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Twitter unveils a stick, but where’s the carrot?

SC Magazine reported on this blog post by the Twitter team about the microblogging service’s plan to “detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter.” From what I understand, links included in direct messages and … Continue reading

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Same dogs, new tricks

Two new tricks have been reported that try to get users to download malicious software. The first is to send links via Twitter. Dmitry at Kaspersky Labs “explains”:http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187551: This profile has obviously been created especially for infecting users, as there … Continue reading

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