Friday, August 1, 2008
Internet hackers could be taking advantage of a vulnerability in Twitter which allows them to access the sensitive data of user accounts, it has been revealed.
PC Advisor reports that Aviv Raff, a security researcher, said the program contains a possible flaw whereby an attacker can follow the activities of a user by getting them to click on a malicious link.
According to the website, he said: "It can force people to follow you, which means all your twits will be showed in their Twitter home page, including potentially malicious links."
This bug is the second found by Mr Raff in the Twitter software, the first regarded the ability of hackers to send malicious links via email to other users.
In other news, PC Advisor also reports that Apple Mac users are being warned that hackers could soon target software for their platform more aggressively - somethng that could affect data security.
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