Twitter Phished? It’s an Easy Mistake to Make
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href="http://mashable.com/2010/02/20/twitter-phishing-attack/">Twitter phishing attacks caught some users off-guard this week, and some expressed surprise that such attacks remain effective.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised: Not only do we tend to trust direct messages sent by friends, but the rise of short URLs and a trend towards federated login systems (
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That’s the topic of my CNN column this week.
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