URL shorteners expose vulnerabilities, opens doors for hackers

It can be difficult to find what you are looking for on the internet. First you have to know the server, then the folder, then the page, assuming what you are looking for is a web page. It could be an FTP server, a file sharing server or the front door to a tax system. When URL shorteners were first introduced they were immediately used to execute internet fraud. Now hackers have been using the availability of url shorteners to find one drive services and discover data. Microsoft and Google are taking steps to fix the problem but many shortened urls are still exposed.