Twitter spammers infect users with fake antivirus programs

A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to infect their computers with rogue antivirus programs, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab. While monitoring the spam campaign for several hours, Kaspersky’s…

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Twitter hauls spammers into court

Twitter has taken its fight against on-line spam to the courthouse, filing suit last Thursday in the US District Court in San Francisco. Here’s a summary, plus some tips for you to do your bit to help cut down Twitter spam. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View…

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Twitter Being Used by Malware Developers: Symantec

Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…

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