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Twitter goes down again
Twitter went down for a short time Saturday morning for reasons unknown. They simply called it “unexpected downtime.” In a blog post the company announced that once again they had to take their API offline as part of the repair process. This frustrated many developers and users of third party services, many of which had more »
The Koobface worm pops up on Twitter
The Koobface worm has now surfaced on Twitter with the latest variation attempting to create as much havoc as possible. The newest code can allow criminals to access a person’s Twitter account and post their own tweets. These tweets are used as a way to spread the worm and infect your followers if they open more »
Malware attacks lurk behind fake Harry Potter movie and Michael Jackson news
A new malware attack exploiting the upcoming and highly anticipated new Harry Potter movie “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is hitting the net. Using black hat SEO and malicious posts in blog comments, the scammers try to trick fans into clicking on the link, which claims they can watch the new movie online for more »
As Facebook continues to grow, it becomes the target of a worm
As I talked about recently, we all know that Facebook, along with most social networking sites in general, is growing in popularity in a major way as of late. And with an increase in users comes an increase in the interest of those wanting to target those users maliciously. So what do you have as more »
Facebook users hit with flood of malware
Facebook users need to be very careful these days. The popular social networking site has been hit with a new wave of malware that pretends to be one of the thousands of third party apps available on the site. One of the most dangerous is the newest version of the Koobface worm, which turns the machines it infects into zombies and adds them to a botnet.
Another rogue program that made the rounds last week, causing havoc as it did so was an app called “Facebook-closing down!” which sent fake notifications to users saying one of their friends had reported them to Facebook for terms and services violations. Anyone who clicked on the link in the fake alert was directed to the app, which then sent the same fake alerts to all their friends. Since the fake alerts actually named the friend who allegedly did the reporting, a lot of drama and hurt feelings ensued.
