A Web site called TwitterCut is being blamed
Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts.
The culprit is a Web site called TwitterCut. Some Twitter users began getting a message that appeared to be from one of their friends and included a link to the TwitterCut Web site. The message implied they could gain more Twitter contacts by following the link.
At one time TwitterCut looked quite similar to the real Twitter login page, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research offer for the security vendor F-Secure.
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Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts.
The culprit is a Web site called TwitterCut. Some Twitter users began getting a message that appeared to be from one of their friends and included a link to the TwitterCut Web site. The message implied they could gain more Twitter contacts by following the link.
At one time TwitterCut looked quite similar to the real Twitter login page, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research offer for the security vendor F-Secure.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133542
