Bad guys are using Twitter to click on links that lead to malware. I've seen it. You've seen it. We both have almost fell for it. Simple advice... don't click on things from strangers, don't click on things from anyone for that matter. I wish I could make a bumper sticker like "Say No to Links" and have kids join a club called S.A.R.C. (Students Against Reckless Clicking).
So in summary, if you you don't know the person don't click the link on their Twitter feed or Twitter mention. If you do know the person, then reply, "What is this?" I've done it. About 75% of the time I either get no reply or they tell me they didn't send it and they probably got hacked. I'll see you all at the next S.A.R.C. meeting, there will be chips and dip.
2 comments:
What we need is a URL shortening service which garuntees that the redirect goes to a non-malicious page some how so that the trust chain from url shortener to user provides some authenticity.
Genius!
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