1. DANGER OF TWITTER

2. BEWARE OF TWITTER PHISHING Phishing always happen and sometimes you will receive a direct Tweet from your Twitter buddies They will let you know that someone is talking smack about you.

3. When you click the tiny URL link it will appear like this:

4. This is NOT Twitter.com but as you can see it is itvviter.com. So please check the URL although it is a tiny one before logging in to any site unless you had typed in the website’s address by yourself. BEWARE OF TWITTER SCAM Twitter become a popular medium for spammers and you can see the scam is named as ‘Your Online Timer’:

5. The link asks the user to click on a bit.ly link, which asks the user to authorize the ‘Your Online Timer’ application to access or update his/her Twitter account. Once you allow the application to connect to your account, it will post tweets on your account saying that: “I have spent 379 days on Twitter. How much have you? Find out here : ’the link’. Below shows what happen when you click it:

6. A STORY BEHIND TWITTER

7. CHED EVANS RAPE CASE Ched Evans is the 13th person has been arrested by police for investigating all the naming of a rape victim on social media sites(twitter). Wales and Sheffield United striker, Ched Evans was jailed for raping a 19-year-old woman near Rhyl. He was convicted of rape and jailed for five years at Caernarfon Crown Court on 20 April. He claimed that the woman had consented to sex at a hotel in May 2011. He will appeal as said by his lawyers.

8. TWITTER SAFETY TIPS Don’t give out easily your twitter password to others. Remember that even private tweets can be read by the genius one. Never tweet your phone number. Don't tweet something specifics about your location. Mark your tweets private so that only your family and friends can read them. Don't tweet and drive at the same time. Keep your profile information short. Only follow people that you know in real life.

9. CONCLUSION Remove unwanted application access. Don’t tweet something that can hurt someone else. Remember Twitter, remember danger.

10. REFERENCES http://planetjon.ca/2012/01/31/beware-of- twitter-phishing/ http://planetjon.ca/2012/01/31/beware-of- twitter-phishing/ http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/04/30/be ware-of-twitter-scams/ http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/04/30/be ware-of-twitter-scams/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north- east-wales-17929031 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north- east-wales-17929031 http://www.squidoo.com/twittersafetytips