You’ve probably heard the news that Bitly, the popular link shortening service, is facing security issues. From the Bitly blog: We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been ...

Hackers are using the custom shortened links of real media outlets, including MSNBC and Fox News, to send readers to fake news sites instead. In a blog post published Monday, Websense Security Labs ...

We’ve expected some big (data) developements from Bitly since the New York startup announced a $15 million Series C led by Khosla Ventures July. Today, chief data scientist Hilary Mason is finally ...

A cyber attack targeting TV channel MSNBC highlights cybercriminals’ abuse of the public’s trust in news outlets and websites, says Websense Security Labs. The security firm said its researchers have ...

Bitly Connections Platform enables CPG companies and Retailers to create 2D Barcodes at scale to improve connected packaging efforts, create supply chain efficiency, and create deeper product ...

You have to give spammers credit for effort: Symantec found a spam campaign that manages to abuse three Web services at the same time. It starts on Snapchat, where some users receive an unsolicited ...

Bitly has launched a set of social APIs that includes real-time search, attention spikes and metadata about URLs. Real-time search allows a user to run a query and get back the top URLs and stories.

You have to give spammers credit for effort: Symantec found a spam campaign that manages to abuse three Web services at the same time. It starts on Snapchat, where some users receive an unsolicited ...

Link shortener Bitly today launched a major redesign and number of new features that all add up to what the company itself calls “a new Bitly.” Among these new features are ‘bitmarks,’ Bitly’s name ...