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WHID 2011-24: Twitter worm hits goo.gl, redirects to fake anti-virus

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Entry Title: WHID 2011-24: Twitter worm hits goo.gl, redirects to fake
anti-virus
WHID ID: 2011-24
Date Occurred: January 20, 2011
Attack Method: Unknown
Application Weakness: Unknown
Outcome: Planting of Malware
Attacked Entity Field: Web 2.0
Attacked Entity Geography:
Incident Description: A fast-moving Twitter worm is in circulation,
using Google’s goo.gl redirection service to push unsuspecting users to
a notorious scareware (fake anti-virus) malware campaign.
Mass Attack: No
Reference:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/twitter-worm-hits-googl-redirects-to-fake-anti-virus/7938
Attack Source Geography:
Attacked System Technology: Twitter
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Sent to you by wasc-whid via Google Reader: WHID 2011-24: Twitter worm hits goo.gl, redirects to fake anti-virus via Default WHID View on 1/26/11 Entry Title: WHID 2011-24: Twitter worm hits goo.gl, redirects to fake anti-virus WHID ID: 2011-24 Date Occurred: January 20, 2011 Attack Method: Unknown Application Weakness: Unknown Outcome: Planting of Malware Attacked Entity Field: Web 2.0 Attacked Entity Geography: Incident Description: A fast-moving Twitter worm is in circulation, using Google’s goo.gl redirection service to push unsuspecting users to a notorious scareware (fake anti-virus) malware campaign. Mass Attack: No Reference: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/twitter-worm-hits-googl-redirects-to-fake-anti-virus/7938 Attack Source Geography: Attacked System Technology: Twitter Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Default WHID View using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites