Sunday
May242009
Twitter and the Acai Berry Spammers
Well According to Sopho's There seems to have been some hacking going on for the Acai Berry spam. Some of the messages were:
It seems to be a random http://random.CN domain but we've talked about this in the past. Sopho's isn't sure how this happen but I have a suspicion that it was a Phishing attack done on the facebook users recent weeks that have the hackers going to other social sites and trying those passwords.
[ad]Although I agree with Sopho's on making sure not to have a dictionary word, I also think users should take care of all your online accounts. As most people will become aware of is most users use only one password for all their accounts online or only have 3 different passwords for 20 different sites. This is something that needs to change and you can do that with [intlink id="2646" type="post"]Roboform[/intlink] to keep your passwords safe and also to make sure they can't guessed.
If you have been compromised on t witter and only use one password, you can bet all you other accounts have been compromised as well. You should change your passwords as soon as possible. You should also make sure in the future not to be tricked into giving out your password which is called Phishing, in which a site with a different url is made to look like Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace log in page.
It seems to be a random http://random.CN domain but we've talked about this in the past. Sopho's isn't sure how this happen but I have a suspicion that it was a Phishing attack done on the facebook users recent weeks that have the hackers going to other social sites and trying those passwords.[ad]Although I agree with Sopho's on making sure not to have a dictionary word, I also think users should take care of all your online accounts. As most people will become aware of is most users use only one password for all their accounts online or only have 3 different passwords for 20 different sites. This is something that needs to change and you can do that with [intlink id="2646" type="post"]Roboform[/intlink] to keep your passwords safe and also to make sure they can't guessed.
If you have been compromised on t witter and only use one password, you can bet all you other accounts have been compromised as well. You should change your passwords as soon as possible. You should also make sure in the future not to be tricked into giving out your password which is called Phishing, in which a site with a different url is made to look like Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace log in page.
|
2 Comments | in 2009, Acai Berry, Hackers, Phishing, Spam, Twitter
Reader Comments (2)
nice post, thanks for sharing
nice post, thanks for sharing