Symantec reports a massive hacker attack on Twitter
Symantec is reporting numerous attacks on user accounts on the social network Twitter. Attackers hacked accounts of unsuspecting users and published on behalf of the messages containing links to malicious programs. However, many similar reports have been published in Russian. series of break-ins twitter-accounts began in early July and touched people around the world. The set of accounts for several weeks under the control of attackers, and while using some of them have already been published on hundreds of tweets, many account holders still have not noticed. Once the user clicks on the link in the message, the browser opens a malicious website program. Along with the standard browser page load automatically starts to download a malicious application.
Even though the application is automatically downloaded, installation is still triggered by the user. Experts also noticed that these malicious Tweets, among other things, encouraged to download a free version of the game Asphalt 7. Once installed, the so-called free version can begin sending in the background SMS messages to premium rate numbers, and spent by the user in the end amount will be much higher than the cost of this game.
Other similar tweets contain images that attract the interest of users and encouraged to click on the links that also leads to the download of malicious software on their devices. To ensure that your account is not compromised, Symantec experts recommend to check not appear on any of your tweets are, you do not publish, and if you have not subscribed to the user accounts that you have not added . To prevent hacking your account, you should use complex passwords, beware of phishing, and protect their devices from malicious software, using the latest version of the operating system, programs and anti-virus software.
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