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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,...

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Britain’s Got Talent – and Twitter Spam

July 15, 2014 - Yesterday, an awful lot of Twitter users following some of the winners and finalists from Britain’s Got Talent may have run into...

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Steer Clear of the Latest Twitter Spamrun

March 19, 2014 - Watch out for messages on your Twitter feed like the ones below, because they’ll try their best to give your account...

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Twitter Spamrun: “Isn’t This You?”

February 21, 2014 - Watch out for this spam run taking place on Twitter: The spam spreading on compromised accounts are bundles of @ messages...

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Twitter Spam Rides Again: Keeping Your Account Safe

January 23, 2014 - Over the last few days, I’ve seen a number of Twitter accounts belonging to both people in the security community and...

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Beware Twitter Messages claiming “Your blue badge Twitter account has been reviewed as spam”

April 29, 2022 - Twitter verification is a two-edged sword. According to Twitter, it’s supposed to let people know “that an account of public interest...

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Actor’s verified Twitter profile hijacked to spam NFT giveaways

January 31, 2022 - When we refer to hijacked verified profiles on Twitter, it’s most commonly some sort of Elon Musk themed scam. The hijackers...

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A month of giveaway spam on Twitter

September 19, 2018 - We’ve observed a low level spam campaign working its way through Twitter, with just under 2,000 posts visible on public search...

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“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos

January 23, 2018 - Twitter spam has been around forever, and rogue apps asking for installs in return for a cool feature (to be more...

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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...

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