Phishy tweet through twitter.
Here we go again. According to Security Pro News, "Twitter users whose online acquaintances claim to be rolling on the floor with laughter should probably just leave well enough alone.
A Twitter phishing scam featuring the acronym ROFL is spreading via direct messages at a rapid pace."
What happens is that a person might get a direct message from a friend that reads, "rofl this you on here?" and then it has a link to http:// videos. twitter. secure-logins01. com (some spaces have been added so that no one accidentally clicks or copies an active link) The scammer's hope is that since it's from a friend, you'll click on the link and log in, thinking it's secure.
According to Security Pro News, the problem is that the log in site you're directed to is false, and meant to get your login information: "The destination on the other end of the link is a phishing site made to be like Twitter. It requests users' login info, and unsuspecting individuals who provide it will see their accounts used to send out still more of the ROFL direct messages." and "The good news is there's no evidence that the phishers are taking any further action, so this could just be a prank."
Apparently Twitter's aware of the problem and has tried to alert people of its existence with a tweet issued from an official account.
Normally I don't report on this type of story, but considering so many of my readers are also tweeters, I felt compelled to share this issue!
Word of warning: if this has happened to you - or even if it hasn't, it's a good time to change your Twitter password.
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