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Twitter phishing attack spreads via Direct Messages

10

Jul

2011

Twitter users are reporting receiving direct messages (DMs) from other members of the network, cheekily asking if it is them who is pictured in a photo, video or mentioned in a blog post. Various versions of the dangerous messages include: is this you in the video? is this you in this picture? check this out… […]

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Your Google+ Invite May be Spam

06

Jul

2011

We have recently observed a run of spam that is trying to capitalize on the new social networking platform provided by Google, named Google+. The spam samples are similar to other social network spam messages, which are discussed in one of our previous blogs. Currently, Google is trialing their new venture with limited users; therefore, […]

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Social Network Attacks Surge

30

Jun

2011

Exploiting the popularity of social networks for the purposes of distributing spam, malware, and phishing attacks is quite a common technique these days. Spam attacks via social networks grew dramatically between April and June 2011. Over this period, we monitored and analyzed social network spam attacks that used three popular social networking sites—Facebook, Twitter, and […]

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