This is a Pecha Kucha presentation I made at the Virtual Round Table. It covers the basics behind what a Twitter worm looks like and how to disinfect yourself. It also includes some tips on how to filter out worms to begin with.

1. The Frontier of Twitter

2. 1) Early Adopters/Experimenters 2) Utilizers/”Sneezers” 3) Widespread Use 4) Hackers and Spammers move in Evolution of Major Technologies

3. Bad Security = Bad Reputation Bad Reputation = Missed Connections

4. When you follow someone ... By: Townend Photography DM me sometime! Don't mind if I do.

5. I have a treat for you.

6. Most Common URL Shorteners: tinyurl.com, bit.ly, j.mp, su.pr, ow.ly, tr.im, is.gd, twitpic.com

7. Tools to check URLS: Tweetdeck PowerTwitter for FireFox (You use FireFox right?)

9. Invite you to a quiz

10. Contain a leading question

11. What to Do – Step 1

12. What to Do – Step 2

15. Where do worms come from?

16. Back in the Good ol' Days (a year ago) ...

17. Oauth to the rescue! (sort of)

19. Oauth = Permanent Pipe to your account

21. Rule: When in doubt, revoke.

22. Action Steps 1) Inform users they are hacked 2) Don't click on strange links (no, seriously don't) 3) Oauth = better, username/password = not so good 4) Set SocialToo.com filters