Prevent Your MySpace Account from Being Phished
- Tue Jul 31, 2007
- By Susan
- Filed under: The Net
- 2 Comments
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During the past week, many users of MySpace have been complaining of receiving messages from famous Tom that they’re account has been phished. It’s not surprising. I just had one of my accounts hacked into. It was my fault, I should have created a better password.
I’ve used MySpace primarily as a place to network and increase exposure for select sites. Unfortunately, a handful of sites regularly get hacked to be used for spamming comments, bulletins and messages.
In the last couple of years, millions of MySpace users have had their account phished (”hacked”). One protective measure is to either not use friend bots or use them carefully. MySpace states that you cannot track visitors or send out friend requests from a “friend bot” but many music groups, bands, large and starter companies usually use these services to quickly pick up the number of friends on a new account.
If you have this service, as a protective measure, run a virus scan after every use to detect tracking cookies or other viruses after the program has been used. As a convenient option, the service will save your login information which could make yourself vulnerable if you’re not careful. Some are trustworthy, but be smart.
Another easy safety measure is to routinely change your password. The password could be changed every month and a few passwords could be put on rotation.
As for my phished account, it was totally my fault. I wasn’t careful. I’m working with MySpace in getting that account back, but…I have little hope. They’ve been moving at a snail pace to resolve the issue.
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4:03 pm on August 1st, 2007
The phishing filters are TOO sensitive. When I recommend a friend, it takes the recommendation as phish and I have to re-re-reset my password.
8:50 pm on August 1st, 2007
I agree, they are bit too sensitive. I guess MySpace is trying to reduce spam, but are instead causing other issues. Funny how most fixes pan out like that.