Peaches Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Jun21-2010Spammers Target Facebook and Twitter at Once The mail, which poses as a Facebook notification message, uses adult-themed strings to lure users into opening the attachment. The .ZIP file attachment, Twitter.zip, contains the file twitter.html, which has an embedded malicious script that Trend Micro detects as JS_REDIR.AE. Social networks are still on the verge of reaching their peak, as an increasing number of users spend more time on managing their accounts. According to the latest findings by Nielsen, social networking and blogging account for one in every four-and-a-half minutes people spend online. With Facebook still remaining as one of the world's most popular social media sites and Twitter not far behind, cybercriminals will most likely use these sites more and more to propagate malicious codes. Story & screenshots - http://blog.trendmicro.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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