Twitter security braces for further attacks - Telegraph.co.uk

Twitter's new authentication feature has been in development since at least last month, according to a person familiar with the matter. The San Francisco-based company said it plans to introduce more security measures to prevent hacking. "When you sign in to twitter.com, there's a second check to make sure it's really you," O'Leary wrote. "Much of the server-side engineering work required to ship this feature has cleared the way for us to deliver more account security enhancements in the future." In the AP hacking attack, the fabricated tweet was sent after unauthorized users gained access to the account, the news agency said. Common tactics that hackers use include phishing attacks, in which someone is duped into installing malicious code onto their computer or mobile device, and malware hidden on websites. The AP restored its Twitter account after a security review. The false information from the AP account, which also said President Barack Obama had been injured, came after repeated attempts by hackers to gain access to AP reporters' passwords, the news agency said. In February, the Twitter account for Jeep was taken over. About the same time, the account for Burger King also was compromised. While those breaches were quickly remedied without any significant loss of sales, businesses can come under greater scrutiny after financial regulators approved the use of social media to release market-sensitive information. "For a long period of time, banks were the main target, where hackers would embed a phishing link inside an e-mail," Meftah said. "Social sites are the new attack surface for these guys. If you can phish against Twitter, phish against Facebook - - the number of consumers that are going to be affected by it is massive." via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFYdJgDbdZrXJgLKlIYsZ0QlxtniQ&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/10075345/Twitter-security-braces-for-further-attacks.html

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