August 18, 2009, 11:05AM
Researcher Finds Twitter Botnet Command Channel
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Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation.
The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots -- sending new links for the infected computers to contact and new commands and executables to download and run. Read the full story [arbornetworks.com]
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