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Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys
March 20, 2017 - With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would...
How not to phish a security researcher on Twitter
March 14, 2017 - You’ve compromised a few accounts. You’ve worked up a list of people most likely to click your links or send you personal...
Verified Twitter accounts compromised, get busy spamming
January 19, 2017 - Update: Twitter only recommends that verified users enable 2FA on their accounts. They do, however, need to have a verified phone...
Scammers sneak into customer support conversations on Twitter
August 11, 2016 - We’ve looked at the social engineering tactic of inserting a fake account into a conversation with legitimate support channels in the past,...
Avoid this “Authorize your Twitter account” phishing scam
July 21, 2016 - “What’s going on” is a very good question. The answer to that question, is that you’ve had a narrow escape from a phish...
NASA Kepler Twitter feed compromised…
July 6, 2016 - Any organisation or individual can fall foul of a Twitter compromise, with Exhibit A being the feed for NASA’s Kepler. In case you...
Avoid: “I just hacked my friend’s account” Twitter spam
April 4, 2016 - We’re seeing references to a website which claims to let visitors hack Twitter feeds of their choosing. It is, of course,...
Fake Twitter Verification Profile leads to Phishing, Credit Card Theft
June 30, 2015 - The lure of having your Twitter account verified is too much for some people to resist, and sure enough we’ve come...
Fake Bank of America Twitter Feed Leads to Phishing Page
June 24, 2015 - Over the last day or so, a Twitter feed claiming to be a support channel for Bank of America has been sending...
“See who visits your Twitter Profile” Spam: Blink and you’ll miss it
March 11, 2015 - Maybe this spambot was watching Blade Runner and took note of that whole “burning twice as bright” thing, because the Bot’s...
