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A Twitter phishing scam tore across the micro-blogging site over the past few days. It all started with direct messages sent to Twitter accounts saying “rofl this you on here? http://videos.twitter.secure-logins01.com.” The link leads to seemingly innocuous Twitter login page. However, to the keen observer of the URL you can see that it is obviously not an official Twitter site.
Once on the fake login page, if you entered credentials you were taken to a “Too many tweets page” explaining that Twitter is having technical trouble (is it that hard to believe?).
A day or two later, if you logged into your Twitter account you will have found hundreds of get-rich-quick, earn-money-at-home spam messages sent on your behalf.
If you are a victim, you had best change your credentials to your Twitter account and any other sites using similar login information. If you are a casual onlooker, try not to point and laugh.
Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/jcbarry
[2] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/a_new_way_phish_could_hook_even_wary_users
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/sinister_firefox_ad_google_links_ridiculous_scam
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/facebook_claims_twitter_%E2%80%9C_rearview_mirror%E2%80%9D
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/fraud
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/phishing
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/software
[8] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/software_news
[9] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/spam
[10] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/twitter
[11] http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/news
[12] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/login?&commentfragment=comments_top_anchor