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15 Phishing Scams to Watch Out For

by Warren Riddle on March 5, 2009 at 02:01 PM




Phishing on Twitter

Since the beginning of this year, users of popular micro-blogging site Twitter have fallen prey to two completely separate phishing expeditions. In the first scam, which was identified by the Twitter Eng and Ops team, victims receive direct messages from hacked accounts asking the users to follow a link. The link, of course, directs them to a site mimicking the actual Twitter login page. After login info is entered, the scam spreads throughout that person's contacts. The day after issuing phishing warnings, Twitter suffered another attack, during which numerous celebrity accounts were hacked, disseminating spam and phishing links throughout the site. Watch out for direct messages with links included, especially ones reading, "Check this out" or "Funny blog about you!" If there is a link, make sure the domain is Twitter.com and not something that just includes the word "twitter." Again, as with other phishing scams, don't enter any personal or login info into any URLs you may get on Twitter, and you should be safe.



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