Stop Twitter Spam

In the past day or so, I’ve noticed that several accounts that I’ve been following have been hijacked by porn accounts.  PC World reports that Guy Kawasaki was a victim of this latest attack.  From the PC World post:

Recently scammers have become more aggressive on the site. They will set up new accounts and post spam messages on hot topics in hopes of gaining clicks when people search through Twitter.

And while hacked Twitter accounts are still rare, they’re a much more effective way to reach victims, according to Rik Ferguson, a researcher with Trend Micro. “If you can take over an account that has a couple of thousand follower then you can get a much better return on your investment”

The Trojan link posted by Guy Kawasaki has been followed by more than 1,600 people, according to Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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