Buyer Beware!
May 31st 2009 01:42
Finally getting back to some normality after six weeks of rehearsing a play, and then performing it in the seventh. Three nights a week, and at least one day on the weekend for the rehearsals, and then seven out of eight nights performing. All a bit hectic. And at the same time I was completing a Varsity paper. The final essay is due in by the 2nd June. Thankfully, it's pretty much ready to go.
But Webitz as suffered as a result (as has Workreport). Well, you just can't do everything, and I've enjoyed both the play and the study.
I've begun twittering my blog posts as I go, and noticed a couple of days ago that fraudsters have begun using Twitter as another way of conning people into giving away information. The scam claims to increase your Twitter followers hugely by using a recently registered Web site called “Twittercut.”
The worm takes advantage of the enthusiasm for amassing Twitter followers so that it can get users’ Twitter account details, and then self-propagate.
Twitter users may see a tweet in their stream that reads “OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from Twittercut and of course the message includes a site link.
Once you clicked on the link it takes you to a fraudulent Web site that requests your login and password details. From there it sends out this tweet to all your followers and directs you to a dating Web site where the owner of the Twittercut site will accumulate increasing affiliate revenue.
But this site is a drop in the ocean compared to the phenomenal increase in spamming over recent weeks. According to MessageLabs' Intelligence Report spam accounted for 90.4% of all emails in May – an increase of 5.1% since April. Even CAPTCHAs are no longer safe.
Statistics show that 34.8% of spam originates from the Americas (21.4% from South America, 13.4% from North America), 31.6% from Europe and 27.8% from Asia.
So the answer is still Be Careful! Make sure you have the most up to date anti-viral and anti-spamming software available. Doing your Green shopping online is fine; just check that your safe while doing it.
But Webitz as suffered as a result (as has Workreport). Well, you just can't do everything, and I've enjoyed both the play and the study.
I've begun twittering my blog posts as I go, and noticed a couple of days ago that fraudsters have begun using Twitter as another way of conning people into giving away information. The scam claims to increase your Twitter followers hugely by using a recently registered Web site called “Twittercut.”
The worm takes advantage of the enthusiasm for amassing Twitter followers so that it can get users’ Twitter account details, and then self-propagate.
Twitter users may see a tweet in their stream that reads “OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from Twittercut and of course the message includes a site link.
Once you clicked on the link it takes you to a fraudulent Web site that requests your login and password details. From there it sends out this tweet to all your followers and directs you to a dating Web site where the owner of the Twittercut site will accumulate increasing affiliate revenue.
But this site is a drop in the ocean compared to the phenomenal increase in spamming over recent weeks. According to MessageLabs' Intelligence Report spam accounted for 90.4% of all emails in May – an increase of 5.1% since April. Even CAPTCHAs are no longer safe.
Statistics show that 34.8% of spam originates from the Americas (21.4% from South America, 13.4% from North America), 31.6% from Europe and 27.8% from Asia.
So the answer is still Be Careful! Make sure you have the most up to date anti-viral and anti-spamming software available. Doing your Green shopping online is fine; just check that your safe while doing it.
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