Another Twitter Phishing Attack, Password Resets Sent Out!
Posted by Karen in UncategorizedSadly it seems that someone has been out Phishing again and earlier I saw a tweet in my timeline from the Safety team at Twitter with regards to the attack and that accounts that they think may have been attacked have been sent a password reset
So if you do get an email from Twitter asking you to reset your password, first of all make sure that the link in the email does indeed go to Twitter and no where else and then go ahead with updating your Twitter.
Be safe and always make sure your email from Twitter is real, if Twitter think that you are at risk then you should have received one of these emails already or you will be getting one shortly, another good point to remember is try not to use website that ask for your Twitter password and only use sites that use the Twitter OAuth for your security when giving access to your Twitter account.
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Twitter: andrewrondeau
says:
Thanks for the heads-up!
Have not yet received an email like this.
Andrew
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Hopefully, you’ve not been at risk
Twitter: techwalls
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Oh, I received the same email from Twitter but I haven’t reset password yet. I have to do it right now
Thanks.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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The sooner the better
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Twitter: Ileane
says:
Karen, thanks for the news. This is the first I’ve heard of it but I will be sharing.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
says:
Thanks for the RT
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Twitter: netchunks
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Thanks goodness I have not received any such kind of email. I will probably alert my friends about this
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Always good to spread the word about things like this
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Twitter: jronaldlee
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It’s scary how often the simplest attacks are the most effective… and it’s so easy to practice safe password behavior.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Safe password behaviour is certainly a must
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Twitter: bbrian017
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So far so good. I have not got any e-mail like this from my twitter account. Thanks for the heads up Karen
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Glad to be on help
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Twitter: colleenlane
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“…if you do get an email from Twitter asking you to reset your password, first of all make sure that the link in the email does indeed go to Twitter and no where else…”
Why do they do this? It kills me when a platform uses live links to get a job done. Why not just tell the user to go jump on the internet and login to their account! Ebay was (and is) notorious for this. With all the phishing scams, you would think these folks would stop sending us emails with live links.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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I often wondered that myself, it would be better to just say “We recommend you change your password”
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Twitter: dragonblogger
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My wife had this same alert for her Twitter account, but I didn’t get the notice from mine. When creating passwords for anything you should use the following rules:
at least 8 characters long
at least 1 digit
at least 1 capital letter
at least 1 special character (*,!,@,#,$,%…etc)
this will ensure your password is strong and make it less likely to be cracked.
Something like D!n0s@ur is really good, or *f0xYladies
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Now that’s some great advise for passwords creation
Twitter: DennisEdell
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Got it ! Woohoo!
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Ooo Yeah
I’m curious about the state of Twitter’s security generally. On the whole it seems to be rather safe and very functional. But I do wonder if its popularity has inherently made it a security risk. I also wonder if there’s something about Twitter’s own structure that gives it a bunch of users who want to do no good.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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There does seem to be a collection of Twitters that are just there to spoil it for everyone else, shame really.
Twitter: MetallmanX
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Hey there Karen,
Thanks for the heads up. I didn’t get this noticed and I didn’t hear any of my friends complain about getting it either so I’m hoping that it was a small group of people that were affected by this. Later!
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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I think it’s one of those security measures that Twitter deems it must send out to some
Twitter: my_frugal_ways
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I did receive this email from Twitter which the first time I saw it I thought it was a phishing email in itself. As another commenter mentioned above, I didn’t expect them to send an email with a live link. Furthermore, I was quite surprised by the email as I haven’t logged into Twitter or any Twitter related services in weeks.
Twitter: BlazingMinds
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If you use auto posting to Twitter, this may be a reason they have sent it to you
Twitter: moonheart85
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Yesterday I have got mail from twitter for reset my password. I have got two time such mail. I changed my password at once.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Excellent
Twitter: jsinkeywest
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I got the email like someone mentioned I’m suspicious of those change your password emails but glad my account is ok a friend of mine who doesn’t tweet ads has some whacky ads tweeted from her acct a few times a day she changed her pw
and it still tweets the ads 
Hope everyone has a great weekend
Just went by that vote site seems the CSS is whacked
he may be making changes again
Thanks Karen for all your kindness
Twitter: BlazingMinds
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It looks like there is always a site change going on for the voting
Twitter: 1stblogger
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Thank God, I have not got any e-mail like this from my twitter account. Thanks for the News Karen
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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You’re welcome
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Twitter: money_whisper
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I haven’t received any email. Maybe I am not that important for them
)
Twitter: smartbloggerz
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Phishing Attack doesn’t needs much resources..It just need a server, a fake looking page of the website and a script that will trace the username and password.
I remember when I was into hacking, We created a phishing page for the popular site ‘Orkut’ just to see how many users fall into the trap..Then we just broadcasted a IM to our Yahoo Messenger list telling them that this is Orkut 2.0 and it’s available only for some time..
The result were amazing..People really believed in it and submitted their original Orkut account information on our site..But we did just that for fun and none of the account were compromised as they were of our friends.
It tells, how much people are aware about phishing and why so many people fall in it daily.
PS. Recently, even I got a phishing mail for hacking my paypal..but since I’m aware of it, I replied back with bulls**t comments..
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Twitter: udegbunamchuks
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I always thought twitter attacks/phishing were targeted @ big twitizens. I’ve never been hacked so far and hopefully wouldn’t be in the nearest future. On the other hand, my FB account has been hacked once by someone peddling “Colon Cleansers”. I had to reset my password to stop the messages and it worked
Why do people bother to do such things? What exactly do they stand to profit from such activity?
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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I personally think that they have little else or nothing to do with their lives!