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Security researcher Egor Homakov has discovered a Twitter vulnerability which allows apps to send DMs without requiring explicit user permission. TNW has verified the findings and can ...
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Yahoo announced that it acquired Qwiki, a company that provides a storytelling app on mobile. Yahoo has been on an acquisition tear recently, from large companies like Tumblr down to smaller startups.
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She's doing it on the Google manner, sending stuff to the Grave Yard and bying NEW...
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners/?tag=Qwiki
Gust MEES's curator insight,
July 2, 2013 5:41 PM
She's doing it on the Google manner, sending stuff to the Grave Yard and bying NEW... Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners/?tag=Qwiki
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July 2, 2013 6:02 PM
@malek, I agree ;) Maybe some deeper thinking... which I don't publish...
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"There should be millions of Twitter users that have signed in with Twitter into third-party applications. Some of these applications might have gained access to and might still have access to Twitter users private direct messages," he points out, and advises users to check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access their DMs.
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===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:42 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
Check ALSO:
- https://twitter.com/settings/applications
- http://blog.ioactive.com/2013/01/you-can-not-trust-social-media-twitter-vulnerable.html
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/naivety-in-the-digital-age/
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:54 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:59 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
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Security-SuperGAU für alle Nutzer von iPhones und iPads: Experten haben eine Lücke in iOS-Apps entdeckt, die es erlaubt, die komplette Kommunikation über fremde Server umzuleiten. Tausende Apps sollen betroffen sein.
Über HTTP Request Hijacking sollen sich Hacker in iOS-Apps einschleichen und so den Datentraffic über eigene Server umleiten können. Nach erfolgreichem Angriff soll die Umleitung dann permanent aktiv sein.
===> Einzige Abhilfe schafft ein Update oder eine Neuinstallation der App. <===
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A discovery about Facebook's official Android app once again puts into question if the social network's developers truly *get* security and privacy.
As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge:
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As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge...
Gust MEES's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 7:42 AM
As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge... |
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/apps-for-any-use-mostly-for-education-and-free
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apps-for-any-use-mostly-for-education-and-free