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New “Unfollowed You” Scam Hits Twitter Trending Topics

21

Dec

2011

Twitter‘s list of trending topics appears to have been hit hard by another variant of the familiar “see who unfollowed you” scam:Significant numbers of Tweets are being sent out that contain the above message: saying that a certain number of people have unfollowed them, and to find out who unfollowed you, click on the link. […]

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Premium Rate SMS Trojans in Google’s Android Market

12

Dec

2011

Premium rate SMS trojans were discovered in Google’s Android Market earlier today. The developer, named “Lagostrod”, offered supposed free versions of many popular applications. And while Google has shut down the official market account, sites such as AppBrain still list the downloads. Based on AppBrain’s numbers, Lagostrod’s apps were downloaded numerous times. But that isn’t […]

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Hacked Sky News Twitter account claims James Murdoch arrested

14

Nov

2011

The official Twitter account controlled by the business desk of Sky News was apparently hacked last night to display a false message claiming that News Corporation’s Chief Executive and Chairman James Murdoch had been arrested by police in London. BREAKING: James Murdoch arrested over phone-hacking claims. Questioned at Paddington Green police station at 10pm. The […]

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