Research Examines Twitter Abuse by Attackers

  • 1 October 2014
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By Brian Prince on October 01, 2014
 
Twitter is a popular way for millions of people to connect online. It is also a popular way for attackers to spread malicious content.
 
In a new paper, researchers at Trend Micro revealed the results of analyzing more than a half a billion tweets. The company found that millions of the messages linked to material ranging from phishing pages to malware.
 
"We ended up gathering more than 570 million Tweets in total," blogged Jon Oliver, senior architect at Trend Micro. "Of these, we identified that more than 33 million – 5.8% of the total – had links to malicious content of some kind of another. Malicious content does not necessarily mean only malware: it can also mean links to spammed advertisements and phishing pages, among other threats. The data collection period was during a period when there was significant spam outbreak."
 
SecurityWeek/ Article/ http://www.securityweek.com/research-examines-twitter-abuse-attackers

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