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Title: Hi-tech criminals target Twitter and CNN
Post by: Clive on August 05, 2008, 14:32

Micro blogging site Twitter is the latest target of cyber criminals who are increasingly finding fertile ground on social networks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7543014.stm

http://blog.mxlab.be/2008/08/04/cnn-daily-top-10-leads-users-to-site-hosting-malware/

Title: Re: Hi-tech criminals target Twitter and CNN
Post by: sam on August 05, 2008, 15:11

stupid people on social networking sites is the problem here, not the sites themselves. I use facebook but would never dream of realising things such as phone numbers, but there are so many groups on there that are "I've lost my phone, please post your numbers here"... its a spammers heaven.