Security and Safety on Twitter:

Despite best intentions, 'CrypTweet' criticized for poor security

A prominent Australia-based technologist is cautioning people not to put full confidence in an application he developed that intends to provide security for sending private messages on Twitter.

Twitter acquires ad security company Dasient

Social networking firm Twitter has acquired Dasient, a web and ad-scanning security company. California-based...

Egypt: Recent security force policing 'reminiscent of Mubarak' era

A year after the uprising, Egypt's security forces continue to kill protestors with the same brutal tactics used in Hosni Mubaraks last days in power, Amnesty International said after concluding that riot police used excessive force in policing recent protests in Cairo and Suez.

AlienVault Launches Open Threat Exchange, Largest Community-Sourced Information Security Threat Feed & Database

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- AlienVault , creator of OSSIM, the de facto standard open source SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), announced today the launch of the AlienVault Open Threat ...

Twitter acquires antimalware company Dasient

Twitter has acquired Internet security firm Dasient, the Sunnyvale, California startup said on its blog on Monday.

Zoe_Nicholson published V Festival - Criminal or Careful?

Blogger Zoe Nicholson, @zozonico on Twitter, responds to our article V Festival is blamed for crime increase

Anonymous 'may soon be able to hack into power grid', warns US national security chief

NSA's Gen Keith Alexander's claims rebuffed by group of hackers.

Union's hair prompts flight security concerns

Actress Gabrielle Union was stopped by airport security officials on Wednesday because her hairpiece was deemed a flight risk.

ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter

ISPs have not been formally consulted on an expansion of government plans that will log who is talking to whom on social networks, gaming platforms and other online sites ( ZDNet UK - Security Threats )

Empty user profiles skew numbers on social sites [INFOGRAPHIC]

The amount of fake or empty profiles on social networking sites is leaving many to question the true size of social networks.

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