Presentation I gave at the CoolTwitter Conference in Cleveland, Ohio August 7, 2009. I talked about the top 5 1/2 threats to Twitter and ways you can use it safely. Yes, there are more then 5 1/2 issues but I only had 15 minutes! :-)
7. Web Vulnerabilities
⢠XSS (Cross Site
Scripting)
⢠ClickJacking
⢠Third-Party
Applications
(Twitpic,
BrightKite)
8. Impersonation &
Disinformation
⢠Fake accounts
(Celebrity)
⢠Do you trust
what you
read?
⢠Fake Re-
Tweets
⢠SPAM
9. The employees at
Twitter...srsly.
⢠Two high proďŹle
attacks already!
⢠Donât use real
information for
password reset
questions!
⢠Same passwords for
all accounts = FAIL
12. NoScript
⢠Protects you from
malicious JavaScript
⢠Prevents XSS/ClickJacking
⢠Kills unwanted
ads..improved speed!
⢠http://noscript.net
13. Use a Third Party Client
⢠Safer then using the
Twitter web client
⢠Some have issues
with clear text
authentication...but...
14. Long URL Please Add-on
⢠Shows you true URL
⢠73+ services supported
⢠LongURLPlease.com
15. Use a Password Manager
⢠KeePass
⢠1Password (iPhone) keepass.info
⢠Or...think of a
password scheme
(C0mp1exP@assw0rd
_Tw1tter)
⢠If one account gets
compromised...others
are safe!
16. Careful what you
believe, trust but verify...
⢠Even Tweets from
your friends! What if
their account was
compromised?
(Koobface)
⢠News sources can be
sketchy...