Muy fácil. Buscan “email me at:” o “contact me” y les salen un montón. ¡Cuidao a ver lo que compartes, mangurrián!

Research: Spammers actively harvesting emails from Twitter in real-time

By Dancho Danchev | January 20, 2012, 12:20pm PST

Summary: Security researchers from WebSense, have conducted an experiment, proving that Twitter is still a heaven for spammers looking to harvest freshly shared email addresses.

Security researchers from WebSense, have conducted an experiment, proving that Twitter is still a heaven for spammers looking to harvest freshly shared email addresses.

More details on the experiment:

We conducted research on how data that might be considered private is exposed via Twitter. The research focused on shared data, in particular email addresses, that can potentially be used against the one (or the organization) that shared it. During the research we monitored Twitter over a 24 hour period and found that users were publicly sharing email addresses connected with their inboxes, social media identities, and bank accounts. This leaves them open to advanced ‘social spear phishing’ attacks and spam campaigns.

Our research found that thousands of Email addresses are publicly shared daily via Twitter.  More than 11,000 email addresses were shared worldwide.

This isn’t the first time that a vendor is aiming to raise awareness on the fact, users sharing their emails publicly, can become targets of successfully crafted spear phishing campaigns.

I little experiment I conducted back in 2009, also provided similar results. Basically, what I did was to measure the trending of words such as “email me at”; or “contact me at”. The results? Thousands of freshly shared emails ready to be harvested by spammers in real-time.

Twitter email harvesters have been in the wild for years, it’s time for Twitter’s users to wake up and realize that the spammers are monitoring Twitter’s global feed, and are successfully harvesting their email addresses.

Howard Stern personally calls Twitter fans on New Year’s Eve

Richard Drew / AP

Howard Stern wished some fans a happy new year with a personal call.

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Howard Stern fans who follow the radio host on Twitter had a chance to get up close and personal with the King of All Media on New Year’s Eve.

Stern tweeted this message to his followers Saturday night: “Beth and I are drunk dialing. What’s your phone number?”

Stern and wife Beth apparently followed through on that promise for the next few hours, at least according to Stern’s Twitter feed, where he would tweet about who he spoke to. In numerous cases, he didn’t reach the person, but tweeted that he left them a voicemail message.

One fan tweeted that he adopted his two cats because of advice from Stern, and Stern tweeted “Just called to hear about the cats. Got voicemail.”

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An equal opportunity pet lover, apparently, Stern also called two fans who mentioned their dogs, including one who said that he and his wife were staying home with a dog who’d just returned from the ICU.

 To another, Stern tweeted “sorry to interrupt the video games,” and to another, he said “Drinking beer alone. What happened? You clammed up on me.”

Some of the fans then reported on their calls via Twitter. The aforementioned video gamer wrote “Howard Stern just called me! This new year rules already!”

Another lucky fan tweeted after her call: “OMG! It was like the best thing ever! I started crying after we hung up!”

When he was finished, Stern tweeted “Just made my last call. Going to bed. Wishing everyone a happy new year. If u get a call after this…it’s not me.”

El famoso y controvertido locutor de radio pidió el teléfono a sus seguidores de twitter para llamarles en Nochevieja. “Beth (su mujer) y yo estamos ‘drunk dialing’ ¿Cuál es tu número?” Fue el twit que empezó todo. La gente emocionada.