Yet Another Round of Attacks on Twitter!

Clicking on links has always been a part of the relationship between hackers and their potential victims. As a result, a huge micro-blogging site Twitter - with activities based on clicking links - has become a field for hacker activities. Last week I informed you about a scam campaign targeted towards Twitter which tricks potential victims by purportedly offering "Best Video" but actually infecting their systems with fake anti-virus software. This time I'd like to update your knowledge with a bunch of new attacks on Twitter.

Are you willing to reveal your user name and password to someone for a chance to get hundreds of followers on Twitter? I would really recommend you not even to think about that. Don't believe in any messages claiming "OMG WOW I'm getting 100s of followers a day, Check this site: http://twittertain.net". There's absolutely no guarantee  that as soon as you provide your credentials to the Twittertain site, hundreds of new followers will join your team... What's even worse - hackers will be able to break into your Twitter account and start sending spam, spreading malware or starting new phishing attacks.

If you, unfortunately, have been tricked by hackers, believed their promises and have already given your login details to hackers via Twittertain, be sure that you change your passwords as soon as possible. But even this won't guarantee that your Twitter account is safe.

The second group of hacker attacks on Twitter is related to the breaking news that millions of people are interested in. One of their campaigns is using the death of the famous actor David Carradine as a lure to spread rogue antivirus/antispyware programs. As soon as users click on certain infected links, they are navigated to a site with a video. At the end, deceived victims will have an Adware/PrivacyCenter installed in their systems.

PrivacyCenter is an adware that deceives users by alerting them of nonexistent threats on their computers. In  order  to eliminate them, they are enticed to purchase a certain program.

Once again, as the whole essence of Twitter is clicking on links, it's extremely important to be cautious and to use appropriate and up-to-date anti-virus software. Use your common sense when dealing with any links and stay alert when providing your login information. You never know where a hacker is hiding and waiting for you...