ALERT: Wi-Fi Hacking Scheme Moves to Twitter
Just when you thought it was safe to resume Tweeting as normal in your corner Starbucks, think again. A London-based software developer has developed a hijacking tool that compromises Twitter accounts on open, Wi-Fi networks and then ominously posts a warning to the victim.
Just when you thought it was safe to resume Tweeting as normal in your corner Starbucks, think again. A London-based software developer has developed a hijacking tool that compromises Twitter accounts on open, Wi-Fi networks and then ominously posts a warning to the victim.
Jonty Warieing’s tool, named “Idiocy,” searches for users logged onto Twitter over insecure, public Wi-Fi networks. Once found, it hijacks their session to post a tweet informing them that they are vulnerable to attack and then links
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