Sophos' Graham Cluley has warned Twitter users of a recent phishing attack on the microblogging service.
Messages asking "This you????" followed by a link are being sent via the system to unsuspecting users.
If you click on the link you are then taken to a fake Twitter login page, where hackers are just waiting for you to pop in your username and password.
You can check out this YouTube video for a demonstration how this phishing attack works:
Take care with passwords
Cluley warns: "It's bad enough if hackers gain control of your Twitter account, but if you also use that same password on other websites (and our research shows that 33% of people do that all of the time) then they could access your Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook, eBay, Paypal, and so forth."
"So, be cautious about the links you click on, choose a strong password, and - if you have found that you're spreading suspicious messages from your Twitter account or believe that you have been compromised - change your passwords immediately.
"You should also check your Twitter account and check the Settings/Connections screen. If there are any third-party applications you don't recognise listed there, revoke their permission to access your account."
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mattswain
February 25th 2010
1. People just don't learn do they. There's nothing new or sophisticated about this sort of attack. If you're still being fooled by this sort of thing please drop me a line; I've got some magic beans that I can sell you...
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