SwiftOnSecurity

Computer security expert on Twitter

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

^ 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.
^ Whittaker, Zack. "When security meets sarcasm: Taylor Swift brings infosec to the masses". ZDNet. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ 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.
^ "SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) | Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ Hern, Alex (January 29, 2019). "How Taylor Swift became a cybersecurity icon". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords". TechCrunch. June 2, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "Google Busy Removing More Malicious Chrome Extensions from Web Store". threatpost.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "About this site". Decent Security. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ "Decent Security". Decent Security. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^ Thomas, Claburn. "Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter". The Register. Retrieved February 23, 2020.