Twitter Warns of New Phishing Scam
October 30, 2009 by Stephen S Alison
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In a previous article entitled “Phishing Scam Steals Twitter Passwords” we reported that a phishing scam is circulating on Twitter that aims to steal users’ log-in credentials and then forward scam messages to all their friends in the hope of tricking them too.
Phishing, in computer security terminology, is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames and passwords.
Now, through its Spam Watch account, Twitter Warns of New Phishing Scam: “We’ve seen a few phishing attempts today; if you’ve received a strange DM and it takes you to a Twitter login page, don’t do it!”
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