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LinkedIn Sues Cybercriminals Responsible for Creating Fake Accounts [Bloomberg]

08

Jan

2014

LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit against the cybercriminals responsible for creating fake accounts which they use for spam and other malicious purposes. The social media company doesnt know who they are, but that doesnt mean the suit is in vain. The complaint filed by the company has been obtained by Bloomberg. It shows that the […]

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BET VIP Concert Ticket Scam Spreading on Twitter

19

Jul

2013

This weekend one of my favorite bands won free concert tickets on Twitter. They tweeted about the message they received from another Twitter user. Figure 1. Sarcastic tweet about free concert tickets This type of scam looked familiar from a security standpoint. Upon further investigation, we at Symantec Security Response confirmed these suspicions. Figure 2. Spam account replies […]

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Tinder: Spammers Flirt with Popular Mobile Dating App

02

Jul

2013

Over the last few years, we’ve reported on a number of spam campaigns spreading through various social networking sites and applications. As with any social service, as it becomes popular, spammers look for ways to take advantage of this popularity by targeting the users of these services.I’ve previously blogged about the popularity of online dating […]

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