Josh Long on Spoutible

@theJoshMeister

I’ve been doing cybersecurity research for over 25 years. But today’s the 15-year anniversary of when I started writing about infosec. 🥳🎉

My first article was on how to safely preview shortened URLs.

Today is also the 15th anniversary of the “StalkDaily Worm” that spread on Twitter.

Following is an excerpt from Josh Long’s first cybersecurity article.
“On many social networks, it's a common practice to use shortened redirect URLs rather than linking directly to the (often much longer) original URL of a page. This is especially common when character limits are imposed, such as Twitter's 140 character maximum.
“From a security standpoint, blindly clicking on redirect URLs is probably not the best idea, especially if you don't know (or don't implicitly trust) the person who shared it. In fact, even a trusted user's account could theoretically be hijacked, as happened earlier today when an XSS attack was launched against Twitter.
“Thankfully, many URL shortening services offer ways of previewing the full URL before visiting it. Instructions for some of these sites follow (roughly in order of popularity). … this information is given for information purposes only, based on what I was able to find out by researching and testing each service.”

03:11 AM - Apr 12, 2024

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