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Justin Bieber’s Twitter account – hacked!

28

Mar

2012

Sophos – Lend a little sympathy to pop star Justin Bieber today, after his Twitter account was hacked and an unauthorised message was sent to his 19 million fans. 19 million my ass. #biebermyballsFortunately the message was rapidly deleted, and it appears that the account was compromised more to spread embarrassing graffiti rather than with […]

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Twitter mention spam goes for the gut

14

Mar

2012

In the swirling seas of spam emails that our analysts come across every day, the anti-stomach-fat/six-pack-abs theme repeats itself quite regularly. Unless they are tricked by some fiendishly clever social engineering (see here and here), most email recipients know better than to follow links to sites promising ultimate-waistline-thin-ness. But what happens when these links are […]

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Is it time to delete your old Tweets? Market researchers salivate at opening of Twitter Firehose

28

Feb

2012

Did you think Twitter was just for fun? That your tweets were just harmless irrelevant mutterings into the electronic ether? You’re wrong. You’re taking part in a massive market-research study. The news, which may surprise some, is that Twitter has found another way to monetise its service, having partnered with a firm which will make […]

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