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Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Formspring, MySpace and others have gained millions of users in the last years. Persons from 9 to 90 years old are registered, post content in form of text, photos and video. Even if you have your kids as contacts on social networking sites, there is a lot that […]

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For some time, we’ve seen site URLs with the dot TK (.tk) extension being spammed by bogus accounts on Twitter to random users. One of our threat researchers in the AV Labs found these particular Tweets quite noteworthy: Computer view (click to enlarge) Smartphone view (click to enlarge) Such Tweets are equally accessible to computer […]

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We saw samples of email messages disguised as notifications from popular networking sites, in particular LinkedIn, foursquare, MySpace, and Pinterest. These spam contain links that direct users to bogus pharmaceutical or fraud sites. They also use legitimate-looking email addresses to appear credible to recipients. Using famous brands like these sites are effective in luring users […]

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