Comments on: The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374290 Patrick de Laive Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:47:36 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374290 Yep I received multiple messages too. I now get a reported web forgery screen. <div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://skitch.com/patrickdelaive/byge3/reported" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20090105-n1dpj2t3yp7usjtni9xq5ykwkq.preview.jpg" alt="Reported" /></a></div> Yep I received multiple messages too. I now get a reported web forgery screen.

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]]> By: The first Twitter Phishing Scam of 2009 | Are We Connected.com http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374289 The first Twitter Phishing Scam of 2009 | Are We Connected.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:41:32 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374289 [...] The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking [...] [...] The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking [...]

]]> By: sethgoldstein (Seth Goldstein) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374291 sethgoldstein (Seth Goldstein) Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:10:34 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374291 phishing on twitter looking for big phish must read http://tinyurl.com/9oko6t phishing on twitter looking for big phish must read http://tinyurl.com/9oko6t

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374288 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:49:15 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374288 The interesting thing is that it isn't just a phishing effort but almost a true virus. Once you log into the fake Twitter site a DM gets sent to all your contacts. That is the reason why it works so well. I received several DMs from them. The interesting thing is that it isn’t just a phishing effort but almost a true virus. Once you log into the fake Twitter site a DM gets sent to all your contacts. That is the reason why it works so well. I received several DMs from them.

]]> By: DrShock (Walter van den Broek) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374292 DrShock (Walter van den Broek) Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:34:25 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374292 The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking http://tinyurl.com/9oko6t Take care The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking http://tinyurl.com/9oko6t Take care

]]> By: sofaemployed (Dan Kellner) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374293 sofaemployed (Dan Kellner) Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:07:40 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374293 RT <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/graphicidentity">@graphicidentity</a>: RT <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/dpcafe">@dpcafe</a>: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi - already got 1 of these RT @graphicidentity: RT @dpcafe: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi – already got 1 of these

]]> By: graphicidentity (A u d e e) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374294 graphicidentity (A u d e e) Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:05:21 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374294 RT <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/dpcafe">@dpcafe</a>: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi RT @dpcafe: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi

]]> By: Chris Baskind http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374287 Chris Baskind Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:49:40 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374287 FWIW, Zee, the actual phishing text now appears to be variable. There's also a version like this: "Hey, I found a website with your pic on it... LOL check it out here http://twitterblog.access-login ... " I shortened the URL. FWIW, Zee, the actual phishing text now appears to be variable. There’s also a version like this:

“Hey, I found a website with your pic on it… LOL check it out here http://twitterblog.access-login … ”

I shortened the URL.

]]> By: dpcafe (dpcafe) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374295 dpcafe (dpcafe) Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:16:13 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374295 Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi

]]> By: ZeeDotMe (Zee) http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/04/the-phishing-scam-which-has-twitter-talking/#comment-374296 ZeeDotMe (Zee) Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:39:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=9401#comment-374296 The Phishing scam which has Twitter talking http://is.gd/evni The Phishing scam which has Twitter talking http://is.gd/evni

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