Peaches Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Twitter DM Spam Collects Mobile Numbers8:49 pm (UTC-7) | by JM Hipolito (Technical Communications) Cybercriminals are using compromised Twitter accounts to spam out information-gathering websites to unknowing users. The attack starts with compromised Twitter accounts. The accounts are used to send out Direct Messages to the followers of the users who own the compromised accounts. The Direct Message—which is basically the Twitter counterpart of a private message—contains a link to what looks like an IQ test website: An IQ test may seem harmless but the last thing asked for in the test is no longer an answer but the respondent’s mobile number. Though the real motive for this scheme is unclear, we believe that this was set up to gather mobile numbers from unknowing users to become potential targets for SMS spam or other mobile-related attack. Details & screenshots at TrendLabs - http://blog.trendmicro.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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