ZZOMG, Twitter Porn Names is a phishing attack

You've got to hand it to the shifty jackal that came up with #twitterpornnames. It's a brilliant display of two things. First, is underscores the power of trends on a social site like Twitter. Second, it clearly illustrates just how unaware people are as to the nature of scamming on the Internet.

What the hell is #twitterpornnames, you say?

It's a game that someone started on Twitter. You're supposed to announce your made-up name along with the hash tag and share in the LOL-fest. If you're paying attention, you'll notice just how stupid participating in the "game" could be.

See, the formula provided to create your name just happens to match some very common security questions to help people reset their passwords. Pet's name. First teacher. Street you grew up on. See the pattern?

It's bad enough that users have been taken in, but some have been so blind as to announce their exact formula along with their name. At least if they hadn't done that there would be a little guessing involved, but now it's been handed over on a silver platter.

Remember kids: don't take candy from strangers, and don't hand out your usernames and passwords - or the means to reset them - to the entire population of Twitter.

[via PCWorld]

Tags: passwords, security, twitter, twitterpornnames