As recent as yesterday it has been made evident that Twitter still has some significant Security issues that haven’t been resolved to date, and everyone should be made aware of the possibility of security breaches with your account(s) if you make use of the Twitter application directly. So until these issues are addressed and satisfactorily resolved you should be sure to unfollow people you don’t trust, or use a 3rd party application, such as TweetDeck or Tweetlater for your Twitter needs, at least until the Security issues are resolved.

Mashable – Twitter Security Exploit Hasn’t Been Fixed Yet

TechCrunch – Massive Twitter Security Problem Not Resolved Just Yet

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We wrote previously that “Entrepreneurs and business owners should always maintain a constant vigilant guard against someone obtaining confidential personal and secret information either through use of online technology and fraudulent system access by individual hackers, or covert espionage operations for either corporate or government infiltration of offices and systems.”

As both Entrepreneurs and individuals, one of the best ways of maintaining your constant vigilance in the ongoing battle of fraudulent activity involving your vital personal or business information and systems access, is to review and learn from the experience of others and make the necessary adjustments to your own security measures on a regular basis.

Remember, that many times the simplest of measures like creating passwords that have no reasoned connections to your personal history information, using a different password for each service you use, and once again, don’t relate answers to recovery questions to personal information that can be easily determined, or better yet, create false answers that only you know and can remember.

Most importantly, when it comes to your data security, being PARANOID is a good thing.

The Rest of the Story: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/19/the-anatomy-of-the-twitter-attack/

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Team Altman Interesting News:

Entrepreneurs and business owners should always maintain a constant vigilant guard against someone obtaining confidential personal and secret information either through use of online technology and fraudulent system access by individual hackers, or covert espionage operations for either corporate or government infiltration of offices and systems.

Security is a very fundamental component to the integrity of Internet usage by both individuals and businesses, and without having adequate security assets and their most effective configurations as part of your overall strategic technology plan, it is only a matter of time before the inevitable security breach happens, and many times with severe consequences, so remember, Entrepreneurs must always be vigilant to safeguard their most important information assets.

The Rest of the Story 1: http://mashable.com/2009/07/15/twitter-security-meltdown/

The Rest of the Story 2: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/in-our-inbox-hundreds-of-confidential-twitter-documents/

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