Twitter API security breach e xposes 5.4 million users’ data

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Twitter data leak exposes over 5.4 million accounts Well, heyo friends. Hope you had a good weekend. Twitter seems to be in the news a lot lately, and the latest headlines are about... stolen data leaked online. Let's talk about it. What happened? Here's your quick rundown of what happened: Earlier this year, private user data for 5.4 million Twitter users was stolen due to an API vulnerability. Now, all of those accounts have been exposed on a hacker forum—for free. The data consists of scraped public information as well as private phone numbers and email addresses that are not meant to be public. Why does it matter? Here's why I think this matters to IT. The most significant threat emerging from this breach, according to experts, is social engineering. Armed with names and addresses harvested from this breach, cybercriminals could easily target users with phishing, vishing, and smishing scams. While not foolproof, it's good to remind employees to activate two-factor authentication on their personal accounts. What You Should Know This Week Twitter API Security Breach Exposes 5.4 Million Users’ Data VentureBeat Hackers released the user data of 5.4 million Twitter users for free following an API security breach that occurred in July. Read More >> Gartner Research Highlights the Growing Need for a SaaS Management Platform BetterCloud Monitor Gartner's report details how to create a governance policy for managing SaaS. From reducing the risks from shadow IT to optimizing usage, the report details all the activities that should be done throughout the entire lifecycle of an app. Read More >> These Are Apple’s Picks for the Best App Store Apps and Games of 2022 Cult of Mac The company has crowned 16 apps and games from different genres for “making a profound cultural impact.” Read More >> 15 Best Practices for Automating IT Tasks TechRepublic Automation helps keep IT departments humming by streamlining and reducing the burden of manual tasks. Learn 15 best practices to help optimize your operations. Read More >> Chrome Fixes 8th Zero-Day of 2022 – Check Your Version Now Naked Security The TL;DR is: go to Chrome’s Three-dot menu (⋮), choose Help > About Chrome, and check that you have version 107.0.5304.121 or later. Read More >> Hungry For More IT Goodies? Check out our Monitor blog for featured articles, industry news, and the latest and greatest for all things IT. DIVE IN Tips & Tricks for the Digital Workplace How to Create a Combo Chart in Google Sheets Using a combo chart in Google Sheets, you can take advantage of two charts combined for the ideal visual. Learn More at How-To Geek The Soft Return, and Other Slack and Zoom Hacks You Need These software shortcuts will make your workday more productive. Your coworkers will appreciate them too. Learn More at Wired How to Block Collaborators From Editing Parts of a Word Document You can select a sentence or paragraph and stop collaborators from changing it. This feature isn’t necessarily hidden, but it’s not exactly obvious either. Learn More at How-To Geek Hey, before you go How are you feeling about our newsletter? I want to hear all your thoughts. You can send me an email by replying directly to this email. We always love to hear feedback from readers, so tell us what you think. EMAIL ME Signing off— Christina (from BetterCloud) 330 7th Ave, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe | Forward | View on the Web Copyright © 2022 BetterCloud | Privacy Policy