Recently there was a Twitter phising scam trying to hack users passwords with DMs. There is always a chance that someone will scam you, especially when media goes mainstream. As with anything in life and on the web you should take proper security cautions.

Phishing noun ~ fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as user names / numbers or passwords (i.e. banking info, email password)

Here’s what you can do to protect your Twitter Account:

1. Change your password frequently
2. Make your password hard to crack by mixing it up with upper case, lowercase and numbers
3. Don’t share your password (so many people don’t get this one)
4. Don’t let people know the year you are born
5. Don’t click on links from people you don’t know or trust (and even if you know them, consider opening a new window and typing in the link yourself.
6. Make sure your internet connection is secure – learn what you can do to make it safer.
7. Be careful about what you say online, remember – the whole world can see it if they want to.
8. Using a client, preferably a desktop client will control the ability to reach your account details.
9. Use a password protection program on your computer and change the main password frequently.
10. Backup all of your information
11. Monitor and warn other users (in a friendly way) – awareness and education goes a long way
12. Remove Friends that post suspicious links
13. Delete funny looking posts from your account to protect other people from clicking on the link too.

There you go, lucky 13 to keep your account safe. Next time we will explore keeping yourself safe on Twitter.

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