Here we go, Twitter finally introduced the most anticipated security feature "Two-Step authentication" that prevents hackers getting access to your twitter accounts.
The recent cyberattacks from Syrian Electronic army(SEA) forced the twitter to enable the 2-step verification feature.
The SEA is the syrian hacker group who recently hijacked the high profile twitter accounts including accounts of Guardian , Telegraph, FT, AP and more via Social engineering attack(Phishing).
Once i said, the only feature that can stop the Syrian Electronic army is 2-step verification :
Thank you twitter for enabling this feature.
What is exactly 2-step Authentication?
Though i have already explained about this in my previous articles, i would like to explain one more time in this article.
"2-step authentication is a security feature that prompts you to enter a temporary password sent to your phone whenever you log into your account."
So how to enable this security feature?
The recent cyberattacks from Syrian Electronic army(SEA) forced the twitter to enable the 2-step verification feature.
The SEA is the syrian hacker group who recently hijacked the high profile twitter accounts including accounts of Guardian , Telegraph, FT, AP and more via Social engineering attack(Phishing).
Once i said, the only feature that can stop the Syrian Electronic army is 2-step verification :
I think 2-step authentication will prevent @official_sea12 from hacking ur Twitter account.@twitter can you make it fast?!!!!!! #EHN
— E Hacking News (@EHackerNews) May 5, 2013
Thank you twitter for enabling this feature.
What is exactly 2-step Authentication?
Though i have already explained about this in my previous articles, i would like to explain one more time in this article.
"2-step authentication is a security feature that prompts you to enter a temporary password sent to your phone whenever you log into your account."
So how to enable this security feature?
- Go to https://twitter.com/settings/account page
- Scroll to the bottom of the page , there you can find the "Account security" option.
- Select the option and follow the instructions
