Twitter phishing scheme
There is a phishing scheme propogating through Twitter now. It works in this way:
- You get a direct message which often contains a URL with "blogspot" in it. Do not click that link.
- If you happen to click the link, you'll be taken to a phishing site asking you to login. Don't do that either.
- If you did and logged in, change your password immediately.
Go to for more info or to learn more.
This developed over the weekend while I was away at my parents who have no Internet access. I checked Twitter via my iPhone and saw a message asking me to visit the link. Unsuspectingly, I swallowed the bait, clicked the link and, believe it or not, logged in. D'oh!
The result was that I spammed every person following. While I'm not to blame, I do feel terribly about it nonetheless. Don't become a victim like me.
This will come and go in a few days hopefully. Phishing, like email spam, is a fact of life on the web, so there's little to be done about it I suppose. Still, viligence and a good malware program is called for.
