Twitter API Being Exploited by Drive By Malware

Author: Donald Sears
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Drive-by exploit writers have been spotted using a popular Twitter
command to send web surfers to malicious sites, a technique that helps
conceal the devious deed.  According to researcher Denis Sinegubko, it’s
being added to heavily obfuscated redirection scripts injected into
compromised websites. The scripts, which redirect victims to drive-by
sites that attempt to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in programs
such as Apple’s QuickTime. Read the full article. [The Register]

Drive-by exploit writers have been spotted using a popular Twitter
command to send web surfers to malicious sites, a technique that helps
conceal the devious deed.  According to researcher Denis Sinegubko, it’s
being added to heavily obfuscated redirection scripts injected into
compromised websites. The scripts, which redirect victims to drive-by
sites that attempt to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in programs
such as Apple’s QuickTime. Read the full article. [The Register]

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