After the ‘occupation’ unauthorized Twitter accounts of several media, with such spectacular effects as sudden movements on the stock exchange, the company ‘microblogging’ launched new security measures that will allow users who subscribe to them establish a checking system before connecting .
is a “second check to make sure you are who you say,” the popular servcio its user. “ Need an e-mail address and a valid phone number . After a quick test to see if your phone can receive messages on Twitter, you can start,” said Jim O’Leary, responsible product safety of Twitter, in a post.
Thus, as do some banks ‘online’ and other companies that handle sensitive customer data online, through this security system sends a text message on the phone of the subscriber with a Security Code to enter the account in question, in addition to the traditional password.
“Of course, even with this security option enabled, is important that customers use a secure password and follow the rest of our recommendations so that your account remains secure ,” said O ‘ Leary.
Some experts praise this new verification system, but “it depends how you display Twitter”, as pointed James Gabberty , Professor of Information Systems at Pace University.
The use of an alternative device to generate the second key, such as a mobile phone in this case, is “generally very safe,” observes Gabberty. But he argues that it is preferable even phone operator and Internet service provider depends on two different companies, with different “architectures” . “If it’s two different companies is very safe as it offers the maximum guarantee that the received message has not been compromised,” the expert adds.
Twitter Gabberty states that have other security issues , such as that related to password changes regularly. “For my part, I stay away from Twitter because this system is so insecure … It can still be ‘hacked’” said Gabberty.
Recent Issues
Several accounts
major media such as CBS, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse , were engaged and busy with recently unauthorized messages.
The consequences of these ‘abductions’ accounts are sometimes unpredictable. In fact, a recent ‘tweet’ false published in late April on behalf of AP announced an attack on the White House and provoked a strong reaction from the New York Stock Exchange, although the issue was corrected with fairly quickly.
A group called the Syrian Electronic Army (‘Syrian Electronic Army’, SEA), apparently belonging to the regime of Bashar Assad, claimed responsibility for ‘hijack’ the accounts of the AFP, AP and other media.
site ‘web’ satirical The Onion, another victim of SEA in early May, gave details of the attack he suffered and told how some of its employees had received spoofed emails through which, through ‘social engineering’ , got their passwords to get into the Twitter accounts linked to the environment.
Twitter, which has become a major social networking platform, is seen security service has been questioned in recent months . Even became known last February that the company was affected by a cyber attack “sophisticated”, following which passwords were stolen 250,000 users.
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