2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen in massive hack - Dec. 4, 2013. 2 million passwords have been stolen, compromising accounts at Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Yahoo and ADP. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trustwave said. The virus was capturing log-in credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers. On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for more than 93,000 websites, including: 318,000 Facebook (FB, Fortune 500) accounts 70,000 Gmail, Google+ and YouTube accounts 60,000 Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) accounts 22,000 Twitter (TWTR) accounts 9,000 Odnoklassniki accounts (a Russian social network) 8,000 ADP (ADP, Fortune 500) accounts (ADP says it counted 2,400) 8,000 LinkedIn (LNKD)accounts Trustwave notified these companies of the breach.
Home. 10 Must Know Twitter Privacy Tips. Twitter Privacy Privacy is a very important concern when using social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Therefore, for today’s post, I will be sharing with you 10 tips to ensure your privacy when using Twitter: Never share personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, etc.Choose a complicated password including both letters and numbers. Make sure it is at least 6 characters long and that you change it on a regular basis.Avoid linking your Twitter account to other social media channels such as Facebook and FourSquare. Account linking could be very adverse to your privacy.Try not to post private pictures, especially those that expose your exact location because, yes, these could be tracked back to you.Always remember that anything you post on Twitter is permanent so choose your tweets wisely.Avoid using Twitter’s geo-tagging feature at all times unless you want all your Twitter friends to know where you are any time you decide to tweet!
Rocking the A to Z of Twitter and Tweets. For this post, I am returning to my A to Z Series of Social Media where T is for Twitter. I have had quite a few conversations about Twitter lately that forced me to reflect on my own perspective– a year ago. The general theme of these conversations were 1) “I have a Twitter account but do not use it” and 2) “There is “too much noise ” on Twitter- I cannot see the value and don’t have the time”. A year ago I would have said exactly the same thing. The analogy I like to use is that a year ago I use to look through the window of the “Twitter House” and all I saw were fragmented sentences (or at least what looked like sentences) being hurled around in an internal whirl-wind of nonsense! However, so many people were raving about this 140-character “mumbo jumbo” capability I had to take a closer look.
Because I do have a lot of Twitter information to share, I want to do this post in the spirit of Twitterland. Audience Broadcasting Conversations Discover Etiquette Favorite Geo-location Hashtags Klout. Twitter Directory and Search, Find Twitter Followers. How To Handle The Five Killer Telephone Interview Questions. A telephone interview is usually short, just enough time to rule you in or out, so the focus is on questions that help evaluate you quickly. Your goal is to turn it into a face-to-face meeting, so your answers need to be concise.
As a rule of thumb, keep your answers to less than two minutes, if an interviewer wants to know more s/he will ask. “Tell me a little about yourself,” is often the first question. Interviewers don’t want your life story; they want to know if meeting you would be a good use of their time. Answer with a brief work history showing how each project and job helped prepare you for this job; then give a profile of the “professional you” addressing your skills as they relate to doing this job well. “What experience do you have in…?” Make any discussion of your experience relevant to this job, and the specific skills you bring to executing it well.
“What are your strengths?” “What are your weaknesses?” “How much do you want?” What You Need to Know About Using Hashtags on Twitter. If you're new to Twitter, or even if you've been using it for years, you may wonder what all those words preceded by the # sign are. They're hashtags. And you should consider using them if you want to potentially get more out of your experience.
Problem is, many people don't use hashtags correctly. Here's a primer on hashtags, plus some recommendations for using them effectively for your business. What are Hashtags? When you search for or click on a hashtag you'll see all other tweets that use the same hashtag. For example, if you search for #Apple, you're less likely to see tweets that include references to the fruit and more likely to see information about the technology company.
Keep in mind, however, that Twitter is a real-time platform and its search function only goes back one week. Why Use Hashtags Twitter is an open social network, and anyone can see your public tweets provided you haven't set up your account to be completely private. Twitter Training. Find the Best Twitter Apps - oneforty. Welcome to Buzzom | Social Profile Management. Twitter Recruiting Hacks. Recruiters tend to get Linkedin. It closely resembles a job board and it’s easy enough to do advanced searches. Facebook recruiting is pretty obtuse and so far, recruiting on Facebook is more for leveraging your personal connections or perhaps building up a fun corporate fan page. But Twitter for recruiting? The topic couldn’t be talked about more, but do many recruiters really use Twitter frequently with success?
Fortunately, getting some good candidates on Twitter isn’t impossible, and it’s at least plausible that it’s a different candidate set than you might find on other places. Recruiting on Twitter doesn’t necessarily mean dicing up your life in 140 characters every time you have a thought or read an article. If you implement these simple Twitter recruiting hacks, you won’t open yourself up to a nirvana of passive candidates and industry recognition, but you might just get a candidate once in a while. Automate Job Posts: Get your jobs on Twitter.