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SwiftOnSecurity is a pseudonymous computer security expert and influencer on Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky, inspired by Taylor Swift. As of May 2024, they have over 405,400 followers. 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. The account has been cited in news articles about computer security. They are a Microsoft MVP, and work as an endpoint monitoring lead for a Fortune 500 company. Their blog contains general computer security advice, with a large amount dedicated to Windows and phishing.

Atlassian vulnerability

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.

References

1. "SwiftOnsecurity: 'Oh lord'". Bluesky. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
2. 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.
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6. Hern, Alex (January 29, 2019). "How Taylor Swift became a cybersecurity icon". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
7. "Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords". TechCrunch. June 2, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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9. "About this site". Decent Security. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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11. Thomas, Claburn. "Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter". The Register. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

External links

• SwiftOnSecurity on Twitter
• SwiftOnSecurity on the Fediverse
• decentsecurity.com, the blog of SwiftOnSecurity

• Taylor Swift
• Living people
• Computer security specialists
• InfoSec Twitter
• Unidentified people