|
|
|
Breaking Bad Fans Targeted in Twitter List Spam |
Si vous voulez bloquer ce service sur vos fils RSS
Si vous voulez nous contacter ou nous proposer un fil RSS
Menu > Articles de la revue de presse : - l'ensemble [ tous | francophone] - par mots clé [ tous] - par site [ tous] - le tagwall [ voir] - Top bi-hebdo de la revue de presse [ Voir]
Présentation : On the heels of its most highly acclaimed episode, Breaking Bad fans tweeting about the popular AMC show may find themselves targeted by a new Twitter spam tactic. Traditionally, spammers and scammers abused the reply functionality built into the service but over the years, spammers have searched for different ways to gain visibility amongst Twitter users. The most recent tactic being utilized is called list spam. A Twitter list consists of a curated group of Twitter users. Users can create their own lists or subscribe to existing lists already created by others. Spammers are using this feature to get the attention of Twitter users. Various lures have been used in Twitter list spam recently, from offering celebrity phone numbers to free gift cards, devices, and video games. Breaking Bad 1.png Figure 1. Twitter spam account for Breaking Bad This weekend, the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad, Granite State, will air. The show has received a lot of buzz and fans, like myself, have eagerly counted the days until Sunday. Spammers are riding the coattails of the show s popularity in an attempt to trick users into downloading a leaked copy of the next episode. Breaking Bad 2.png Figure 2. Twitter lists used in Breaking Bad spam Twitter list spam starts off with being added to a list along with thousands of other users. Usually, this type of spam requires you to visit the list creator s page to see the spam link. In this case however, the link is presented in the list description. Breaking Bad 3.png Figure 3. Pastebin contains links to file hosting services The URL leads to Pastebin, which contains links to different file hosting services for downloading the episode. Breaking Bad 4.png Figure 4. File hosting services hosting an episode of Breaking Bad The file hosting services contain a 280MB file for the user to download. Additionally, users can opt to download a torrent file to use peer-to-peer downloading to obtain the episode. Breaking Bad 5.png Figure 5. File contained within the archive Once downloaded, there are two files in the Zip a text file named How To Open READ FIRST.txt and a large file nearly 300MB . Breaking Bad 6.png Figure 6. Readme text file contains a shortened URL In order to open the large file, users are instructed to download the latest version of 7-Zip. The link directs users through an affiliate program, which is how scammers make money. The affiliate program directs users to an installer that comes bundled with other applications. Users can choose not to install these applications. Breaking Bad 7.png Figure 7. Breaking Bad season 5, episode 12 Ultimately, installation of this file is unnecessary as the video file can be opened in any media player. Unsurprisingly, the downloaded episode is from earlier this season. Breaking Bad 8.png Figure 8. Reporting spam account to Twitter Twitter list spam is a new trend, one that is gaining quite a bit of traction. If you find yourself added to a Twitter list, you can remove yourself from the list by reporting the user that added you.
Les mots clés de la revue de presse pour cet article : twitter
Les videos sur SecuObs pour les mots clés : twitter
Les éléments de la revue Twitter pour les mots clé : twitter
Les derniers articles du site "Symantec Connect Security Response Billets" :
- What you need to know about election apps and your personal data
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2016
- New Adobe Flash Player exploit used by Magnitude and Nuclear exploit kits
- Latest Intelligence for March 2016
- New Flash zero-day exploited by attackers in the wild
- Samsam may signal a new trend of targeted ransomware
- Four tax scams to watch out for this tax season
- Most prevalent Android ransomware in the West arrives in Japan
- Taiwan targeted with new cyberespionage back door Trojan
- Seven Iranians charged in relation to cyberattacks against US
Menu > Articles de la revue de presse : - l'ensemble [ tous | francophone] - par mots clé [ tous] - par site [ tous] - le tagwall [ voir] - Top bi-hebdo de la revue de presse [ Voir]
Si vous voulez bloquer ce service sur vos fils RSS :
- avec iptables "iptables -A INPUT -s 88.190.17.190 --dport 80 -j DROP"
- avec ipfw et wipfw "ipfw add deny from 88.190.17.190 to any 80"
- Nous contacter par mail
| Mini-Tagwall des articles publiés sur SecuObs : | | | | sécurité, exploit, windows, attaque, outil, microsoft, réseau, audit, metasploit, vulnérabilité, système, virus, internet, usbsploit, données, source, linux, protocol, présentation, scanne, réseaux, scanner, bluetooth, conférence, reverse, shell, meterpreter, vista, rootkit, détection, mobile, security, malicieux, engineering, téléphone, paquet, trames, https, noyau, utilisant, intel, wishmaster, google, sysun, libre |
| Mini-Tagwall de l'annuaire video : | | | | curit, security, biomet, metasploit, biometric, cking, password, windows, botnet, defcon, tutorial, crypt, xploit, exploit, lockpicking, linux, attack, wireshark, vmware, rootkit, conference, network, shmoocon, backtrack, virus, conficker, elcom, etter, elcomsoft, server, meterpreter, openvpn, ettercap, openbs, iphone, shell, openbsd, iptables, securitytube, deepsec, source, office, systm, openssh, radio |
| Mini-Tagwall des articles de la revue de presse : | | | | security, microsoft, windows, hacker, attack, network, vulnerability, google, exploit, malware, internet, remote, iphone, server, inject, patch, apple, twitter, mobile, virus, ebook, facebook, vulnérabilité, crypt, source, linux, password, intel, research, virtual, phish, access, tutorial, trojan, social, privacy, firefox, adobe, overflow, office, cisco, conficker, botnet, pirate, sécurité |
| Mini-Tagwall des Tweets de la revue Twitter : | | | | security, linux, botnet, attack, metasploit, cisco, defcon, phish, exploit, google, inject, server, firewall, network, twitter, vmware, windows, microsoft, compliance, vulnerability, python, engineering, source, kernel, crypt, social, overflow, nessus, crack, hacker, virus, iphone, patch, virtual, javascript, malware, conficker, pentest, research, email, password, adobe, apache, proxy, backtrack |
|
|
|
|
|
