fraudsters and scammers, especially when it comes to X, formerly known as Twitter. What's the best way to keep these accounts secure?
All Organizations That Use X Should Review Their Two-Factor Authentication SettingsGoogle Cloud's Mandiant says its account at X, formerly Twitter, was hijacked and used to link to cryptocurrency phishing pages after an attacker guessed the account password, apparently after Twitter last year deactivated the account's SMS-based two-factor authentication, leaving it unprotected.
Value of Bitcoin Rocketed Following Fake Post Claiming Spot Bitcoin ETFs ApprovedThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it is probing the "compromise" of its X - formerly known as Twitter - social media accounts after a hacker broadcast a fake post claiming the agency had approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which sent the value of bitcoin rocketing.