11 11, 2009

Lessons learned from a hacked Twitter account

By | 2009-11-11T07:09:12+00:00 November 11th, 2009|Articles, Cyber Crime, How To, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

If you follow @WebSpy on Twitter, you would have received a very strange Direct Message (DM) from us yesterday. Something along the lines of "rofl this you?" or "you're on this vid!" or "I found you on here!" Unfortunately, the WebSpy Twitter account fell victim to a phishing scam, and as a result sent phishing spam to all our Twitter followers. We are embarrassed by the incident and we apologize to all of our followers, especially the ones that clicked the link in the DM and were caught by the phishing scam themselves. Here's a rundown of the event in the hope that it will help others know what to look out for.