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Porn Spam Botnet Has Evil Twitter Twin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:11:35 +0000

Last month KrebsOnSecurity published research into a large distributed network of apparently compromised systems being used to relay huge blasts of junk email promoting “online dating” programs — affiliate-driven schemes traditionally overrun with automated accounts posing as women. New research suggests that another bot-promoting botnet of more than 80,000 automated female Twitter accounts has been pimping the same dating scheme and ginning up millions of clicks from Twitter users in the process.

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QuickHealSecurity

Dear Women, Define your Online Identity Securely

Credit to Author: Suhita Mazumdar| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:46:23 +0000

Amazing women are everywhere. They have defined our past and are making our present better so that we can look forward to a better future. Women have always been more vocal, expressive and willing to share than men. And social networking has become one the most powerful platforms for them…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:37:07 +0000

With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would look to take advantage. We’ve already seen message board aficionados warn others of dodgy download links and random Zipfiles claiming to contain stolen nude photos and video clips, but today we’re going to look…

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