Cyber Security News engagement report
@The_Cyber_News - 75K followers on X
Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 13, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 131 interactions against 75K followers, an engagement rate of 0.18%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 58% of 14,930 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 7.1K times each, and 1.83% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.51% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.0K interactions, about 7.7x its own typical post.
Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 13, 2026.
Compared with accounts its own size
Cyber Security News's engagement rate beats 58% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (14,930 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 5 of 10)). A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.
On engagement per impression rather than per follower it beats 58% of the same group. When those two numbers disagree, the gap is about how far its posts travel rather than how people react to them.
Where this sits in the catalog
At 0.18%, Cyber Security News sits above the 50th percentile of the 151,176 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the above the median band, which runs 0.126% to 0.6%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.003% |
| 25th percentile | 0.021% |
| 50th percentile | 0.126% |
| 75th percentile | 0.6% |
| 90th percentile | 2.29% |
| 99th percentile | 84.3% |
This ruler is the whole measured catalog, not a size-matched group: it shows where the raw rate falls across every account we can measure, all of which are large. For a like-for-like comparison, read the size-band percentile above instead. See how the bands are built
Posting timing
This account posts most often around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day of the week. The bars below are the catalog-wide pattern, with this account's own busiest slot marked. They do not show how this account performs at each hour: we keep one aggregate per account, not one per hour, so that measurement does not exist in our data.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC | -1% | 89K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 90K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 88K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 94K |
| 04:00 UTC | -5% | 76K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 75K |
| 06:00 UTC | -5% | 86K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 93K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 108K |
| 09:00 UTC | -4% | 124K |
| 10:00 UTC | -3% | 129K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 141K |
| 12:00 UTC | -3% | 154K |
| 13:00 UTC | -3% | 167K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 173K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 176K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 171K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 159K |
| 18:00 UTC | -2% | 149K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 141K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 131K |
| 21:00 UTC | 0% | 116K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 100K |
| 23:00 UTC | -1% | 90K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 393K |
| Monday | +1% | 483K |
| Tuesday | -2% | 520K |
| Wednesday | -3% | 472K |
| Thursday | -2% | 430K |
| Friday | -3% | 447K |
| Saturday | +2% | 393K |
Formats this account uses
Its own posting mix on the left, and what each of those formats does across every account we track on the right. Only formats where the effect clears our publish test appear here, so an empty row is a format we could not measure rather than one that does nothing.
| Format | This account | Catalog effect | 95% interval | Accounts behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image or video | 98% of posts | +111% | +108% to +115% | 34K |
| Outbound link | 98% of posts | -41% | -42% to -40% | 32K |
| Typical length | - | +15% | +14% to +16% | 32K |
- 98% of this account's sampled posts carry an image or video. Across the catalog, posts with an image or video run 111% above the same accounts' other posts.
- 98% of its posts carry a link off X. Across the catalog, posts with an outbound link run 41% below the same accounts' other posts, so a large share of this account's output sits in the weakest bucket we measure.
- Its average post runs 696 characters, which falls in the over 280 characters band. Across the catalog, posts over 280 characters run 15% above the same accounts' other posts.
These are catalog-wide differences applied to this account's own posting mix, not a measurement of how each format performs for this account specifically. We keep one median per account, not one per format per account, so the second thing is not something this data can tell you.
Best tweets
- Sep 7, 20267.7x their median
⚠️ LG Smart TVs Caught Scanning Networks and Logging Audio in Standby Details: https://t.co/2AkviczzBM Your LG smart TV may be doing far more than displaying your favorite shows while it sits “off” in the corner of your living room. A new investigation from Gamers Nexus, conducted alongside Level1Techs and independent security researchers, alleges that certain LG OLED televisions continue to scan home networks and capture microphone audio even in standby mode, then upload that data once the set reconnects to the internet. Using Wireshark packet captures, the team observed the TVs actively scanning the local network for unrelated hardware such as smartphones and smartwatches belonging to staff who weren’t even involved in the testing. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 6, 20263.0x their median
🚨 Hackers Exploiting MikroTik RouterOS Flaw in the Wild to Gain Complete Network Access Details: https://t.co/BgTjQTOrLI Attackers are actively exploiting an unauthenticated remote access flaw in MikroTik RouterOS, and network administrators worldwide are being urged to patch their devices immediately before compromise turns into a full network takeover. MikroTik confirmed on September 3, 2026, that it had discovered a serious security vulnerability affecting RouterOS and had already shipped fixes across every release channel, including 7.25 beta 3, 7.24.2 stable, 7.23.4 long-term, and 6.49.21 long-term. Despite that caution, exploitation began almost immediately, and forum users and researchers quickly pieced together the attack mechanics on their own. #cybersecuritynews #vulnerability
- Sep 11, 20262.4x their median
⚠️ Remote Desktop Services Failures on Windows Servers Following September Update Source: https://t.co/8jAEO7bL2U Windows administrators worldwide are grappling with a disruptive Remote Desktop Services (RDS) bug that surfaced immediately after Microsoft shipped its September 2026 Patch Tuesday cumulative updates. Session hosts running Windows Server 2019, 2022, and 2025 have begun freezing hours after boot, leaving RDP connections stuck at “Connecting…” and preventing logged-in users from disconnecting or logging off cleanly. The issue traces back to three specific cumulative updates: KB5122876 for Windows Server 2019, KB5122882 for Windows Server 2022, and KB5122871 for Windows Server 2025, all released as part of this month's security rollout. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 6, 20262.4x their median
🛡️ CrowdStrike Launches SafeMind - First Agentic Cybersecurity Solution Built for Defenders Details: https://t.co/T7Zmy6UGFo CrowdStrike has unveiled SafeMind, a family of purpose-built security models and harnesses that the company is calling the first agentic system engineered specifically for cyber defenders. Announced at Fal.Con 2026 in Las Vegas, the launch marks a strategic pivot away from generic frontier AI models toward a dedicated offensive-defensive framework built to operate natively inside the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. The system emerges from CrowdStrike's newly established Cyber Superintelligence Lab and represents one of the most ambitious applications of agentic AI in enterprise security to date. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 9, 20262.1x their median
🛡️ Windows BitLocker Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Execute Malicious Code Remotely Details: https://t.co/1OMyCQKhfW Microsoft has disclosed a new security flaw in Windows BitLocker, the operating system’s built-in disk encryption feature, that could let an attacker execute malicious code on a vulnerable device. Tracked as CVE-2026-69449 and published on September 8, 2026, the vulnerability stems from a heap-based buffer overflow in BitLocker’s code and has been rated “Important” in severity. An authorized attacker who exploits the flaw could execute arbitrary code locally. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 8, 20262.0x their median
WeWorm – First 0-Click Worm Spreading Through WeChat Calls Across iOS and Android Details: https://t.co/zhbYOPEU2D A proof-of-concept zero-click worm dubbed “WeWorm” that it says can spread through WeChat voice calls on both iOS and Android, compromising a target’s WeChat account in seconds without the victim answering the call. A Pixel 10a was used as the initial attacker device, which then called an iPhone 17e and exploited the flaw while the call was still ringing; the compromised iPhone was then used to call another Pixel 10a, which was reportedly taken over in the same way. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 11, 20262.0x their median
Windows 11 Security Update KB5124008 Breaks Always On VPN Connections Details: https://t.co/NTl0IwRpYd Microsoft’s September 2026 security update KB5124008 is knocking some Windows 11 enterprise clients off Always On VPN after the Patch Tuesday package landed on September 8. Administrators who can reproduce the failure say certificate-based tunnels that worked immediately before the patch stop connecting afterward, then recover as soon as the cumulative update is removed and the device is rebooted. The first detailed account appeared on Microsoft Q&A on September 9, 2026, from an administrator running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 clients with Always On VPN. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 7, 20261.6x their median
🛡️ 12-Year-Old PostgreSQL Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Code on Database Servers Flaw Details: https://t.co/s5WJDEmzuL A newly disclosed PostgreSQL vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6471 and nicknamed PostGREShell, could allow attackers with low-level replication access to execute arbitrary code on database servers. The flaw in PostgreSQL logical decoding existed for roughly 12 years and has now been fixed in supported releases. PostgreSQL is widely used to store business data, application records, customer details, financial information, and cloud workloads. The vulnerability is especially concerning because it affects an account type commonly used for backups, replication, disaster recovery, and change data capture operations. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 6, 20261.6x their median
🚨 Hackers Actively Exploiting Magento and Adobe Commerce 0-Day RCE Vulnerability Source: https://t.co/QegXRufn44 A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce is being actively exploited by attackers to seize full control of online stores, and there is still no official patch available. StyleSmuggler affects every current version of Magento and Adobe Commerce, including the latest 2.4.9 release, and requires no authentication whatsoever to exploit. The exploit unfolds in two distinct stages that abuse Magento’s own template rendering and email systems rather than a single obvious injection point. On one compromised store, the implant made no outbound internet connections at all, instead opening 28 simultaneous connections to the site’s own Redis instance. #cybersecuritynews
- Sep 9, 20261.6x their median
🛡️ Windows Defender ShieldCrash 0-Day Bypasses Microsoft Patch to Read Files as SYSTEM Details: https://t.co/RK9f3KhNo7 A newly published ShieldCrash proof of concept from researcher MSNightmare claims that Microsoft Defender remains vulnerable to an arbitrary file-read flaw, despite Microsoft’s earlier fix for ShieldBreak, tracked as CVE-2026-69414. The researcher says the issue could let a local attacker make Defender read files with SYSTEM-level privileges on fully updated, supported Windows systems. According to the MSNightmare, Microsoft addressed several parts of the original ShieldBreak issue but left a specific attack path available. Under certain conditions, that remaining path allegedly recreates the core security impact of the prior vulnerability. #cybersecuritynews
Ranked by total interactions across everything we have tracked for this account, which is a longer history than the 30-day window the rates above use. The multiple compares each post to this account's own median.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 131 interactions against 75K followers, an engagement rate of 0.18%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 58% of 14,930 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 7.1K times each, and 1.83% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 9.51% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.3 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 33% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 98% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 1.0K interactions, about 7.7x its own typical post.
- What is Cyber Security News's engagement rate on X?
- Cyber Security News (@The_Cyber_News) has an engagement rate of 0.18%, based on the median interactions across 40 original posts from the last 30 days against 75,082 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At 0.18%, Cyber Security News sits above the 50th percentile of the 151,176 accounts in this comparison. Those comparison accounts are all large ones, because our scanning cadence is weighted towards big accounts, so this is a ranking among peers of similar scale rather than a ranking across X.
- Does @The_Cyber_News have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 58% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (14,930 accounts), which puts it in the middle of its size range group. Ranking inside a size band matters because engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly re-measure the follower count. It is a starting point for a look at follower quality, not a verdict on it.
- When does @The_Cyber_News post?
- Most posts go out around 13:00 UTC, and Monday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.33 posts per day across the measured window.