{"id":19163,"date":"2011-03-17T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-03-17T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T09:29:00","slug":"new-twitter-security-feature-a-must-sophos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/19163-new-twitter-security-feature-a-must-sophos.html","title":{"rendered":"New Twitter security feature a must: Sophos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security and control firm Sophos are advising all Twitter users to take immediate advantage of a new feature offered by the site  – “Always use HTTPS.”<\/p>\n

“Twitter’s new security option means that once you have logged in, all of your interaction with Twitter is encrypted automatically,” says Brett Myroff, CEO of regional Sophos distributor, Sophos South Africa.<\/p>\n

“If you don’t use HTTPS, impostors who listen in to your Twitter traffic can obtain your session key – a secret code that identifies you for as long as you’re logged in. This means that they can impersonate you, posting any tweets on behalf of you or your company.”<\/p>\n

This type of impersonation is known as sidejacking, because it lets an impostor hijack your Twitter session while sitting somewhere alongside you.<\/p>\n

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“Every time you use unencrypted Wi-Fi, in a coffee shop or airport lounge for example, any users sitting nearby could be sidejacking you.  If you’re a Twitter user, turn this new option on today,” Myroff advises.<\/p>\n

“This sort of online impersonation is embarrassing at best.  At its worst, it could be reputation-trashing.”<\/p>\n

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