Mashable reports that the Twitter Phishing Scam is on the run again. It shows up as a Direct Message that says "you're on this vid", "haha, that u on here?", or "lol this is funny" with a fake link to log into Twitter. It's pretty easy to avoid this type of thing by following a couple simple steps:
- ALWAYS check the URL of a web page before entering in your account information (for any site). Most Twitter-related services are using OAuth anyway, so you should see the standard Twitter login screen.
- If you do give away your login info, change your password immediately! While it may seem obvious, some people don't realize that you can avoid many problems by doing changing your password.
- Finally, pick a strong password. Words found in the dictionary are bad passwords. Throw a symbol in there, or a few numbers. Instead of "officechair" make it "0ff1c3Ch4ir"
Plus, don't forget that if you have granted access to a service or application using OAuth, you can revoke access at any time on your settings page.