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Pictures of Osama Bin Laden phishing attack hits Twitter users

14

Aug

2011

Phishers are once again on the prowl for unsuspecting Twitter users, tempting their prey with the promise of pictures of Osama Bin Laden. Pictures of Osama Bin Laden [LINK] Some of the accounts had earlier posted a similar message (complete with some rather sloppy spelling): Pics of Osama Bin Laden Are Finally Released! [LINK] ::wanring […]

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Twitter finally released a “Stalkers” app? No, it’s a phishing scam

12

Aug

2011

Twitter users are being hit today by messages claiming to link to a new app from Twitter which will track your stalkers.However, the messages are really designed to steal your Twitter usernames and passwords.Here’s a typical message that users are seeing: Twitter finally released an app that tracks your “Stalkers” get it here [LINK]If you […]

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First microblog attack in China

30

Jun

2011

Sina microblog is the biggest microblogging platform in China and is very similar to Twitter. It has more than 140 million users, which is almost 10% of the population of China. On June 28 this year, it was attacked by an XSS worm and more than 30,000 users were affected. The worm aggressively sends out […]

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