SwiftOnSecurity is a pseudonymous computer security expert and influencer on Twitter who pretends to be Taylor Swift.[1][2][3] As of September 2022, they have over 375,500 followers.[4] The account was originally created to post Taylor Swift-related memes about the Heartbleed bug. The name was chosen due to Swift's caution with regard to digital security, and the account's original focus on cybersecurity.[5] The account has been cited in news articles about computer security.[6][7] They are a Microsoft MVP, and work as an endpoint monitoring lead for a Fortune 500 company.[8] Their blog contains general computer security advice, with a large amount dedicated to Windows and phishing.[9]

Atlassian

In December 2019, SwiftOnSecurity tweeted about an issue in Atlassian software that embedded the private key of a domain. This turned out to be a security vulnerability, and was assigned CVE-2019-15006.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Conger, Kate (September 5, 2019). "The Work Diary of Parisa Tabriz, Google's 'Security Princess'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ Whittaker, Zack. "When security meets sarcasm: Taylor Swift brings infosec to the masses". ZDNet. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Jess (June 18, 2015). "Parody Twitter accounts have more freedom than you and I ever will | Jess Zimmerman". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) | Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ Hern, Alex (January 29, 2019). "How Taylor Swift became a cybersecurity icon". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords". TechCrunch. June 2, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Google Busy Removing More Malicious Chrome Extensions from Web Store". threatpost.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ "About this site". Decent Security. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Decent Security". Decent Security. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ Thomas, Claburn. "Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter". The Register. Retrieved February 23, 2020.


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