You probably heard that Wall Street saw a 'flash crash' last week because of automated trading systems read a hacked Associated Press twitter feed (above) and immediately started selling. In a memo to news organizations,
Twitter warns that it expects continued high profile account hijackings and pleads with organizations to keep their accounts secure. Twitter warns that hackers are using advanced "spear phishing" tactics.
One thing they recommend is downright SILLY. They recommend to "Designate one computer to use for Twitter...Don't use this computer to read email or surf the web, to reduce the chances of malware infection."
C'mon, as if that is ever going to happen: Twitter is telling journalists to stay off the internet on the computers they use for Twitter. Good luck with that. Essentially what is needed here that everyone gets some good quality security awareness training. That will protect them against social engineering by hackers.
