New Spam Worm Attack Targets Twitter

New Spam Worm Attack Targets Twitter – According to PC World, the popular social media service Twitter is being targeted by a new attack seeking access to user accounts to send spam via direct messages.

New York-based PHP and application security specialist Chris Shiflett says that “he strongly suspects there’s a new variant of the Facebook worm Koobface at large, which searches for users’ session ID cookies. These are set on users’ computers when they tick the “Remember Me” box to stay logged onto Twitter.”

PC World says that “While the exact scale of the attack isn’t known, anecdotal evidence suggests many thousands of people have been affected and have had their accounts compromised.”

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