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SMS Vulnerability in Twitter, Facebook and Venmo · Jonathan Rudenberg

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Twitter users with SMS enabled are vulnerable to an attack that allows anyone to post to their account. The attacker only needs knowledge of the mobile number associated with a target’s Twitter account. Messages can then be sent to Twitter with the source number spoofed.Like email, the originating address of a SMS cannot be trusted. Many SMS gateways allow the originating address of a message to be set to an arbitrary identifier, including someone else’s number.Facebook and Venmo were also vulnerable to the same spoofing attack, but the issues were resolved after disclosing to their

Security speakers of the future given mentoring opportunity at Security ...

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Conference speakers of the future are to be given the opportunity to be mentored and trained via the ‘rookie track' at next year's Security B-Sides London.With offers of an experienced mentor to help the speaker prepare for a friendly, introductory environment, the rookie track is designed to bring new blood into the speaking circuit.B-Sides London rookie track co-organiser Robin Wood told SC Magazine that they were inviting people who have never spoken at a conference before to submit talks with full support available to help them with it.He said: “It can be very daunting to get up on stage and speak for an hour in front of a large group of