madison
Home / News & Blogs

Scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook

Elinor Mills CNET News | November 2, 2009 1:35 PM PST

Summary

Twitter users warned about direct messages that said: "I make money online with google. i learned how here [link]." Facebook users were getting a bogus link from a friend.

Topics

Facebook, Twitter Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Twitter, malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News
Twitter and Facebook users were getting hit with scams on Monday.Twitter users warned about direct messages that said: "I make money online with google. i learned how here [link]."According to Twitter users, the link leads to a phishing page and is likely being generated by a virus.On Facebook, people were seeing messages from friends that said: "just take a look at it and read it over and try it if you want [link]." The link goes to a site that appears to be hosting malware.Accounts that are generating the messages are likely compromised and the owners should change their passwords immediately.

For more, read "Scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook" on CNET News.

Talkback Most Recent of 2 Talkback(s)

Talkback - Tell Us What You Think

Formatting +
BB Codes - Note: HTML is not supported in forums
  • [b] Bold [/b]
  • [i] Italic [/i]
  • [u] Underline [/u]
  • [s] Strikethrough [/s]
  • [q] "Quote" [/q]
  • [ol][*] 1. Ordered List [/ol]
  • [ul][*] · Unordered List [/ul]
  • [pre] Preformat [/pre]
  • [quote] "Blockquote" [/quote]

The best of ZDNet, delivered

ZDNet Newsletters

Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox

Facebook Activity