Posts Tagged ‘short urls’

Short-URL Services May Hide Threats

Jul

2013

In a recent post, AppAppeal ranked the most popular URL shorteners. The top five includes TinyURL, Goo.gl, Bit.ly, Ow.ly and is.gd. Unfortunately, these helpful services are also used to hide a large number of malicious URLs. This result has made me want to learn more about malicious links that may be hidden behind these shortcuts.For […]

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Twitter is not charging in October, there is no petition, you’re being phished

Aug

2011

Another scam to steal Twitter users credentials is making the rounds today. The tweets being sent out read “Twitter might start to charge in October, sign this petition to keep the service free! -URL-.” The official Twitter account, @safety, has warned people about the threat and it appears that the Twitter team is having partial […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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