Twitter Hack

With all the reports of Facebook hackings that have been taking place it seems that Twitter is now being targeted as well.  Mashable is reporting this morning on a Twitter hack that uses an intriguing link, ‘Time on Twitter,’ to get users to run a script that then spams out the message through that account.

A new Twitter scam is making the rounds, spreading through accounts of unsuspecting users who have been duped into clicking on a link that claims to reveal how many hours they’ve spent on Twitter.

The scam spreads through a message that reads “I have spent 11.6 hours on Twitter. How much have you? Find out here.”
The message is followed by a link that takes the user to a page that will attempt to connect an application called “Time on Tweeter,” which, if installed, will spread the message further through the users’ Twitter account without their consent.

Similar to many other Twitter and Facebook scams we’ve seen, this latest one shows how important it is to make sure you can trust an application before you give it access to your Twitter or Facebook account.

If you’ve fallen victim to this or similar scams, you should immediately revoke Twitter access to all suspicious applications. To do that, log into Twitter, click on “Settings” in the upper-right drop-down menu, choose “Connections” and click “Revoke Access” on suspicious apps — which, in this case, is the app named “Time on Tweeter.”

Schroeder, Stan. ‘11.6 Hours Scam Spreading on Twitter [WARNING].’ Mashable.com. http://mashable.com/2011/03/02/twitter-11-6-hours-scam/ March 2, 2011 (accessed March 2, 2011).

Twitter Hack – Beware What You Click

The lesson to be learned here with both the Facebook Hackings and now this Twitter hack is to be careful what links you are clicking on.  Facebook hackers have been gaining access to fanpage accounts through links that are posted on Facebook pages that encourage users to ‘Share with ALL Fans’ by running a similar script.