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[Twitter Blog] Twitter Blog: Trust And Safety: By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter. Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we'll be able keep that user safe.

[TG Daily] Twitter fights back against phishing scams | TG Daily: intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter" says the company on its blog. "Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we'll be able keep that user safe." .

[LA Times Tech Blog] Twitter targets phishing scams by screening links | Technology ...: Users won't notice any difference because the service works behind the scenes, Twitter said. But users may start to see short links using Twitter’s own “twt.tl” URL shortener in direct messages and e-mail notifications.

[TechCrunch] Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service: By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter. Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we’ll be able keep that user safe.

[TechCat] Twitter URL Shortener To Combat Phishing Scams - TechCat: By deploying this technology, Twitter has effectively launched their own anti-spam program as they will be able to identify and intercept malicious links as well as prevent their spread. Twitter will also be able to neutralize bad links that were sent by an email notification that resulted in their users clicking on the link.

[Pocket-lint : Latest News] Twitter to run all links through anti-phishing filter - Pocket-lint: As most phishing attacks are sent via Direct Messages, that'll be the first place that the filter is rolled out to. You might see twt.tl links appearing there and in your email notifications, if you have them.

[Software news] » Twitter Starts Fighting Malicious Links Via New Service: As Director of Twitter’s Trust and Safety team, Del Harvey, explained, the team focuses on fighting spam and abuse, but it can detect a malicious link only after said malicious link has already been posted to Twitter. So to better fight spam, scams and abuse, Twitter launched a new service that detects malicious links before being posted to Twitter.

[Socialmedia] Socialmedia » Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti ...: by routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread .Even if a bad link is already sent out in an email notification and somebody clicks on it, we'll be able keep that user safe.

[Twittown - Social Apps, Mobile Apps, Reviews and Directory] Twitter Launches Anti-Phishing Security Features | Twittown: That's why it's great to hear from Twitter that they're taking the problem seriously and instituting security measures to intercept those malicious links before users have a chance to click on them and comprimise their accounts. Although Twitter hasn't explained the particulars of how the new anti-phishing system works (and that's probably a good move, considering that the more hackers know about what they're up against, the easier they can get around it), what we know from the blog post is that all links sent through Twitter will be routed through the new anti-phishing system.

[Computerworld Philippines] Computerworld Philippines :: Mobile & Wireless Networks Security ...: Phishing scams on Twitter usually involve attackers trying to obtain the login credentials of Twitter users, and then sending spam messages from the stolen accounts in a bid to make money, Twitter said on its blog last month. Twitter also fights phishing scams by watching for affected accounts and resetting passwords, it said.

[TechChunks.com - Latest Technology News Updates] Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing: Routing All Links ...: Since these attacks occur primarily on Direct Messages and email notifications about Direct Messages, this is where we have focused our initial efforts. For the most part, you will not notice this feature because it works behind the scenes but you may notice links shortened to twt.tl in Direct Messages and email notifications.”

[Erictric] Twitter Rolls Out New Service to Combat Phishing: However, the Twitter Trust and Safety team says that users might notice links in Direct Messages and email notifications shortened to twt.tl, Twitter’s very own URL shortener. Anyway, the new anti-phishing feature couldn’t have come at a better time, give that Twitter has seen an increasing number of phishing and malicious attacks lately.

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