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Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the market

Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the marketIs this English?"I ?wonder? why is the originally blurred by the author Twitter account used in the proof..." RE: Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the marketThanks for posting this info. That's a nasty piece of software. I hope Twitter will now require legit email...

Tags: Spam, E-mail, Twitter, spamming tool, spamming

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

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Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics

Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

News to know: Microsoft; T-Mobile Cliq; MotoBlur; @facebook; Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Oracle Corp., Mobile, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Identity Theft, Phishing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-11

'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government

Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...

Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Bad ethics in the wild: Twitter spamming and site stealing

Interesting......a guy who has no problem violating copyrights complaining about a lack of ethics.Carl RapsonSPAM on Twitter!!! Say it isn't so!!Why is this worthy of a ZDNET blog entry. Is your next entry going to be about how you hate to get those EMail's that say "You've Won $15,000,000" or...

Tags: Spam, E-mail, Twitter Inc., Twitter spamming, BAD ETHICS, spamming

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

TwitterServant 2.0 (Windows)

Twitter Servant is a software program that effectively helps a businesses utilize one of the most important marketing vehicles available today; Twitter.com. Twitter Servant is an software application businesses can use to find the exceedingly superior follower that becomes a customer. After using Twitter Servant, businesses will see an increase...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Microsoft Windows, Labor Tool Set, Twitter Servant, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Web Site Development, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-02

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?Leave that for the 3rd party providersMS is already treading on anti-trust thin ice with the release of this for the client. By not stepping into the enterprise market, MS allows all the current AV providers to charge for their enterprise features. So...

Tags: Servers, X-WINDOWS, server, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading

Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email. The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...

Tags: Patch Management, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Malware Campaign, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Is Twitter finally taking security seriously?

Now that Oprah's all a twitter, it looks like everyone's favorite micro-blogging tool is finally taking a hard look at security. According to a job listing posted online, Twitter is searching for software engineers to focus specifically on application and infrastructure security. ...

Tags: Twitter, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-27

News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Waledac botnet spamming fake SMS spying tool

Waledac is once again using its well proven social engineering tactics by introducing a "fake SMS spying tool" (free.exe; smstrap.exe; install.exe; setup.exe etc.) and Online Casinos theme, in an attempt to further expand the botnet. No client-side vulnerabilities are used for the time being, instead the cybercriminals...

Tags: Phone, SMS, Spamming, Cybercriminal, Tool, Waledac, Bredolab, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Twitter hit by multiple variants of XSS worm

During the weekend and early Monday, at least four separate variants of the original StalkDaily.com XSS worm hit the popular micro-blogging site Twitter,  automatically hijacking accounts and advertising the author's web site by posting tweets on behalf of the account holders, by exploiting cross site scripting flaws at the site....

Tags: Flaw, XSS, Worm, Twitter, www.StalkDaily.com, Mikeyy XSS, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-14

CIO for Hire: Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s also dangerous

Guest post: TechRepublic's Jay Rollins talks about an instance in his company where the user view of “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it� seriously affected the bottom line and what he had to do to correct it. You can find more posts like this in TechRepublic's CIO for Hire...

Tags: Marketing, E-mail, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Twitter's active users grow 900% in one year

Twitter is growing at a phenomenal rate, according to an employee post on the Twitter blog. Just how phenomenal? Try this: Active users have increased 900% in a year, and two times the traffic that Twitter's website receives heads to Twitter's APIs -- meaning that far more...

Tags: Blog, Twitter, Tweeters, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-13

News to know: Cisco, Windows 7, SAP, Google Latitude

Sam Diaz: Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned Tom Steiner-Threlkeld: Cisco May Cut 2,000 Jobs. But That's Not A Layoff. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's worst nightmare: Windows 7 deemed less secure than Vista Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is UAC...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-02-05

Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the market

Last week, a commercial Twitter spamming tool (tweettornado.com) pitching itself as a "fully automated advertising software for Twitter" hit the market,  potentially empowering phishers, spammers, malware authors and everyone in between with the ability to generate bogus Twitter accounts and spread their campaigns across the micro-blogging service. ...

Tags: Spamming, Twitter, Tool, TweetTornado, Productivity, E-mail, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit

Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitAre hackers just a little evil or---do they use bazookas too---RE: Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitHow about telling us WHICH 6 of the 37 AVs could identify this junk? And the "product marketing materials" indicate that they can exploit even...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Chrismas, Christmas-themed web malware exploitation kit, Christmas-themed, exploitation kit, web malware exploitation kit, cybercriminal, computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Zombie PCs: 'Time to infection is less than five minutes'

Zombie PCs: 'Time to infection is less than five minutes'Ok, agreed, OpenBSD is more secure.But, NOT Windows!!!Have to agreeJust stay away from Porn and warez, and you are pretty much immune to this stuff, regardless of what platform you are using.you ought to read the articlebefore posting. The article...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Zombie PC, infection, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, UAC

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymity

China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityClearly a crimefighting imperativeThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is such a nuisance.RE: China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityHmmm, this is quite disturbing. While I can see the benefits in one hand I see abuses in the other. And the abuses I see...

Tags: INTERNET, Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, Now Let

Discussion threads 2008-09-12